ENGLISH FOR YOU: enero 2018

lunes, 29 de enero de 2018

TAG QUESTIONS

Function

We use tag questions to check information we are not sure about or to confirm information that we are almost certain about.

Form

	AFFIRMATIVE MAIN VERB, NEGATIVE TAG QUESTION	NEGATIVE MAIN VERB, AFFIRMATIVE TAG QUESTION
Main verb be	You're Anita, aren't you?	Victor and July aren't studying in the U.S., are they?
Simple tenses	James likes Italian food, doesn't he?	You didn't lose your cell phone, did you?
Modals	Sofi should call more often, shouldn't she?	That can't be right, can it?
Present perfect	You've just told him, haven't you?	He hasn't been here before, has he?
Past progressive	He was texting his ex-girlfriend again, wasn't he?	Jessica wasn't applying for another job was she?

Exercises

MODALS OF DEDUCTION: MUST, CAN´T, MIGHT/MAY/COULD


Modal verbs are auxiliary verbs that can not function as a main verb, a difference of the auxiliary verbs "to be", "to do" and "to have" that can function as a main verb.


Modal verbs express modality, ability, possibility, need or other condition. We use them for the future and the conditional.




FORM
                                                                           Subject + modal + Base form




FUNCTION 

CAN'T
We use can't to say that it's impossible that something is true.



MUST
We use must to say that we are sure that something is true.





MIGHT/COULD/MAY

We use might could may to say that something is possibly true.

                                                                EXAMPLES                                                                                             - That woman can't be Sally. She's blond and Sally has dark hair.                                                 - It must be after 8 p.m.  Look! It's dark outside.                                                                       - There might be a storm later.  The sky is very cloudy.