UNIT ELEVEN

HI THERE!!! WELL IT IS TIME TO START THIS... LET¨S BEGIN WITH A COUPLE OF PRE COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS...


1.-HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT AUXILIARIES?
2.-CAN YOU MENTION ALL THE AUXILIARIES ACCORDNG TO THE SPECIFIC TENSE OR APPLICATION WE CAN USE?

LET´S SEE...

IN THE WARM UP ACTIVITY: MENTION THE CORRECT AUXILIARY IN ITS POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE FORM ACCORDING TO THE REQUIRED TENSE.


IN CASE YOU HAD TROUBLE FULLFILLING THE PREVIOUS ACTIVITY, TAKE A LOOK AT THIS:



IT WILL ALWAYS BE IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THE CORRECT AUXILIARY ACCORDING TO THE TENSE YOU ARE USING IN YOUR SPEECH, IN THIS WAY IT WILL BE EASIER FOR YOU TO APPLY THE TOPIC WE ARE ABOUT TO SEE. 
AS IMPORTANT AS IT IS TO LEARN THE REGULAR AUXILIARIES , IT ALSO BECOMES QUITE IMPORTANT AND USEFUL TO LEARN THE MODAL AUXILIARIES ACCORDING TO THEIR PARTICULAR APPLICATION.




IN OUR TOPIC, WE ARE REINFORCING OR CORRECTING IDEAS WHICH ARE IN THE MAIN INFO PART, THE TAG
QUESTIONS STRUCTURE INVOLVES A THREE PART GRAMMAR SEQUENCE:



TAG QUESTIONS
stage 1 and 2

THEY ARE THE EQUIVALENCE IN SPANISH TO ¿VERDAD? ¿O NO?, IN ORDER TO REINFORCE OR CORRECT THE IDEA
  • 1.-THE MAIN INFORMATION WHICH IS ALWAYS FORMED IN A DECLARATIVE SEQUENCE IN AFFIRMATIVE OR IN NEGATIVE
  •  2.-THE SECOND PART WHICH IS THE REAL TAG QUESTION ( QUESTION IN THE COMPLEMENTARY AREA) AND IT IS FORMED BY THE AUXILIARY AND THE SUBJECT ( COMING FROM THE MAIN PART) IN THAT PARTICULAR ORDER, ALWAYS OBEYING THE NEXT FORMAT:
*** IF THE MAIN INFORMATION IS POSITIVE, THE AUXILIARY IS NEGATIVE IN THE TAG QUESTION PART AND VISCEVERSA***

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  • 3.-AND THE THIRD AND LAST PART WHICH IS THE YES/NO ANSWER AS USUAL

CHECK THE NEXT EXAMPLE:

  1. IT IS A LITTLE LATE NOW, ISN´T IT?    YES, IT IS. IT IS GETTING DARK BY NOW
LET'S ANALYZE IT:


AND NOW ANOTHER EXAMPLE BUT IN THE OPOSITE CHANGE FROM NEGATIVE TO POSITIVE, PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO THE AUXILIARY IN ORDER TO CHECK THE IMPORTANCE OF WORKING ON THEM.

2.-  YOU AREN'T FEELING EXHAUSTED BECAUSE OF THE LONG WALK, ARE YOU? NO, I AM NOT, IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE.

IN ANALYSIS...

AS YOU CAN SEE, TO LOCATE THE AUXILIARY SINCE THE BEGINNING IS QUITE IMPORTANT BECAUSE THAT IS THE WAY YOU CAN MAKE THE CHANGES BY ABSORBING THE REST OF THE NFORMATION WITH NO NEED OF REPEATING IT.

NOW TAKE A LOOK TO THE OTHER EXAMPLES WHICH ARE IN DIFFERENT TENSES.

REMEMBER THAT YOU CAN HELP YOURSELF WITH THE PREVIOUS CHARTS OF AUXILIARIES.

  1. TANYA LIVES IN A DIFFERENT COUNTRY EVERY YEAR, DOESN'T SHE?    I GUESS SO! SHE LIKES MOVING FROM PLACE TO PLACE
  2. YOU STAYED AT HOME LAST NIGHT, DIDN'T YOU?  OF COURSE I DID, I WAS FEELING VERY SICK
  3. MEXICANS WILL NOT ACCEPT MORE AGGRESSIONS FROM THE ORGANIZED CRIME, WILL WE?  WELL, IT IS COMPLICATED TO ENSURE OUR SECURITY
  4. WE HAVE TO WORK FROM HOME THESE DAYS, DON'T WE? I THINK THIS IS AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW YOU ARE PRODUCTIVE FROM HOME.
  5. SHE HAS HAD FEW JOB OFFERS, HASN'T SHE?  UNFORTUNATELY THIS IS THE SAME STAGE FOR MANY PEOPLE.
ACTIVITY 1:WRITE THE CORRECT AUXILIARY ON THE BLANK FOR EACH SENTENCE.
  1. I SAW YOU DOWNTOWN ______________
  2. SHE IS BAKING SOME COOKIES ______________
  3. I WILL MAKE YOU A BIG SURPRISE PARTY ______________
  4. HE HAS NO IDEA ABOUT THE PROBLEM _______________
  5. I HAVE TO WORK OVERTIME _____________
  6. YOU MEANT A LOT TO ME _____________
  7. THE LADIES ARE IN TROUBLE ______________
  8. I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU EVERYTHING I DO ______________
  9. SAM MUST STUDY HARDER _____________
  10. IT MIGHT BE RAINY TONIGHT ____________

stage 3


OK, NOW WE HAVE A DIFFERENT STAGE ABOUT TAG QUESTIONS WHICH IS THE IMPERATIVE FORM


THE USE WITH MODALS:



BUT ALSO IN TAG QUESTIONS WE NEED TO CHECK THIS NEGATIVE CHART WHICH IS GOING TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND MORE THINGS AND THE OTHER STAGE IN OUR TOPIC.

stage 4





WELL, I THINK IT IS TIME TO TEST YOURSELF ABOUT TAG QUESTIONS

CLICK ON THE NEXT LINK TO ACCESS TO A FULL EXERCISE THAT WILL HELP YOU UNDERSTAND BETTER THIS TOPIC AND CHECK IF YOU ARE GOING AHEAD, REMEMBER THAT I CAN ALWAYS GIVE YOU ASSISTANCE IN CASE YOU REQUIRE IT.






IN THE NEXT LINK YOU WILL FIND THE NEW YORK TIMES, CLICK ON IT, YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE ONE ARTICLE AND READ IT TO COMPLETE THE NEXT ACTIVITY.


FROM THE ARTICLE YOU CHOSE, MAKE A SHORT CRITIC USING TAG QUESTIONS, QUESTIONING THE INFORMATION IS GIVEN THERE! USE THE FOLLOWING LINES.

ARTICLE TITLE AND ABOUT: _________________________________________
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QUESTIONS IN TAG FORM:

  1. ______________________________________________________________________
  2. ______________________________________________________________________
  3. ______________________________________________________________________
  4. ______________________________________________________________________
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