Sentences with do and does interrogatives
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In this lesson we are going to explain the usage and grammar that is followed to express sentences with “used to”. In essence, the expression “used to” is going to be used to talk about past habits or situations that are, nowadays, different from how they were before.
In order to reinforce the knowledge acquired in this lesson, we present a practical exercise that will help you to come up with different types of sentences (examples) concerning “used to”.
The following table will help us to come up with statements (affirmative and negative) as well as questions and answers for this topic. The names of the people are Jane and Richard; the activities in the columns refer to common activities performed in childhood.
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100 questions with did
Angeles asks me to explain the uses of “neither”, “nor”, “either” and “or”. either” and “or”. The main difficulty with this topic is that both “either” and “neither” sometimes have the same meaning.
Used together with “nor” it is a conjunction; that is, it serves to join two sentences. In this case it means: “neither” For example: “Neither cheap nor nice”. “Neither cheap nor nice.” [nider chiip nor nais].
It can be an adjective; that is, it can “qualify” a thing. In this case it means “neither/nor ” E.g. “Neither project was approved.” [nider prochet guas apruvd] Neither of the (two) projects was approved. Note: Notice how in this example “neither/ninguno” comes before the noun “project/proyecto”.
It can be a pronoun; that is, it can serve as a substitute for a noun. In this case it also means “ninguno/a” but the function it performs is different. For example: “I got two presents, but liked neither.” [aigat tupresents bat laikt nider]. I got two presents but I didn’t like either one. Note: Notice how in this example “neither/ninguno” replaces “los regalos”. Let’s see if you can do the following translations:
Past simple questions with wh and did
If you notice, the change that has occurred between the direct and the indirect question is in the order of the elements. While in the direct question we had the inversion between verb to be and subject, as we have said in the rule (Question word + to be + subjet? ), in the indirect question, there is no inversion, but we have question word + subject + verb. If you notice, we have the inversion in ‘Can you tell me…’. As we already have an inversion at the beginning of the question, we cannot make another inversion. Remember: only one inversion per sentence!
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Questions with did and answers
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