Negative questions

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t
• Leerjaar 3,4

Negative questions

• bevestiging
• ergernis
• ongeloof

Aren't you happy to meet me??

Isn't this a bad idea?

Don't you have tickets for Madurodam?

Gebruik

Ontkennende vragen gebruik je om:
- te vragen om bevestiging.
- ergernis of ongeloof uit te drukken.

Zet de ontkenning vooraan:

Don't you like music? (bevestiging)

Didn't you hear me? (bevestiging/ergernis?

Can't you just be quiet? (ergernis)

Haven't you tried this before? (ongeloof)

Hoe te gebruiken

- Als een zin een vorm van to be heeft (am, are, is, was, were) of have got/has got of een ander hulpwerkwoord
> zet dit werkwoord vooraan + not

Can't he help me with his homework?
Isn't it his dream to become a famous actor?

Hoe te gebruiken

Staan er andere werkwoorden in zin
> don't/ doesn't gebruiken bij ontkennende vragen in de tegenwoordige tijd.
> didn't bij vragen in de verleden tijd.

Daarna volgt het onderwerp en het hele werkwoord.

...... you got anything better to do?
Yes, I have.

1. don't
2. hasn't
3. didn't
4. haven't

....... you at school yesterday?
No, I wasn't.

1. Wasn't you
2. Aren't
3. Weren't
4. Were not

Again: make a negative question of:
I am pleased to see you

1. Aren't you pleased to see me?
2. You aren't pleased to see me?
3. I am not pleased to see you?
4. I pleased not to see you?

Make a negative question of:
They are too young to visit the cinema on their own

1. Aren't they too young to visit the cinema on their own?
2. They aren't too young to visit the cinema on their own?
3. Isn't they too young to visit the cinema on their own?
4. On their own the are too young to visit the cinema?

Make a negative question of:
I am happy that I told the truth

1. Has I not happy that I told the truth?
2. Aren't you happy that you told the truth?
3. I'm not happy that I told the truth
4. Am I not happy that I told the truth?

Make a negative question:
You know this is a bad idea

Make a negative question:
He knows what to do!

Make a negative question:
He knew he was right.

Make a negative question:
Your friends go to Disney land next week.

your sister helped Lucia in the kitchen yesterday.

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