Short Answers (Politeness)

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

What to do...

Please take out your homework and start checking it on your own. I have sent an e-mail with the key.

Schedule

1. What is politeness?
2. Short answers
3. Practice

Short anwers

In English it sounds impolite to answer questions using just 'yes' or 'no'. You can still give short, polite answers by using auxiliaries.

Which verb is the auxiliary?
'How long does it usually take to get home from school?'

1. get
2. does
3. take

Which verb is the auxiliary?
'Which school subjects did you like when you were younger?'

1. did
2. like
3. were

Which verb is the auxiliary?
'Who is sitting next to you? What is he/she wearing?'

1. sitting
2. is
3. wearing

Which verb is the auxiliary?
'Which other foreign languages have you studied?'

1. have
2. studied

The main auxiliary verbs

• to be
• to do
• to have

Deze hulpwerkwoorden komen het meeste voor. Ze functioneren voornamelijk als tijdsbepaling in een zin (present, past and future).

Negatives

Voeg -n't toe aan het hulpwerkwoord (of alleen 'not') om een zin negatief te maken.

He is working. - He isn't working.

We have seen the play. - We haven't seen the play.

Als er geen hulpwerkwoord in de zin staat, gebruik don't/doesn't/didn't

She works in a bank. - She doesn't work in a bank.

They like skiing. - They don't like skiing.

He went on holiday. - He didn't go on holiday.

Make the following sentence negative.
'He is playing today.'

Make the following sentence negative.
'He plays every Saturday.'

Questions

Om een zin vragend te maken, verwissel je het onderwerp en het hulpwerkwoord (auxiliary) van plaats.

She is wearing jeans. - Is she wearing jeans?

You were born in Paris. - Were you born in Paris?

Als er geen hulpwerkwoord is (geen 'to be' of 'to have'), gebruik dan do/does/did aan het begin van de zin.

I know you - Do I know you?

Make this sentence a question.
'Peter has been to China.'

Make this sentence a question.
'He wants ice-cream.'

Short, polite answers

Om beleefd antwoord te geven zeg je dus niet alleen yes/no, maar voeg je ook een hulpwerkwoord (auxiliary) toe.

Did you have a good day? - Yes, I did. / No, I didn't.

Het is dan ook nog beter als je wat extra informatie erbij geeft.

Did you have a good day? - Yes, I did. I had a football match in the morning and we managed to win. / No I didn't. I forgot that I had loads of homework, so I studied all day.

He's finally done talking...

It's time for me to shut up and for you to get to work :)

Please get started on page 8 + 9 of your Student's Book:

Making Conversation ex. 1 and 2

 and 

Practice ex. 1, 2, 3 and 6

(This will also be homework)