INVESTIGATING LANGUAGE USE

Recognizing Grammar Structures

Directions: Read the following sets of sentences. Notice the underlined words.

Set A

1. The lawyer is asking questions about the application of the due process law.

2. The court has postponed the preliminary hearing of the case.

3. Atty. Gomez did not file the documents on time.

4. His late filing would discouraged the court from granting a motion for reconsideration.

Set B

1. Is the lawyer asking questions about the application of the due process of law?

2. Has the court postponed the preliminary hearing?

3. Did Atty. Gomez not file the documents on time/

4. Would his late filing discourage the court from granting a motion for reconsideration?

Analyzing Grammar Structures

Directions: Refer to Set A and Set B and answer the following questions.

1. Compare and contrast the two sets sentences.

Set A is in in progressive for m of verb while set b is constructing interrogative sentence
2. How are questions formed?
The sentence was form using auxillary or helping verb.
3. What are the ways of asking questions?
Learning: ask open and closed questions, and use probing questioning.
Relationship building: people generally respond positively if you ask about what they do or
enquire about their opinions. ...
Managing and coaching: here, rhetorical and leading questions are useful too.
4. How do you use do, does, and did as auxiliary verbs?

It is also common to use do, does and did as auxiliary verbs (or helping verbs) together with
another verb in its base form. This is used to create negative sentences, questions, or for adding
emphasis.

4. Where do you place the auxiliary or helping verbs in a statement or a question?

Auxiliary or helping verbs are words placed before the main verb or principal part of a verb phrase
(auxiliary + main verb) to help the latter complete the meaning of the sentence

.Transformation Drill

Directions: Change the following sentences into questions using do, does, and did. Write your answer on
the lines provided below. (Refer HANDOUT SYNTHESIZING PRINCIPLES AND LANGUAGE USE)

1. The text talks of the due process of law.

Does the text talks of the due process of law?

2. People know the meaning of the due process law.

Does the people know the meaning of the due process?

3. The farmer feels secure with the court’s assurance of fair trial procedure.

Did the farmer feel secure with the court’s assurance of fair trial procedure?

4. She has many expectations about the newly appointed RTC judge.

Does she has many expectations about the newly appointed RTC judge?

5. A decade ago, they had a judge who lacked objectiveness of the new judge.

Do they had a judge who lacked objectiveness of the new judge, a decade ago?

6. Now, several doubt the objectiveness of the new judge.

Does several doubt the objectiveness of the new judge now?

7. Objectiveness ranks the number one trait of a competent judge.

Does objectiveness ranks the number one trait of a competent judge?

8. Atty. Reyes questioned the credibility of the witness presented by the complainant.

Did Atty. Reyes questioned the credibility of the witness presented by the complainant?
9. One complained about how Atty. Lim conducted the cross examination of the witness.

Does one complained about how Atty. Lim conducted the cross examination of the witness?

10. All documentary and real evidence prove the innocence of the accused.

Did all documentary and real evidence prove the innocence of the accused?