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Affirmative Sentences: Universidad Técnica de Machala Unidad Académica de Ciencias Empresariales
Affirmative Sentences: Universidad Técnica de Machala Unidad Académica de Ciencias Empresariales
Affirmative sentences
Let’s take a look at these examples:
We form the Present Continuous with the verb To Be and the gerund (the -ing form ofthe
verb):
VERB TO BE + ING
IT (SHE’S)
YOU ARE READING You are / You’re reading this file now.
Negative Sentences
Read the following passage:
Things are changing in my life – Now, I am not going out on weekends, because I have
to study; my friends and I aren’t getting together very often, because we are always
tired; and I am not getting enough sleep… I am looking forward to the holidays!
The passage is about things that are happening now, so it is in the Present Continuous
tense. But look at the verbs (am not going, aren’t getting, am not getting enough):
they speak about what people are not doing at the moment.
Let’s take a look at the negative form:
It is made up with the auxiliary verbs “is”, “am”, or “are”, the word “not”, and the
gerund of the main verb.
YOU ARE NOT RESTING You are not / aren’t resting now; you
WE (AREN’T) are studying.
THEY (No está /estás descansando ahora;
esta/estas estudiando.)
Interrogative sentences
What about questions in the Present Continuous tense? How do we ask about actions
happening now?
There are two (2) types of questions, and two (2) types of answers:
WH questions
1) What are you doing? I am speaking. The answer offers information
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Yes/No questions
Are you studying Tourism? No, I am not. / Yes, I am. The answer is Yes or No
Auxiliary Subject (S) Verb (V) Affirmativ Negative
verb (A) eanswer answer
Am I teaching? Yes, I am. No, I am not. No,
I’m not.
Is it raining? Yes, it is. No, it is not. No,
it isn’t.
Are you reading the Yes, you are. No, you are not.
newspaper? No, you aren’t.
Quantifiers
We use quantifiers when we want to give information about the number of something:
how much or how many.
Examples:
all any enough less a lot of lots of
He's busy. He's got some work to do. He's lazy. He never does any work. Es
Está ocupado. Tiene algo de trabajo. vago. Nunca hace nada.
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No and None:
no none
We use no + noun. We use none without a noun:
No = not a or not any: 'How much money do you have?' 'None.'
There is a strike*, there is no bus. (=there (= no money)
isn't a bus)
a little a few
A little = some, a small amount: Let's A few = some, a small number:
go and have a coffee. We have a I enjoy my life here. I have a few friends
little time before the train leaves. and we meet quite often.
(a little time= some time, enough time to (a few friends= not many but enough to
have a coffee) have a good time)
We use many and few with plural nouns: many friends - many people
- few cars - few countries
We use much and little with uncountable nouns: much time - much
luck - little energy - little money
We use a lot of I lots of I plenty of with both uncountable and plural nouns:
a lot of luck - lots of time - plenty of money a lot of
friends - lots of people - plenty of ideas