SESSION 3

TRY THESE
Complete with suitable words

1. ____ you drink coffee, Mark?

2. ____ they having a meeting with Mr. Hobbard at the moment?
3. ____ you completed the form, Sir?
4. ____ you arrive early this Morning?
5. ____ Suzan always drive to work?
6. ____ Mrs. Brown chair the meeting last Tuesday?
7. ____ she sent the emails yet?
8. ____ he supervising his staff at present?
9. ____ you help me type the letter of order?
10. I ____ not drive to work, but I ride my motorbike.
11. She ________ live here. Her apartment is quite far from the office.
12. You ____ submitted the monthly report yet. Do it right away, please.
NOW, TRY
THESEwith suitable words
Complete

1. ____ you drink coffee, Mark?

2. ____ they having a meeting with Mr. Hobbard at the moment?
3. ____ you completed the form, Sir?
4. ____ you arrive early this Morning?
5. ____ Suzan always drive to work?
6. ____ Mrs. Brown chair the meeting last Tuesday?
7. ____ she sent the emails yet?
8. ____ he supervising his staff at present?
9. ____ you help me type the letter of order?
10. I ____ not drive to work, but I ride my motorbike.
11. She ________ not live here. Her apartment is quite far from the office.
12. You ____ submitted the monthly report yet. Do it right away, please
Check the answers

1. DO you drink coffee, Mark?

2. ARE they having a meeting with Mr. Hobbard at the moment?
3. HAVE you completed the form, Sir?
4. DID you arrive early this Morning?
5. DOES Suzan always drive to work?
6. DID Mrs. Brown chair the meeting last Tuesday?
7. HAS she sent the emails yet?
8. IS he supervising his staff at present?
9. CAN you help me type the letter of order?
10. I DO not drive to work, but I ride my motorbike.
11. She DOESN’T live here. Her apartment is quite far from the office.
12. You HAVEN’T submitted the monthly report yet. Do it right away, please

The answers are called AUXILIARIES

So, what are auxiliaries ?
 AUXILIARY

AM, IS, ARE, WAS, WERE, BEEN (with HAS/HAVE/HAD)

BE
-> in PASSIVE sentences
AM, IS, ARE, WAS, WERE
-> In continuous forms -> In QUESTIONS
-> in NEGATIVE SENTENCES

HAS, HAVE, HAD

-> In PRESENT and PAST Perfect
MODALS -> used with VERB 3 (PP)
CAN, WILL, MAY, MUST,
SHOULD, MIGHT, WOULD
 We need AUXILIARIES:
To create negative and interrogative sentences
(DO/DOES/DID + V1? // DON’T/DOESN’T/DIDN’T + V1)
(HAS/HAVE/HAD + V3? // HASN’T/HAVEN’T/HADN’T + V3)

To build Positive sentences in Present and Past Perfect

(Has/Have/Had + V3)

To make sentences that need MODAL words

(CAN,WILL,MAY, SHOULD,MUST, etc)

To build progressive sentences

(am/is/are/was/were/has been/have been/ had been + V.Ing)

To make PASSIVE sentences

(am/is/are/was/were/has been/have been/had been + V3)
 AUXILIARIES

-I am finishing my work now.

-She was checking some emails
at 10 this morning
-We are celebrating our company
anniversary at the Ritz right now.
-Was he calling you when I came?
-I don’t drink coffee
-She doesn’t work here
-They didn’t read our messages
-We haven’t met you yet
-The people have signed the agreement.
-You may leave now
-I must go before it gets dark.
-She has agreed to come here.
-The book was written by J.K. Rowling
Warm up, check again
Try the following exercise : Select the most correct answers

1. They _______ handled the Sales and Marketing division since last week.
A. were B. has C. have D. will

2. Our corporation _______ expanding to some Europeans countries at the

moment.
A. does B. is C. was D. are

3. The email _______ sent to Mr. Cliff an hour ago.

A. have B. is C. has D. was

Take the practice test as

ASSIGNMENT
SUBJECT-VERB Agreement
Warm up
Try the following exercise : Select the most correct answers

1. One of the managers ____ attending the international conference at the moment
A. is B. were C. are D. be
2. A 45 minute’s drive to the headquarters ______ long when the road is heavy.
(Subject: IT)
A. seem B. seems C. is seem D. are seem
3. Either the section heads or Mr. Black ____ submitted the report since last Tuesday
A. have B. are have C. is have D. has
(Subject with either .... or ....., USE ONLY THE SECOND ONE)

The number of subjects in Sentences AGREE with the

use of verbs

SINGULAR SUBJECTS go with SINGULAR VERBS

PLURAL SUBJECTS go with PLURAL VERBS
See more here: They/we/I/you
The managers
The children
He/she/it Those people
The manager All of the (plural countable nouns)
Mrs. Clarkson
Each of ……
One of ……
Every …..
All of the (uncountable nouns) PLURAL VERBS
None of are/were/have/V1
Time, measurement, distance
neither …… nor …..
either …… or ……
not only …… but also ……
……. along with………
……. together with …….
SINGULAR VERBS
……. accompanied by ……
is/was/has/Vs/es/ies

are followed by either SG or PL verbs

Practice Tests
1. We _______ having a weekly meeting at the moment
(a) were (c) be
(b) are (d) been
2. The secretary _______ arranging the schedule when I called her .
(a) is (c) was
(b) were (d) are
3. For the past two months, we _______ been looking for candidates to fill the positions in Sales and Marketing
department.
(a) have (c) are
(b) were (d) has
4. Would you please ______ for the seminar next week?
(a) sign in (c) signing in
(b) to sign in (d) signs in
5. The consultant _______ visit our headquarters on Wednesday next week.
(a) has (c) will
(b) had (d) is
6. I think the books _____ printed in 1990 if we try to check the setting of the story.
(a) is (c) has
(b) were (d) was
7. All payment for the ordered goods uses dollar ____________.
(a) currently (c) currency
(b) credit (d) current
8.We are looking forward _______ having a tour of the premises this Friday.
(a) to (c) in
(b) in (d) for
9. As far as I am concerned, business will fail under bad _______________.
(a) mismanagement (c) manage
(b) managing (d) management
10. ________ you like to sign in for a conference? I guarantee the theme is good.
(a) Can (c) Would
(b) Must (d) Should
11. We will deal _________ all the problems soon, don’t worry.
(a) for (c) on
(b) in (d) with
12. They _______ negotiating the contract when I entered the room.
(a) has (c) were
(b) have (d) are
13. Please tell everyone that the meeting ______ at 4 this afternoon.
(a) are (c) is
(b) were (d) be
14. Our company plans to accelerate the ________ of Internet commerce.
(a) grows (c) grown
(b) growth (d) grow
15. I ________ feel well, so I was absent from work yesterday.
(a) not (c) didn’t
(b) don’t (d) am not
5. D. do not
children (they)
eat (Verb 1)
6. C are not
average (noun)
to be is followed by
adjective/noun/V.ing/
prepositional phrases
7. C. in turns (vocabulary)
8. B. Choice
adjective (healthy)
modifies NOUN (choice)
1. A. is
2. D. takes
3. D. makes
4. D. leader
5. C are
6. D. with
7. A has
8. C. were
10. D
11. C
12. A
13. C
14. C
15. A
5. B
6. C
7. C
8. D
Let’s now have a Listening Practice