Negatives and questions by NHÂN NGUYỄN TRỌNG https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss Group work of Nguyễn Thị Hồng Nhiên and Nguyễn Trọng Nhân en-us 2021-09-27 02:29:15 UTC 2025-11-19 18:00:01 UTC hello@padlet.com Negatives 2057010215 https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1769723826 2021-09-27 02:30:12 UTC https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1769723826 With other verbs, we form negatives with “do” plus not/ n't before the base form of the V 2057010215 https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1769929796 Ex: 
She doesn’t agree with you
It doesn't work.
]]> 2021-09-27 03:58:14 UTC https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1769929796 Negative yes/no questions begin with negatives form of "be; do; have or modals" 2057010215 https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1769932577 Ex:
Aren't those books mine?
Doesn’t he speak English?
-> Answer Yes/no questions: “yes”: positive is true/ “no”: negative is true
Aren’t they French?
Yes. (they are French)/ No. (They are not French)]]> 2021-09-27 03:59:43 UTC https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1769932577 -----Questions----- 2057010215 https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1769935658 2021-09-27 04:01:14 UTC https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1769935658 Word Order in Questions 2057010215 https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1769936111 2021-09-27 04:01:27 UTC https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1769936111 Tag Questions (Question tags) 2057010215 https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1769937581 Are short forms of questions added after statement]]> 2021-09-27 04:02:10 UTC https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1769937581 Question Words 2057010215 https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1769938155 2021-09-27 04:02:26 UTC https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1769938155 Other Question Types 2057010215 https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1769938571 2021-09-27 04:02:39 UTC https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1769938571 With Auxiliaries 2057010215 https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1772947050 With auxiliaries like Be, Have and modals, we form a question by putting the auxiliary or modal before the subject, then comes the main verb after the subject.
Ex: Why must you go?
       How was your day?
       Are you going?]]> 2021-09-28 01:45:14 UTC https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1772947050 With other verbs 2057010215 https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1773014954 With other verbs, we form a question with do before the subject and the base form of the verb
Ex: Do you like cats?
      How did she do it?
      Does he like dogs?]]> 2021-09-28 02:12:14 UTC https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1773014954 Yes/No Questions 2057010215 https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1773116047 Often begin with be/do/have or a modal and are used to get yes/no answers. Can add or into the question when we offer two possible results
Ex: Do you like it?
      Have you done this before?
      Would you like tea or coffee?]]> 2021-09-28 02:50:38 UTC https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1773116047 Wh-questions 2057010215 https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1773188760 Begin with Wh-words (question words) and ask for specific information
Ex: What do you like?
      How is your day?
      Who is he?]]> 2021-09-28 03:21:11 UTC https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1773188760 What? and Who? 2057010215 https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1773274124 When we use What and Who to ask questions, we usually put main the verb behind them
Ex: Who's making the noise?
      What put you in this state?
      Who used my computer?]]> 2021-09-28 03:59:13 UTC https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1773274124 Basic structure 2057010215 https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1773981875 1. Positive statement + negative tag
Ex: He is a good man, isn't he?
2. Negative statement + positive tag
Ex: She isn't a doctor, is she?]]> 2021-09-28 09:06:05 UTC https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1773981875 Pronoun and verb 2057010215 https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1773987678 The pronoun of tag questions matches the subject of the sentence. Also, the verb of tags question matches the main verb auxiliary or be, or we use a form of do
Ex: You didn't steal the cake, did you?
       The mission is to finish that building, isn't it?

Note: We use a positive tag with They after No one or Nobody]]> 2021-09-28 09:09:02 UTC https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1773987678 Modals 2057010215 https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1774004623 We use modals in tags after imparatives for requests or proposals
Ex: Do it for me, won't you?
      Let's go, shall we?
      Give me the book, could you?]]> 2021-09-28 09:17:44 UTC https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1774004623 Confirming information 2057010215 https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1774031474 We use a positive tag after a positive sentence which repeated what a previous speaker said, to confirm information. It is rare for a negative tag after a negative sentence.
Ex: He did that thing again, did he?
      We will go to Vung Tau, will we?
      He's playing the piano, is he?]]> 2021-09-28 09:30:54 UTC https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1774031474 What and Which 2057010215 https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1785415422 - Both can be used before nouns and pronouns.
Ex: What/Which sock is your favorite?
- We use What when there's an unlimited number of answers, Which is used when there's a limited number of answers.
Ex: We have a lot of books, what do you like?
      We have 3 books, which do you like?]]> 2021-10-02 02:53:46 UTC https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1785415422 Which 2057010215 https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1785431367 - Can be used before one/ones.
Ex: There're 3 cars here. Which one is mine? Which ones are not yours?
- We use which of before determiners and pronouns when asking about people and things in a limited set.
Ex: Which of these cars is not yours? 
Which of the brother is an engineer?]]> 2021-10-02 03:10:21 UTC https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1785431367 Questions with prepositions 2057010215 https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1785436254 - When asking about the objects of prepositions, the preposition is usually put at the end of the sentence. In formal form, they can be put at the beginning.
Ex: What is she going to fix the car with? (informal)
      With what is she going to fix the car? (formal)
- There are some specific forms of sentences in which the prepositions must be put at the end of the beginning.
Ex: Before when did you start smoking?
       What are you doing that for?]]> 2021-10-02 03:16:19 UTC https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1785436254 Questions with adverb 2057010215 https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1785464282 - We usually put adverbs after Wh-words, but some adverbs can be put before Wh-words.
Ex: How often do you play football?
      Exactly when did he leave Vietnam?
- Wh-words with ever (whatever, however,...) are used to express emotions.
Ex: Whoever told you to do that?
      Wherever you go?
      ]]> 2021-10-02 03:51:51 UTC https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1785464282 Questions inside questions 2057010215 https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1786604124 - We can put yes/no question asking what people think or say after the Wh-word inside the Wh-question. Also, we use the word order of the yes/no question, not the Wh-question
Ex: What do you think is wrong?
      Where did he say we're going to?
]]> 2021-10-03 01:35:55 UTC https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1786604124 Statements used as questions 2057010215 https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1786614032 - We can use statement as a yes/no question in a various ways:
+ To ask for confirmation of something
Ex: Yesterday was your birthday?
+ To repeat what was just said, or to express surprise
Ex: Mike is the CEO - He is the CEO?
- Also, we can use Wh-word in a statement to clarify or to get more information about what was just said.
Ex: I go to London - You go to where?
      I dropped the vase - You did what to the vase?]]> 2021-10-03 01:51:54 UTC https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1786614032 Rhetorical questions 2057010215 https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1786618544 - We can use rhetorical questions to assert something, to establish a topic, or to highlight the previous question before giving an answer:
Ex: They increased the fee - Who care? Isn't it always increasing?
        Do you know who P.T.Barnum is? He is the founder of Barnum & Bailey circus
       Where are you going? - Where am I going? London, of course! ]]> 2021-10-03 01:59:21 UTC https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1786618544 Reduced questions 2057010215 https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1786627653 - In informal situations, yes/no questions are sometimes used without Are you? Do/Did you? and Wh-question can be reduced to the Wh-word alone.
Ex: Need some help?
      Tired?
      I will get it. - How?
- We also use the phrases How about? and What about? without verb before nouns and gerunds to make suggestions or to draw attention to something.
Ex: How about playing tennis?
      What about cinema?
      How about your homework?   ]]> 2021-10-03 02:13:57 UTC https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1786627653 Indirect questions 2057010215 https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1786632903 - Indirect questions are used when we report what was asked. Question word order and question mark are not applied for an indirect question. We begin an indirect yes/no question with If or Whether.
Ex: Do you need anything? - I asked if she need anything.
      Why did you do that? - I asked why he did that.
      Is it a tortoise or a turtle? - I asked whether it is a tortoise or a turtle]]> 2021-10-03 02:22:26 UTC https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1786632903 1. Word Order in Negatives https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1786963857 2021-10-03 09:21:26 UTC https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1786963857 2. Negative Questions https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1786964553 2021-10-03 09:22:13 UTC https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1786964553 3. Negative Words https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1786965393 2021-10-03 09:23:02 UTC https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1786965393 With Auxilary (be/ have/ modals) we form negatives with: “not” (formal) or “n’t” (informal) https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1786974588 Ex:
Dogs are not allowed in the city park
He won't let you go]]> 2021-10-03 09:32:33 UTC https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1786974588 In sentences with infinitives & gerund, we put "not" before infinitives & gerund https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1787799568 Ex:
 I enjoyed not going to school for a few days
He pretended not to see us

]]> 2021-10-03 19:04:06 UTC https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1787799568 We use "no" before nouns/ negative advs (no longer or never,..) before V https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1787803277 Ex
I have no money
She is no longer working here
They will never be free]]> 2021-10-03 19:07:07 UTC https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1787803277 In negative “Wh-” questions we put the negative form after “Wh-” https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1787814646 Ex:
Who isn’t here yet?
Why didn't you go?]]> 2021-10-03 19:15:53 UTC https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1787814646 Put negative Advs such as "never" & emphatic "not" after S (not the aux) in negative questions https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1787819030 Ex:
Did he not understand what I am saying?
Have you never eaten meat?]]> 2021-10-03 19:19:07 UTC https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1787819030 -Ask for confirmation or express surprise -Offers or suggestions https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1787827372 - Confirmation: 
Ex: Isn't July 4th a big American holiday?
- Surprise:
Ex: Haven't we already paid for the tickets?
- Offers/ suggestions
Ex: Why don't you use my car?]]> 2021-10-03 19:25:24 UTC https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1787827372 Inversion after negative word & phrases” https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1787830158 - After negative advs with never/ nowhere. We put subject after an auxiliary verb
 Ex: I have never heard such nonsense = Never have I hear such nonsense
- After negative phrases with “no”/ “not” in front position:
Ex: At no time were the children in danger
- Informal replies after “neither/ or/ no way”
Ex: Neither do I
No way will he agree to that.
]]> 2021-10-03 19:27:31 UTC https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1787830158 Positive verbs with negative words 2057010215 https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1788630797 - Negative words (none, no, nobody, etc) are used alongside positive verbs to express negative meaning. They can also be used as subjects of positive verbs.
Ex: There was nothing to eat in the hotel room, so none of us has had breakfast yet
       No one complained. Nobody told us]]> 2021-10-04 05:43:02 UTC https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1788630797 No, None & None of 2057010215 https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1788642705 - We use no before nouns and none instead of nouns
Ex: You have any money? - I have no money/ I have none
- We also use none of before pronouns and determiners (the, those, etc).
Ex: None of them understand it.
      None of the lights is on.]]> 2021-10-04 05:52:17 UTC https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1788642705 No 2057010215 https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1788661989 - We can use no with singular/plural nouns and gerunds to emphasize the negative. In formal situations, No can be used as a shorthand for "It's not allowed".
Ex: We have no rule.
      No smoking.
- We can use no or not any with comparative adj and adv.
Ex: We should leave no later than 8:30.
      We shouldn't leave any later than 8:30.]]> 2021-10-04 06:06:03 UTC https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1788661989 Not 2057010215 https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1788667445 - In reduced negative, we use not rather than no, before indefinite and quantifiers.
Ex: Whale is a mammal, Not a fish.
      Not a single drop of blood was spilt.]]> 2021-10-04 06:09:55 UTC https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1788667445 No, none, nobody, none and nothing 2057010215 https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1788671185 2021-10-04 06:12:23 UTC https://padlet.com/2057010215/w4duww4ygbr0miss/wish/1788671185