Verb series - Short Answers

Special verbs as we have seen,have a very important role in the formation of questions and negatives.Another important function of these special verbs is their use in short answers.It is not usual to give full answers to questions in English.

 For Example:


If you are asked a question ,

##"Are you fond of ice-creams?" you should not say "Yes,I am fond of ice-creams" or
"No,I am not  fond of ice-creams". This type of answers would be very formal and unnatural.

##You should say,"Yes,I am" or "No,I am not".

The following is the most usual form of short answers to yes-no questions.

yes+pronoun+special verb or no+pronoun+special verb+n't


Examples:

1. Have you got pencil ?     {Yes,I have or No,I haven't}

2. Do you know Telugu ?   {Yes,I do or No,I don't}

3.Was the train late ?         {Yes,It was or No ,It wasn't}

   You must have noticed that the special verb which is used in the short answer is the same verb with which the question begins.If the subject of the question is a noun, its pronoun form is used in short answers.

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Verb Series - Formation Of Questions

1Questions are of two kinds:

(a) yes-no questions.ie which can be answered by "Yes" or "No"

(b)questions which begin with who,whom,whose,which,what,where,when,how or why.(wh-questions).

Yes-no questions begin with a special verb.The special verb, which usually comes after the subject in statements is placed before the subject in Yes-no questions.

Example:

1.She is Anil's sister.____________ Is she Anil's sister?

2.He has gone._____________.Has he gone?

When there is no special verb, do/did/does is introduced

**.If the verb is in the Simple Present Tense, do is used except in the third person singular, where does is used.

**If the verb is in the Simple Past Tense , did is used.

Example:

1.I live here.__________________Do you live here?

2.He lives here.________________.Does he lives here?

3.They lived here._____________.Did they live here?

In wh-questions , as in yes-no questions, a special verb is put before the subject. But there is an exception.When the subject is who,what,where,which+ noun,  the position of the verb does not change;the verb is placed after the subject as in a statement.

Example:

1.Where is my bag?

2.What does he want?

One Example explained:(Form the question)

S.1 You met her where.

S.2 where you met her.

S.3 Where did you meet her.(met->did meet)

S.4 Where did you met her?(Question formed)

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Verb series - Formation of Negatives

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                                If the verb in a sentence is one of the these special verbs, or if it contains one of them, the negative is formed by putting not(or n't) immediately after the special verbs;


Example:


1.He is there_____________He isn't there.
2.They are poor.__________They are not poor.


*If the verb is not one of these special verbs, or does not contain one, the negative is formed by putting not(or n't) between do,does,did and the base form of the verb.


*If the verb is in the Simple Present Tense, do is used in all persons except the third person singular, where does is used.


*If the verb is in the Simple Past,did is used.


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