By Conversations, Auxiliaries

. Overall, it should work fine, MZL. A few corrections and fewer comments:Objective: To be able to use the Past Simple question forms and short answers. Target Language: did + subject + base (or 'dictionary') form of verb ( Did your mother call you? ) -- It is best to save the term...

Would anybody be kind enough to tell me what they think of this lesson plan I've made for my TEFL module ? Any suggestions ??Thanks so much .MZL Lesson PlanPreparation Level : Elementary Lesson Length: 45 minutes Objective: To be able to use the Past simple question forms and shot...

SHALL AND WILL IT is unfortunate that the idiomatic use, while it comes by nature to southern Englishmen (who will find most of this section superfluous), is so complicated that those who are not to the manner born can hardly acquire it; and for them the section is in danger of being...

Bokeh wrote:Hi Teleostomi,According to "Everyday Grammar - Oxford - ISBN 0-19-280116-3":will/shallSometimes it is not clear whether one should use "shall" or "will".The rule of traditional grammar is as follows: Normally use "shall" with "I" and "we". Use will with all other persons. Reverse...

Hi Teleostomi,According to "Everyday Grammar - Oxford - ISBN 0-19-280116-3":will/shallSometimes it is not clear whether one should use "shall" or "will".The rule of traditional grammar is as follows:Normally use "shall" with "I" and "we". Use will with all other persons.Reverse this for emphasis,...

Modal/Auxiliary + subject-pronoun + not + V ... ? This is a lesser used grammatical pattern. It is used for rhetorical effect. It makes the speaker more like a teacher making a pronouncement rather than an ordinary person having a normal conversation. It may give a haughty or pompous...

Thank you so much. CalifJim wrote: Not contracting auxiliary have is relatively rare in conversation.Yeah, I usually hear contractions, so I've never really paid much attention to non-contracted forms.Anyway, I see they are all pronounced as /hav/, a like in cat. My dictionaries and...

1. I have seen your girlfriend. /hav/ 2. I haven't seen your girlfriend. /havint/ /i/ nearly absent. 3. I had seen your girlfriend. /had/ 4. I hadn't seen your girlfriend. /hadint/ /i/ nearly absent. 5. I have a black car. /hav/ 6. I have to buy a new laptop. (This shoud be /haft&/) ...

<My children are required to eat an apple after their mealsorMy children are obligated to eat an apple after their meals. Sounds rather formal. I'm talking about an everyday conversation. Do you use modal auxiliaries in your day-to-day interactions?

Alienvoord, I appreciate you're constructive criticism. Allow me to rebute:1) Comprehensible, yes. But many expressions are comprehensible even without being gramatically sound. The nuances I try to reveal in this post are to help you write better gramatically, not to sound or to write...