Transcript Grammar points

1. USED TO + INFINITIVE
2. SUBJECT & OBJECT QUESTIONS
USED TO + INFINITIVE
USAGE:
We use “ used to” to describe
past habits, routines,
and states that are now finished
I used to
laugh a lot (
but now, I
don’t laugh
any more)
Example : One
day , in a park, 2 old women met each others. They
recalled continually about their past life. One said:
“ I used to be a very beautiful girl” (1)
One replied:
“ I used to have an attractive smile like Mona Lisa” (2)
(1) Now, she is no longer beautiful.
(2) Now, she doesn’t have an attractive smile like Mona Lisa
anymore.
What is the negative form of used to?
Used not/ usedn’t
Eg:
+ She used not /usedn’t to like Tom but she quite likes him now
+ You used not/ usedn’t to go to England but you are in London now
+ They used not/ usedn’t to eat rice
What is the question form of used to?
• Interrogative :
used + S
eg: Used she like him?
• Negative interrogative:
used + S + not / usedn’t + S
eg: Used she not like him?
Or: Usedn’t she like him?
Questions can also be formed with did: did ( not) use to
Eg: I used to drink beer
Did you use to drive bicycle?
I usedn’t to drink beer
=> Didn’t you use to drive car?
Exercise: Change these sentences into negative and question form:
1.
She used to be famous
2.
They used to live in Paris
3.
He used to work as a doctor.
1. She usedn’t to be famous
Used she to be famous?
2. They usedn’t to live in Paris
Used they to live in Paris?
3. He usedn’t to work as a doctor
Did he use to work as a doctor
EXERCISE:
Match the sentences in A with the categories in B
A
B
1. I usually drive to work
2. I used to drive to work
3. I am used to driving to
work
a. An activity which I do
regularly, and which is no
longer new or difficult
b. A present habit or routine
c. A past habit or routine
1
2
3
b
c
a
SUBJECT & OBJECT
QUESTIONS
• What is subject questions?
• What is object questions?
• The differences between them?
Example:
• Subject questions
• Object questions
1.
1.
Somebody built up good
contacts with airlines
 Who built up good
contacts with airlines?
2. Something opened in 1996
=> What opened in 1996?
Dinesh built up good
contacts with somebody.
 Who did Dinesh build up
good contacts with?
2. Customers buy tickets from
somewhere.
=> Where do customers buy
tickets from?
DIFFERENCES:
• Subject questions ask to • Object questions ask
find out about the
about objects.
subject.
• In Subject questions,
• In Object questions,
who, what ,which… are
who, what ,etc. are used
used as subjects.
as objects.
• We don’t use auxiliary
• We use auxiliary verbs
verbs in subject
in object questions
questions
Exercises: Put the following words in order to make a question.
Remember to conjugate the verbs and add an auxiliary verb if required.
1.which/you/television/ buy
1.Which television do you buy?
2.him/invite/who/dinner/to/
yesterday
2. Who invited him to dinner
yesterday?
3. he/who/visit/last week/
3. Who did he visit last week?
4.book/they/read/which/for/
class
4. Which book are they reading
for the class?
5. who/ask/question/the
5.Who asked the question?
What kind of verb do we often use
in the short answer to a subject question?
Example: Match the questions in A with the answers
in B:
1. Which company brings
old school friends into
contact with each other?
2. Who set up Friends
Reunited in 1999?
3. What did they launch in
2002?
4. Which company has
recently opened sites in
European countries?
a. Julie, Stephen, and
Jason did.
b. Friends Reunited does.
c. Friends Reunited has.
d. Sites in Australia.
1 b
2 a
3 d
4 c
What kind of verb do we often use
in the short answer to a subject question?
 Auxiliary verbs
Eg:
@ Who loves her? => He does
@ What makes him happy?
=> Money does.
Read this paragraph then do the exercise below:
Her father bought a new car last week. It is a beautiful new
Cadillac. He bought the car because he says it's the best car in
the world. Her father has driven a Cadillac for many years. He
says it's the kind of car that people respect. In fact, rich and
famous people have always driven Cadillac. She remembers
that Elvis Presley used to drive a Cadillac. When her father first
met Elvis, he saw that he was driving a pink Cadillac. It was
then that she herself decided to buy a Cadillac
Write short answers to these questions using an
auxiliary verb:
1. Who bought a new car last week?
2. Who has driven a Cadillac for
many years?
3. Who have always driven Cadillac?
4. Who drove a pink Cadillac?
5. Who decided to buy a Cadillac
then?
1. Her father did.
2. Her father has.
3. Rich and famous people have.
4. Elvis Presley did.
5. She herself did.
GOOD LUCK TO YOU
IN YOUR EXAM! 