Negative questions

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 2

The eighteenth of March!

Goals

At the end of this lesson...

• You turn sentences into negative questions

Negative questions

•  Te vragen om bevestiging
• Ergernis uit te drukken
•  Ongeloof uit te drukken

Je gebruikt ontkennende vragen om:

Don't you like music? (bevestiging)

Can't you just be quiet? (ergernis)

Haven't you tried this before? (ongeloof)

Grammar 5: negative questions

Welk woord in het Engels geeft een ontkenning aan?

Grammar 5: negative questions

Wanneer er een vorm van to be, have got/has got, of een hulpwerkwoord in de zin staat, dan zet je deze vooraan in de zin gevolgd door NOT:

Aram has got a brother named Leon.

Hasn't Aram got a brother named Leon?

Grammar 5: negative questions

In alle andere gevallen maak je een ontkennende vraag op deze manier:

Don't/doesn't/didn't + onderwerp + hele werkwoord

Didn't you visit the Grand Canyon?

Don't they have tickets for Disneyland?

VERGEET HET VRAAGTEKEN NIET ACHTER DE ZIN TE ZETTEN!

Dit scheelt punten op de toets!

Make a negative question of:
I am happy that I told the truth

1. Has I not happy that I told the truth?
2. Aren't you happy that you told the truth?
3. I'm not happy that I told the truth
4. Am I not happy that I told the truth?

Again: make a negative question of:
I am pleased to see you

1. Aren't you pleased to see me?
2. You aren't pleased to see me?
3. I am not pleased to see you?
4. I pleased not to see you?

Make a negative question of:
Aram has got a brother named Tom

1. Aram has not got a brother called Tom?
2. Has Aram a brother named Tom?
3. Tom hasn't got a brother named Aram?
4. Hasn't Aram got a brother named Tom?

Make a negative question of:
They are too young to visit the cinema on their own

1. Aren't they too young to visit the cinema on their own?
2. They aren't too young to visit the cinema on their own?
3. Isn't they too young to visit the cinema on their own?
4. On their own the are too young to visit the cinema?

Make a negative question:
He has got 2 sisters.

Make a negative question:
He can watch TV.

Make a negative question:
You know this is a bad idea

Make a negative question:
He knows what to do!

Make a negative question:
He knew he was right.

Make a negative question:
Your friends go to Disney land next week.

your sister helped Lucia in the kitchen yesterday.

Zet de ontkenning vooraan:

Don't you like music? (bevestiging)

Didn't you hear me? (bevestiging/ergernis?

Can't you just be quiet? (ergernis)

Haven't you tried this before? (ongeloof)