Saturday, December 14, 2013

Forming Short Answers

[A standard focus on form sheet.  Perhaps a little bit pedantic, but the assumption is that if I was going to do a boring  focus on form lesson, than the least I could do was make it more interactive instead of just giving the students the structure.]


Forming Short Answers
Directions: Put the words below into the appropriate box.  Some words you will use more than once.
am, are, auxiliary verb, do, does, did, has, have, is, not, subject, was, were

Short answers with yes are answered in the following way:
Yes



Short answers with no are answered in the following way:
No




Present Tense Example: Do you play soccer?  Yes I do/No I don’t

Yes





No





Past Tense Example:  Did you play soccer?  Yes I did/No I didn’t
Yes



No




Present Perfect Simple Example: Have you played soccer?  Yes I have/No I haven’t.

Yes





No





Present Continuous Example: Are you playing soccer?  Yes I am/ No I’m not

Yes






No






Past Continuous Example: Were you playing soccer?  Yes I was/ No I wasn’t.

Yes





No





Present Perfect Continuous
Have you been playing soccer?  Yes I have/ No I haven’t.


Yes





No








Answers: Forming Short Answers
Directions: Put the words below into the appropriate box.  Some words you will use more than once.
am, are, auxiliary verb, do, does, did, has, have, is, not, subject, was, were

Short answers with yes are answered in the following way:
Yes
subject
auxiliary verb

Short answers with no are answered in the following way:
No
subject
auxiliary verb
not

Present Tense Example: Do you play soccer?  Yes I do/No I don’t

Yes
subject
do
does


No
subject
do
not
does

Past Tense Example:  Did you play soccer?  Yes I did/No I didn’t
Yes
subject
did

No
subject
did
not

Present Perfect Simple Example: Have you played soccer?  Yes I have/No I haven’t.

Yes
subject
have
has

No
subject
have
not
has

Present Continuous Example: Are you playing soccer?  Yes I am/ No I’m not
Yes
subject
am
is
are

No
subject
am
not
is
are

Past Continuous Example: Were you playing soccer?  Yes I was/ No I wasn’t.
Yes
subject
was
were

No
subject
was
not
were

Present Perfect Continuous
Have you been playing soccer?  Yes I have/ No I haven’t.

Yes
subject
have
has

No
subject
have
not
has


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