Negative questions &

vocabulary
ING400
VOCABULARY Do you know the synonyms for
some of them?
VOCABULARY
DESCRIBE YOUR OUTFIT:
COLOR

DARK....
LIGHT ....

TURQUOISE

NEON ....
PATTERNS

SOLID
 MATERIALS

CASHMERE
DENIM
COTTON

POLYESTER

SUEDE

SILK
RUBBER WOOL
LEATHER
 STYLES

ROUND NECK V-NECK

SLEEVELESS SHORT-SLEEVED LONG-SLEEVED

TURTLENECK
Boot-cut flared Fitted skinny baggy
CLASSIFY THE WORDS
 ORDER Of ADJECTIVES
OPINION SIZE COLOR SHAPE NATIONALITY MATERIAL NOUN

Beautiful small purple striped Ecuadorian woolen sweater

It’s not grammatically

correct to use so many
adjectives.

We usually use 2 or 3 no
more
 Negative questions
We use them when we want or expect someone to agree with us, we
can use them to:

EXPRESS AN OPINION SUGGEST AN IDEA SHOW SURPRISE

Isn’t this jacket great? Isn’t it expensive? Isn’t it on sale?

Don’t you think this jacket is It’d look good, don’t you Don’t you like it?
great? think?
 NEGATIVE QUESTIONS
What’s the difference?
Don’t you think this floral-print jacket is too fancy?

Don’t you think + sentence?

Isn’t this floral-print jacket too fancy?

Auxiliary + subject + complement?

 Pay attention to the grammar structure:

STRUCTURE
VERB TO BE
The auxiliary that is at the beginning is Isn’t this jacket beautiful? (1 jacket)
always negative.
Always use the contraction! But

Aren’t these jackets nice? (more than 1)

Shouldn’t
Couldn’t
Won’t OTHER VERBS
Don’t Doesn’t this jacket look good? (1 jacket)
Doesn’t
Aren’t But
Isn’t
Don’t these jackets look nice? (more than 1)
Choose the correct answer
When is a negative question used?
A. To show surprise or doubt
B. In an exclamation
C. When you expect the listener to
agree
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
Which negative question form is correct?
A. Isn't computers amazing!
B. Computers aren't amazing!
C. Aren't computers amazing!
D. Why are computers amazing?
E. Why computers aren't amazing?
Which negative question is correctly
formed?
Which negative question is formed A. Didn't you finish your homework?
correctly? B. You didn't finish your homework?
C. Your homework why you didn't
A. Don't like you donuts? finish it?
B. Donuts don't you like? D. Why you did finish not your
C. Why you don't like donuts? homework?
D. Don't you like donuts? E. Why you didn't finish your
E. Why donuts don't like you? homework?
Choose the correctly-formed negative
question.
A. Why you no finish the project?
B. Why you didn't finish the project?
C. You didn't finish the project?
D. Didn't finish you the project?
E. Why didn't you finish the project?
 PRACTICE
1. Describe these
pictures using the
correct vocabulary

2. Write negative
questions using the
description
Reference
McCarthy, M., McCarte, J. & Sandiford, H. (2008). Touchstone 4: Teacher’s
edition (2nd ed.). New York: Cambridge University Press.