AUXILIARY VERBS – USE

1. In short answers: A: Do you like our new house? B: Yes, I do.

2. to avoid repeating the main verb: I like chocolate, but my brother doesn’t.
3. To agree with a positive statement – so + aux. verb + subject
A: I saw him with a new girlfriend.
B: So did I.
4. To agree with a negative statement: neither + aux. verb + subject
A: I haven’t brought her anything.
B: Neither have I.
5. To make ECHO questions, to show interest.
A: She went to Canada.
B: Did she?
A: I’ll make some coffee.
B: Will you? Great!
6. In affirmative sentences to show emphasis. With Present simple we use do/does + infinitive,
with Past Simple we use did + infinitive:
A: You didn’t pay the bills!
B: I did pay them, I promise.
*With other auxiliaries, we put stress on the auxiliary verb:
A: She isn’t coming.
B: She is coming. I’ve just talked to her.

7. In question tags when we ask another person to agree with us. The question tag is pronounced
with a falling intonation:

You won’t forget, will you?

They are coming, aren’t they?

You can speak Spanish, can’t you?

MINI GRAMMAR

The + comparative adjective + noun(subject) + verb, the + comparative adjective + noun (subject) +
verb

This structure is used to show that one thing depends on another:

The sooner you start the test, the sooner you will finish it.

The more boring a person is, the less you want to talk to him/her.