Los tag questions son pequeñas frases o preguntas (mini-questions) que se colocan al final de una oración afirmativa o negativa y que generalmente tienen como objetivo confirmar o negar el contenido de la frase misma. Es el equivalente al ¿verdad?español o al ¿no? más utilizado en países de América.
TRES REGLAS BASICAS QUE DEBES RECORDAR | |
1. | Los tag questions utilizan siempre los verbos auxiliares. |
2. | Con oraciones afirmativas utilizamos un tag question en NEGATIVO. |
3. | Con oraciones negativas utilizamos un tag question en AFIRMATIVO o POSITIVO. |
Analicemos ahora las diferentes alternativas que pueden presentarse: |
a) ORACIONES AFIRMATIVAS CON EL VERBO TO BE EN PRESENT SIMPLE O CONTINUO. |
Se utiliza la misma forma del verbo en NEGATIVO: aren't you? isn't he? isn't she? isn't it? aren't we? aren't you? aren't they? Aquí tienes algunos ejemplos: |
It's a beautiful day, isn't it? (Es un día hermoso, ¿no?)Martha is angry, isn't she? (Marta está enojada, ¿verdad?)You are really tired, aren't you? (Estás muy cansado, ¿no?)They're very nice people, aren't they? (Son personas muy agradables, ¿no?)You are coming tomorrow, aren't you? (Vas a venir mañana, ¿verdad?)Pedro's flying now, isn't he? (Pedro está volando en estos momentos, ¿no?) |
Por favor recuerda que, en inglés americano y UNICAMENTE en este caso en particular, para la primera persona del verbo to be se utiliza aren't I? como equivalente de am I not?: |
I'm late, aren't I? (Llego tarde, ¿no?)I'm arriving late at night, aren't I? (LLegaré tarde por la noche, ¿no?) |
b) ORACIONES NEGATIVAS CON EL VERBO TO BE EN PRESENT SIMPLE O CONTINUO. |
Se utiliza la misma forma del verbo en AFIRMATIVO o POSITIVO: am I? are you? is he? is she? is it? are we? are you? are they? Aquí tienes algunos ejemplos: |
I'm not late, am I? (No llego tarde, ¿no?)It isn't a beautiful day, is it? (No es un día hermoso, ¿verdad?)Martha isn't angry, is she? (Marta no está enojada, ¿no?)You aren't really tired, are you? (No estás muy cansado, ¿verdad?)They aren't very nice people, are they? (No son personas muy agradables, ¿no?)You aren't coming tomorrow, are you? (No vas a venir mañana, ¿no?)Pedro isn't flying now, is he? (Pedro no está volando en estos momentos, ¿no?) |
c) ORACIONES AFIRMATIVAS CON EL VERBO TO BE EN PAST SIMPLE O CONTINUO. |
Se utiliza la misma forma del verbo en NEGATIVO: wasn't I? weren't you? wasn't he? wan't she? wasn't it? weren't we? weren't you? weren't they? Aquí tienes algunos ejemplos: |
It was a beautiful day, wasn't it? (Fue un día hermoso, ¿verdad?)Martha was angry, wasn't she? (Marta estaba enojada, ¿no?)You were really tired, weren't you? (Estabas muy cansado, ¿verdad?)You were studying at 6, weren't you? (Estuviste estudiando a las 6, ¿no?)He was flying when I phoned, wasn't he? (Estaba volando cuando llamé, ¿no?) EXERCISES: |
Pedro Paulet
ResponderEliminarHe was born in Arequipa, Peru, in the district of Tiabaya on July 2, 1874, his parents were Pedro Paulet and Antonia Quiroz Mostajo and hewas always an active student, ideal for science and a passion for art. From childhood he showed great interest in traveling into space.
At 19 he received a scholarship in recognition of academic excellence, by the Peruvian government allowed him to travel to Europe to study engineering.
He studied hard the displacement of the squid, which gave him the idea of creating chemical mass to create the jet displacement, mass, who invented and currently used by space shuttles, including this invention based on squid spread in a U.S. Postal stamps with the seal of the "NASA" in 1974 to 100 years after his birth.
He was a Peruvian engineer, pioneer of astronautics and space age. The scientist Wernher von Braun believes, "the father of modern astronautics
He died on January 30, 1945 Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Leonardo Da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci was born on Saturday April 15, 1452, he was a native of Florence Italian painter.
Leonardo da Vinci is considered one of the greatest painters of all time and probably is the person with the most talent in multiple disciplines that has ever existed. Its most famous historical association is the painting, two of his most famous works, the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, copied and parodied several times, as his drawing of theVitruvian Man, that would be taken up in numerous derivative works.
As an engineer and inventor, Leonardo developed ideas far ahead of its time, such as helicopter, tank, the submarine and the car. Very few of his projects came to be built (including the machine to measure the yield of a cable)
As a scientist, Leonardo da Vinci made much progress knowledge in the fields of anatomy, civil engineering, optics and hydrodynamics.
He died at Amboise on May 2, 1519, at age 67, accompanied by his faithful FrancescoMelzi, who left his drafts, drawings and paintings.
I think that Leonardo da Vinci is a remarkable person for his art, creativity and imagination that makes his unique and great works like the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. That are well-known paintings and extraordinary world-wide.
José! Cries the chief of section, may not know that it is forbidden to drink while working. - Jose: Do not worry boss, I'm not working.
ResponderEliminarA blind man asks a lome! are you living? And the lame answers: Weel, you see.
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Professor the biographies that are at the beginning of the comments are mine too but I forget to put my name if.