DON’T YOU LIKE BOB?YES, I DON’T.
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完了…如果這時我想表達的是「我不喜歡」,該說yes還是no?否定句型常常讓人傷透腦筋。尤其在回答否定問句的時候,我們常常會猶豫不知道自己該說哪個答案!因此你一定要知道:
A. 前後的回答必須肯定或否定皆為一致,總共只可能會有兩種答案,Yes, I do.及No, I don’t.
B. 如果答案是肯定的(I like Bob.),那麼回答就是Yes, I do.,而若是否定的(I don’t like Bob. ),答案便為No, I don’t.
B. 如果答案是肯定的(I like Bob.),那麼回答就是Yes, I do.,而若是否定的(I don’t like Bob. ),答案便為No, I don’t.
再看看別的例句吧:
e.g., Can’t you drive?No, I can’t.
你不會開車嗎?不,我不會開。
Use the verb BE to ask Yes / No questions about the identity or description of a person, place, or thing.
question | response | |
Am I your friend? | Yes. / Yes, you are. / Yes, you are my friend. | |
Is this a good restaurant? | No. / No, it is not. / No, it is not a good restaurant. | |
Are these islands Greek? | Yes. / Yes, they are. / Yes, these islands are Greek. | |
Was his idea interesting? | No. / No, it wasn’t. / No, his idea was not interesting. | |
Were they happy? | Yes. / Yes, they were. / Yes, they were happy. |
Note that the response can be short (Yes. / No.), or long: Yes or No followed by the subject and verb.
Use the verb BE with a preposition to ask Yes / No questions about a present or past location.
question | response | |
Am I at the correct location? | No. / No, you aren’t. | |
Are the keys under the books? | No. / No, they are not. | |
Was his house on an island? | Yes. / Yes, it was. | |
Were the demonstrations in the center of town? | No. / No, they weren’t. |
Use the verb BE to ask a Yes / No question about a current activity or situation. This requires the present progressive : BE + (verb+ing).
question | response | |
Am I going with you and Tom? | Yes. / Yes, you are. | |
Is she working today? | No. / No, she isn’t. | |
Are we seeing a play tomorrow? | Yes. / Yes, we are. |
Use the verb BE to ask a Yes / No question about a past activity or situation. This requires the past progressive : WAS / WERE + (verb+ing).
question | response | |
Was it raining? | Yes. / Yes, it was. | |
Were they playing? | No. / No, they weren’t. |
Use the verb BE to ask a Yes / No question with the passive voice.
question | response | |
Is gold mined in Canada? | Yes. / Yes it is. | |
Are flowers grown here? | No. / No, they are not. | |
Was the book read? | Yes. / Yes, it was. |
Use the verb HAVE to ask if somebody has done something or if some action has taken place. Note that these Yes / No questions use the present perfect (HAVE + past participle).
question | response | |
Has your brother left? | No. / No, he hasn’t. | |
Have you driven before? | Yes. / Yes, I have. | |
Has the party started? | Yes. / Yes, it has. |
Use the verb DO to ask Yes / No questions in order to obtain facts about people, places, or things.
question | response | |
Do they smoke? | No. / No, they don’t. | |
Does it rain here? | Yes. / Yes, it does. | |
Did the key work? | No. / No, it didn’t. |
Use modal verbs to ask Yes / No questions about possibilities or uncertainties.
question | response | |
Can we stay? | Yes. / Yes, we can. / Yes, we can stay. | |
Could this be true? | Yes. / Yes, it could (be true). | |
Should they stop? | No. / No, they shouldn’t (stop). | |
May I help you? | Yes. / Yes you may (help me). |
Remember: When asking Yes / No questions with DO or a modal verb, the main verb remains in the base form(without to).
correct | incorrect | |
Do you drink coffee? | Do you to drink coffee? | |
Does she work here? | Does she to work here? | |
Can I go with you? | Can I to go with you? | |
Should we email her? | Should we to email her? |
However, if there are two verbs that follow DO, the second verb remains in the infinitive (with to).
correct | incorrect | |
Do you want to drink coffee? | Do you want drink coffee? | |
Does she like to work here? | Does she like work here? | |
Did you need to go home? | Did you need go home? |
Note that there are several ways to answer Yes / No questions, especially when using contractions.
question | response |
Is he busy? | No. |
No, he isn’t. | |
No, he’s not. | |
No, he is not. | |
No, he isn’t busy. | |
No, he’s not busy. | |
No, he is not busy. |
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