English Task 2 : # English Business 2

4KA16 (MEETING 5-8)

(30/4/2019)

Task 1 (Affirmative Agreement)

Direction: supply the correct form of the verb for the simple statement in each of the following sentences. Elaborate your reason.

1. Rose likes to fly, and her brother does too.

    Reason : Affirmative Agreement (single verb except be) + and + [subject + do,does,did + too] and use does because the subject is he.

2. They will leave at noon, and I will too.

    Reason :  Main clause there is a composite verb (auxiliary + verb = will leave).

3. Their plane is arriving at nine o’clock, and so is mine.

    Reason : There is only "to be" in the main clause, the same tenses from "to be" are used in the second clause.

4. I should go grocery shopping this afternoon, and so should my neighbour.

    Reason :  “should” because main clause there is a composite verb (auxiliary + verb = should go)

5. Our English teacher loves to travel, and so do we.

    Reason :  "do" because Affirmative Aggrement (single verb) + and + {subject + do,does,did + too} and use do because the subject is we.

Task 2 (Negative Agreement)

Direction: fill in the blanks with the correct form of either or neither. Elaborate your reason.

1. The children shouldn’t take that medicine, and neither should she.

    Reason : "neither" because the second clause "should"

2. I don’t like plan to attend the concert, and neither do they.

    Reason : "neither" because the second clause "do"

3. The Yankess couldn’t play due to the bad weather, and neither could the Angels.

    Reason : "neither" because the second clause "could"

4. Mary can’t type well, and her sister can’t either.

    Reason : "either" because the second clause "can't"

5. They won’t have to work on weekends, and we won’t either.

    Reason : "either" because the second clause "won't"

Task 3

Direction: identify the one underlined word or phrase that would not be acceptable in standard written English. Elaborate your reason.

1. He isn’t driving to the convention in March, and neither they are.

    Correct Answer : He isn’t driving  to the convention in March, and either they are.

    Reason : because the sentence is single sentence, so it comes to be either they are not neither they are.

2. Catherine is studying law at the university, and so does John.

    Correct Answer : Catherine is studying law at the university, and so is John.

    Reason : because there is only "to be" in the main clause, the same tenses from "to be" are used in the second clause

3. Because they have moved away, they hardly never go to the beach anymore.

    Correct Answer : Because they have moved away, they hardly ever go to the beach anymore.

    Reason : ever can be used in an affirmative sentence with not as an alternative to the more usual 'never'.

4.  Mary and her sister studied biology last year, and so does John.

    Correct Answer : Mary and her sister studied biology last year, and so did John.

    Reason : because in the main clause there is V3 (studied) so the correct answer should "so did John".

5. George has not completed the assignment yet, and Maria hasn’t neither.

    Correct Answer : George has not completed the assignment yet, and Maria hasn’t either.

    Reason : because after subject followed by negative auxiliary/be must be followed by either