Questions
Question tags
Question tags for "am I not".
There isn't a contraction for the negative question tag "am I not", so instead we use "aren't I". For instance: "I'm right, aren't I?"
Suggestions
After a "Let's...." We use "Shall we?"
Let's go to the cinema, shall we?
Let's clean the house, shall we?
Impératives and invitations
After an imperative we use 'will you?', as an equivalent of please.
Close the door, will you?
Came here, will you?
In the impersonal construction to show existence (there is, there are, there will be, etc.), "there" acts as a subject. For instance: "there isn't milk, is there?"
There isn't candies, is there?
There are books, aren't there?
Same-way question tags
We can use an affirmative tag with an affirmative sentence to show surprise, interest or concern. For instance: "she is your girlfriend, is she?"
You have travelled to London, have you?
So you are new, are you?
We can do the same with negative sentences, but that shows a lot of aggressiveness. For instance: "you aren't really kind, aren't you?"
You aren't pretty intelligent, aren't you?
So you don't like me, don't you?
IMPORTANT.
If there are two verbs in a sentence, the question tag may refer to one or another, so you have to use your common sense.
Echo questions
We use echo questions to show surprise and interest. To do so, the listener makes a short question using the auxiliary verb the speaker has just used without changing the sense (positive or negative). For instance:
"I bought a new car".
"Did you?"
"I have bought a new laptop".
"Have you?"
"I will write a novel."
"Will you"
"I haven't tried Korean food".
"Haven't you?"
"There isn't much to see".
"Isn't there?"
Questions with prepositions
When a question word is the object of a preposition, the preposition usually comes at he end.
What (question word) are you looking at (preposition).
Who (question word) are you talking to (preposition).
What (question word) are you looking for (preposition).
The preposition also goes at the end of the sentence in indirect wh-questions and what-clauses that aren't questions.
I want who you were looking at.
She asked where you were going to.
Tell me what you are looking for.
You haven't tell me what is this for?
Short questions with prepositions are made with the question word plus the preposition.
What for?
Who with?
What about?
Phrasal verbs
Look up
Look at
Look for
Look to: acudir a alguien o algo.
Look ahead: thing about what is going to happen in the future and make plans.
Look through: read something quickly or briefly.
Look out: watch what is happening and be careful.
Look around: look at something that is behind you.
Look on: see sth without taking part of it.
Look in: visit a person or a place for a short time.
Look forward to
Look back: think about sth that happened in the past
Get in.
Get into
Get off: bajarse del avión, autobús...
Get on
Get out
Get over
Get through: to complete or finish sth.
Get together
Get up
Dress up
Bring up: when your friend brings their kids without telling you.
Build up: to increase the amount, size ort intensity of sth.
Call up
Burn up
Do up: to fix sth.
Catch up: reach sb that is in front of you.
Chop up: cut into small pieces.
Eat up: eat the food you've been given.
Check up
Cut off
Get through: to arrive at the end/to finish something
Hang on: to wait for a short time.
Hang up: to end up a conversation and put the telphone down.
Call back
Pick up
Put through: to connect by telephone.
Speak up
Break up
Hold on
Try on
Lock up
Break down
Take off
Get on
Get off
Get into
Get out
Types of phrasal verbs
Transitive (separable)
Transitive (non-separable)
Intransitive (non-separable).
Phrasal verbs with to particles (non-separable).
S + V
S + V + object
S + V + object
S + V + object
Go off
Get up
Hurry up
Go up
Turn up or down
Put on
Pick up
Look up
Look for
Get in
Take after
Look up to
Look forward to