Ingles VI

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. 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?) Se utiliza la misma forma del verbo en AFI

We use modal verbs to say how sure we are about something. 1 must We use  must  when we feel sure that something is true because there’s very strong evidence. He must live near here because he comes to work on foot.  We don’t know where he lives but we’re sure it’s not far away. Come inside and get warm – you must be freezing out there. You’re a zookeeper? That must be very interesting. Notice that  must  is followed by an infinitive without ‘to’. 2 might, may, could We use  might ,  may  or  could  to say that we think something is possible but we’re not sure. Did you hear that? I think there might be a burglar downstairs.  She’s not sure there’s a burglar but she thinks it’s possible. We’ll try to get there early but we may arrive late if there’s a lot of traffic. Don’t put it up there. It could fall off and hit someone. Might ,  may  and  could  are also followed by an infinitive without ‘to’. 3 can’t We use  can’t  when we feel sure something is not true. It can’t