The answer to the Easter worksheet
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009Hello everyone. I hope you had a fantastic Easter!
If you’ve been wondering what that extra “did” was doing in last week’s correction, then wonder no longer. We often use an auxillary when we want to emphasise something.
So, if I say “I saw Gary Linekar last week”, it’s normal, grammatically perfect, English. But, if you don’t believe me, and I want to insist that I saw him, and I really, really want you to believe me, or listen to me, then I could say: “I did see Gary Linkear last week.”
Try listening out for this type of use of auxillaries and see why the person used it.
Bye for now! And yes, I did see Gary Linekar last week 