tailieunhanh - Oxford practice grammar part 10

Tham khảo tài liệu 'oxford practice grammar part 10', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 33 Emphatic do Inirocluc tlon Oh tfmt picture s new. J is nice. rex o Me 1 i - Melanie wants to emphasize the idea that the picture is nice and that she likes it. She wants to say this in a strong and positive way. NEUTRAL EMPHATIC It s nice. I like it. It is nice. I do like it. B Emphatic forms Often we can be emphatic by using a full form like is or have rather than a short form such as s or ve see Unit 32 . We stress the word when we speak it. Yes it is late. It s half past one in the morning. My goodness you have done a lot of work. Well done. We can also stress modal verbs such as will and should. You will write to me won t you You really should drive more carefully. We almost had an accident. In the present simple we put do before the verb. You re so right. I do agree with you. Your hair is much too long. You do need a haircut. We do hope you can come to our barbecue. I m getting fed up with those dogs. They do make such a In the third person singular we use does. The city centre does get crowded doesn t it Emma says Matthew doesn t care about her but he says he does care. We do not add s to the verb. It does look nice NOT it does looks nice. In the past simple we use did. We did enjoy the concert. It was really good. You shouldn t have forgotten. I did remind you. Vicky is quite sure that she did see a ghost. We do not add ed to the verb. We did enjoy it. NOT fe did enjoyed it. C The imperative with do We can use do with an imperative for emphasis. Do hurry up or we ll be late. Oh do be quiet. I m trying to concentrate. Here do makes the speaker sound more worried or annoyed. We use this structure only in an informal situation. But we can also use do with an imperative in offers and invitations see page 122 . Do have some more soup. Do take a seat wont you Here do sounds very polite. 33 Exercises Yes I will be late home. 1 Emphatic do A-B Put in the emphatic forms of these sentences like my new portrait. I m smiling. It s foggy today. Yes I ll be late home.