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Who's coming swimming this afternoon?
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In English, do can add emphasis. This quiz practises “do/does/did” in positive statements, choosing the right form for the subject and tense.
1 .
Which of these comes across as the most forceful version?
You really oughtn't to go rummaging in the cellar.
It is categorically forbidden to access the basement.
I'm very much afraid that downstairs is out of bounds.
The lower floor is off-limits until further notice.
2 .
Which is the strongest form of denial here?
'You've never been guilty of a criminal offence, have you?'
...
'You've never been guilty of a criminal offence, have you?'
...
'No.'
'I never have.'
'Categorically not.'
'I never did.'
Answer 3 is the strongest here; No.1 is unambiguous but very curt and simple, while No.2 does echo the form of the question (which No.4 does not: the 'do' auxiliary may be emphatic, but it doesn't match the question in the terms that it was asked).
3 .
What would be the most emphatic NEGATIVE answer to this question?
'Who's coming swimming this afternoon?'
'Who's coming swimming this afternoon?'
'Not b****y likely!'
'No chance.'
'I'm not.'
'Definitely not me.'
It should strictly have been 'definitely not I', but very few people are pedantic enough to bother about that these days; Answer 4 is the best polite option here.
4 .
In the heyday of the theatre-organ at the Tower Ballroom in the seaside resort of Blackpool, the resident organist (Reginald Dixon, 1930-70) used to play as his 'signature tune' an old music-hall song from 1907 whose chorus began with the words:
'Oh ~ I ... ...
'Oh ~ I ... ...
... enjoy being at the beach.'
... love spending time beside the ocean.'
... do like to be beside the seaside.'
... 'm fairly fond of a seaside holiday, thank you very much.'
... And the word 'do' (Answer 3) was the first strong-beat word in the song ~ one of the best and most widespread (and indeed, one hopes, happiest) examples of 'do' as an Emphatic Auxiliary verb.
None of the other paraphrases has anything like the rhythmic vigour or rhetorical force of the correct version. You may like to try Googling it!
None of the other paraphrases has anything like the rhythmic vigour or rhetorical force of the correct version. You may like to try Googling it!
5 .
Which is the most successfully, and persuasively, emphatic way to give a contradictory answer here?
'I don't suppose any of you has thought to bring along any relevant documents?'
...
'I don't suppose any of you has thought to bring along any relevant documents?'
...
I did.
As a matter of fact, I have.
No, I fear not ~ not in my case, at any rate.
Well, you'd be mistaken then.
Answer 2 is nicely-judged and balanced. Answer 1 is too abrupt, and Answer 3 doesn't offer any contradiction (the 'no', in context, is agreeing with the negative supposition in the question). Answer 4 is too flippant, confrontational and generally likely to get the meeting off to a nervous start.
6 .
Which would probably be the most effective way of reminding someone of an important point you made earlier?
I need hardly remind you, surely, about what I said to you yesterday morning.
You haven't gone and forgotten my advice already, have you?
It sounds to me as though I'd been wasting my breath, warning you about this yesterday morning.
Just remember what I said, would you?
Answer 1 strikes the best balance: it avoids the rhetorical question (Answer 2; however tempting and called-for that may seem, as a device to challenge the person you're talking to) and also the sarcasm in Answer 3. Answer 4 is too blunt and unhelpfully unspecific.
7 .
Which is the most strongly persuasive way of introducing this idea?
' ... ... stuck in the middle of nowhere on a dark wet windy night, just 'cos you'd missed the last bus.'
' ... ... stuck in the middle of nowhere on a dark wet windy night, just 'cos you'd missed the last bus.'
'Don't get yourself ...
'You wouldn't want to be ...
'How daft to let yourself get ...
'Only a gibbering idiot would get ...
Answer 1 is a simple instruction; Answers 3 and 4 are critical in tone, and sound as though they're being spoken afterwards, by which time it's too late (perhaps they're complaining at having to drive out privately and rescue a fried or relative that was too selfish to have planned sensibly ahead).
The version in Answer 2 manages to build-in both a sense of recommendation, and personal fellow-feeling (as though to say, 'you can believe this from me: I was once foolish enough to have had that experience myself, and heartily suggest you avoid doing the same').
The version in Answer 2 manages to build-in both a sense of recommendation, and personal fellow-feeling (as though to say, 'you can believe this from me: I was once foolish enough to have had that experience myself, and heartily suggest you avoid doing the same').
8 .
In the modern-traditional version of the church Marriage Service, each person in the couple-to-be is asked,
'Will you take N. (= name) to be your lawful wedded wife/husband?'
And the reply is : ...
'Will you take N. (= name) to be your lawful wedded wife/husband?'
And the reply is : ...
'I do.'
'I will.'
'I must.'
'I shall.'
The 'I do' form (Answer 1) was an older response to the formal question 'Do you take ... ?', but the form nowadays is usually 'I will'', which is clear enough in intent but also blurs the sense of future time with a sense of emotional commitment (willing the marriage to work).
'I must' is not very confidence-inspiring, and 'I shall' is almost too formal; besides, neither of them echoes the phrasing of the question.
'I must' is not very confidence-inspiring, and 'I shall' is almost too formal; besides, neither of them echoes the phrasing of the question.
9 .
What would be the most emphatic positive answer to this question?
'Who's coming swimming this afternoon?'
'Who's coming swimming this afternoon?'
I.
I am.
Me.
I'm.
'Me' (Answer 3) would be widely heard, yet 'me is coming' would plainly be ungrammatical. 'I am' contains the affirmative (and unabbreviated) echo of the verb from the original question. You would not use the shortened form (Answer 4) in an elided answer by itself; it looks pretty strange, and it would sound out of place, even though it would probably be understood.
10 .
Which of these reaches most forcefully towards the centre of the problem?
'What seems to be the trouble?'
'Whatever is the matter with Charlie?'
'What on earth is going on in here all of a sudden?'
'What's everyone been up to?'
Answer 2 uses the quite emphatic 'whatever?' and also refers to an individual who may be in some kind of trouble (ill, drunk etc.) rather than a more general enquiry.
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Answer 1 sounds like an uncle or grandparent warning a naughty / inquisitive younger member of the family; Answer 3 also sounds strangely personal, but the version in Answer 4 might perhaps be seen on a temporary sign (perhaps while heavy maintenance is being done, e.g. on the central boiler). The wording in Answer 2 is nonetheless stronger.