negáciou slovesa TO BE v hlavnej vete is – isn't, isn't - is

2. ak sa v hlavnej vete nachádza plnovýznamové sloveso tvorí sa negáciou slovesa DO
do – don't, don't - do

Examples:

Your name is John, isn't it. Your name isn't John, is it ?
You like fruit, don't you ? He doesn't know her name, does he ?

Opinions

kladný postoj: like (páčiť sa) - love (milovať) - admire (obdivovať) - adore (zbožňovať)
záporný postoj: don't like - dislike - hate (nenávidieť) - can't stand (nemôcť vystáť)

neutrálny postoj I don't mind. (Nevadí mi)



















































What mistakes English speakers do ?

False friends

1. What is your program for the weekend ? Aký je tvoj program na výkend ?
Correct: What are your plans for the weekend ?

Reading is a great relax for them. Correct: Reading is good relaxing. We never use relax as noun – only as verb.

I don't like a films which have happy end. Correct: I don't like films with happy ending. 2.
I do a lot of mistakes. Correct with noun mistakes: I make a lot of mistakes.
I control a homework. We never use control this way. You can control a car but not homework.
Correct: I check (or correct) a homework. (homework – not homeworks !)

3.
It is 37 grades in the sun and 29 grades in the shadows.
correct: It is 37 degrees in the sun and 29 in the shade.

Let's sit in the shadows. correct: Let's sit in the shade. But we say that every object makes the shadow.

4.
question: Who ate all of the biscuits ? answer: Me not.
correct answer is: Not me.

5.
I'm living in the hotel for 3 months.
correct: I'm staying in the hotel for 3 months. 6.
I visit the gymnasium. Chodím na gymnázium.
correct: I go to high school. gymnasium = telocvičňa

7. It is on to you. Je to na tebe.
correct: It's up to you.

8. Welcome is usually used with preposition TO, so, we say this:
Welcome to the school. Vytajte v škole.
Welcome to new collective. Vytajte v novom kolektíve.

... but we say this: Welcome in my home.

9.
I make a photo. He make an X-ray.
correct: I take a photo. He takes an X – ray.

10. We do not say fingers on foot, but we say it other way:
toes – are the small things at the end of foot. 11.