Vocabulary Words

1. Flourishing – prosperous

2. Ceaselessly – endlessly

3. Peered – looked searchingly

4. Nobility - Admirable dignity

5. Hardy – strong

6. Racked – tried hard

7. Keen – sharp

8. Pursuit – chase

9. Enraged – angry

10. Sneer – scornful smile

11. Reckoning – problem solved

12. Auspicious – hopeful

13. Vinta – traditional boat in Mindanao

14. Prow – front part of the vessel

15. Incarnate – personified

16. Solitary – single

17. Eloquently – fluently

18. Transgress – break

19. Vexation – hatred

20. Incredulous – unwilling to believe

21. Slyly – with intention to deceive

22. Naught – nothing

23. Thrust – pushed with force

24. Junks – flat-bottomed ships

25. Chamber – bedroom

26. Imperious - arrogant

TAG QUESTIONS

Consist of a statement to be verified or rejected in the answer and ends with a question mark (?).

The tag question is positive when the statement part is negative.

Example:

Pauline is not here, is she?

A Negative Statement Postive Tag Question

If the statement is positive, the tag question must be in negative form.

Example:

Tsunamis are very dangerous, aren’t they?

A Positive Statement Negative Tag Question

If the verb in the statement is a form of the verb to be, the tag question repeats the verb.

Example:

They are my friends, aren’t they?

They will come, won’t they?

If the verb in the statement part is any other verb in the present tense, the tag question uses the verb DOES for third person and singular and DO for plural and first and second persons singular.

Example:

Mary likes ice cream, doesn’t she?

I don’t talk fast, do I?

Jude doesn’t want to go, does he?

If the verb in the statement part is any other verb in the past tense, the tag questions uses the verb DID.

Example:

We lost the match, didn’t we?

You did not buy the materials, did you?

When the verb in the statement part is in the present or past perfect tense, the verb in the tag question repeats the has or have or had used in the statement.

Example:

You have seen her in the competition, haven’t you?

William haven’t paid his debts, have he?

The people have a lot to thank God for, haven’t they?

When the verb in the statement part uses can, could, may, might, should or would, the tag question repeat these verbs.

Example:

They can’t do it, can they?

You could draw, couldn’t you?