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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Are you prepared to the test? "Auxiliars"

"Are you prepared to the test?" what is wrong with this? Do I omit the "Do" auxiliar?

  1. Do you are prepared to the test?
  2. Did you are prepared to the test?, thanks I am lost in

  

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Those are all incorrect. You can say: Are you prepared for the test? Did you prepare for the test?

— GPY

  • Those are all incorrect.
  • You can say: Are you prepared for the test?
  • Did you prepare for the test?
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Those are all incorrect. You can say:

Are you prepared for the test?
Did you prepare for the test?
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AnonymousMaybe I omitted the auxiliary "do".
No. The auxiliary do is used with lexical verbs, as in Did you study for the test?, not auxiliary verbs
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Do not use "do" with "are". Use "do" + infinitive
Do you go to school?
Do I look nice?

Your sentences:
Present tense:
Are you prepared to take the test? Yes, I am prepared to take the test.
Are you prepared for the test? Yes, I am prepared for the test.
Are you preparing to take the test? Yes, I am preparing to take the test.
Are you pre
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AlpheccaStarsDo not use "do" with "are". Use "do" + infinitive
Do you go to school?
Do I look nice?
This seems to suggest that *Do you be prepared for the test? is possible.
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VulgarPerson
This seems to suggest that *Do you be prepared for the test? is possible.

No, it is used with many other infinitive forms of verbs, but not "be."

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