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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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I am helping a 47 year old lady from Korea in conversational English. The teacher of her teen age daughter called and wants to have a conference with the Korean lady. We went through possible questions and things that might have been said. I gave her one question to ask the teacher: as follows:
"What problem is my daughter having?"
The Korean lady could not figure out the gramatical construction and it confused her. I told her that in a question the subject, my daughter, goes between the auxiliary verb, is, and the present participle of the main verb (in this case , have). However I couldn' explain it any better than that. Can anyone help me with this as I will be seeing her tomorrow and couldn't find anything in the grammar books I have. Is the phrasee "what problem," the object of the sentence?
thanks for any help you can give.
dvb11
"What problem is my daughter having?"
The Korean lady could not figure out the gramatical construction and it confused her. I told her that in a question the subject, my daughter, goes between the auxiliary verb, is, and the present participle of the main verb (in this case , have). However I couldn' explain it any better than that. Can anyone help me with this as I will be seeing her tomorrow and couldn't find anything in the grammar books I have. Is the phrasee "what problem," the object of the sentence?
thanks for any help you can give.
dvb11
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I would start with the simplest version of the sentence, and then make minimal changes. Then the structure is clearer. My daughter has a problem.
- I would start with the simplest version of the sentence, and then make minimal changes.
- Then the structure is clearer.
- My daughter has a problem.
- (subject - daughter, verb - have, object - problem) In the following versions of the sentence, the subject, verb and object basically do not change.
- If you have covered how to make questions from statements, then this is next: My daughter does have a problem.
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I would start with the simplest version of the sentence, and then make minimal changes. Then the structure is clearer.
My daughter has a problem. (subject - daughter, verb - have, object - problem) In the following versions of the sentence, the subject, verb and object basically do not change.
If you have covered how to make questions from statements, then this is next:
My d
My daughter has a problem. (subject - daughter, verb - have, object - problem) In the following versions of the sentence, the subject, verb and object basically do not change.
If you have covered how to make questions from statements, then this is next:
My d
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