In this grammar refresh, we'll start by looking at something called the Emphatic Auxillary.
Or does so the emphatic auxillary is what we're focusing on here.
And this basically means that you're stressing the auxiliary verb when you say it.
So we use this emphatic auxiliary verb in our sentences to stress the point of the sentence.
Well, let's take a look at the examples.
It's the easiest way to really understand this.
And here, you know, the auxiliary verb is do or does or did in the present or past tense.
And listen to how I read it to see how it's the emphatic auxiliary work for the first example is they
do know me after all right.
But you hear me stress the do.
So they're really focusing on the fact that, oh hey, they do know me.
I everyone thought they did it, but they do so they do know me.
After all, that's different than if you just read it as a simple auxiliary verb without the emphatic
part, without the emphatic.
It's just they do know me after all.
But with the emphatic auxillary, it's they do know me after all.
Let's look at another example.
It does sound horrible.
How did it happen, or you could just pick one.
You don't have to do both.
It does sound horrible.
How did it happen?
So I can add that emphasis on these auxiliary verbs.
The last example I did send the report on Monday.
So if someone's questioning, did you send the report and you really want to make it sound like of course
I did it did my job, then you can add this emphasis.
I did send the report on Monday.
We'll also look now at these special contractions that we use only during speech, and if you watch
some of the other lessons, you might have seen this.
But these are very good to review because they are used so often.
And again, these are mostly only used in informal situations.
So here's what we're going to contract certain verbs or phrases with these verbs into special words.
Well, the first one is want to write.
I want to if you're writing, that's how you definitely would write it.
But if you're talking to friends or a very casual setting, you can contract this to one, right?
I want to.
I've got to change to data, right?
I have got to versus I got.
Going to become governor.
All right, I'm going to I'm going to.
Both mean the same thing, and these are very good to get used to because, you know, you don't know
about these and someone who is a native speaker is talking to you.
These words are going to sound so strange to you and you're not going to understand them.
Right?
Someone says, I want to have this banana.
What is one?
But if you know this, it's an extra step or an extra.
Level two, your English, and you'll be able to understand a lot more.
There are examples here are so what are you going to do?
What are you going to do?
And.
The next one, well, I got to go.
The work isn't going to do itself, so you can see how these kind of all blend together, right?
It makes your sentence.
All the words seem very blended together.
Well, I got to go.
It's not well, I got to go.
Well, I got to go.
The last example is I don't want to call in sick after only three weeks of working here, but I can't
work in this state.
Again, I don't want to.
I don't want to call it's all blended together.
I don't want to call in sick versus I don't want to call in sick, but I don't want to call.