I Like Chocolate. So do I!

Week 11^th -13^th May

Hello! How are you? I guess you are enjoying the weather and the long weekend…long weekend… just for Mónica!

What did we do last week?

We started the week with a review.

Interesting to know that if your partner was allergic to the dog you’d had for ten years, you wouldn’t give the dog away! (give as a present) All of us agreed that if a colleague was saying he was 45 years when, in fact he was 50, we wouldn’t give him away (reveal the truth). But when we came to the question of telling our daughter that her hamster had died, we had different opinions!

Then, we carry on (continue) talking, because we are very talkative, chatter boxes – in fact!

We talked about ‘twins’.

We read the story of two identical twins that had been brought up (raised by their families) separately. They met when they were forty and found out (discovered) that they had many things in common.

In this way we learnt how to agree and disagree.

AGREEING WITH AN AFFIRMATIVE OPINION		AGREEING WITH A NEGATIVE OPINION
I want to learn French	So do I / me,too	I don’t like cold countries	Neither do I / Me, neither
She can speak three languages	So can I / Me, too	They can’t speak Japanese	Neither can I / Me, neither
I’m going to buy a new car.	So am I / Me, too	I’m not going to travel by car.	Neither am I / Me neither
I went to London last year.	So did I / Me, too	I didn’t study French at school.	Neither did I / Me neither
He has arrived very early.	So have I / Me, too	They haven’t arrived yet.	Neither has Ellen.
I’d like to live in a bigger house.	So would I / Me, too	I wouldn’t like to have a lot of children.	Neither would I / Me neither.

As you can see, we use the structure “So do I” to agree with affirmative opinions. Take into account that you have to change “do” into the auxiliary used in the sentence you agree with.  And the same with the structure “neither do I”, which is used to agree in the negative.

To disagree, we use the auxiliary verb; not “yes” or “no”

I didn’t go to the cinema yesterday. I did. NOT Me, yes.

She’s studying for her exam. I’m not. NOT, Me, no.

And we also learnt some useful expressions:

·         Jim Springer looks exactly like Jim Lewis.

·         Jim Springer’s son has the same name as Jim Lewis’s son.

·         The two Jims both have dogs.

·         Jim Springer likes baseball and so does Jim Lewis.

·         Jim Lewis doesn’t like basketball and neither does Jim Springer.

·         Dr. Buouchanard didn’t expect them to be so similar to each other.

And that was the end of our week! See you tomorrow!