SHORT ANSWERS

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Short Answers

Exercises on Short Answers

Decir ‘Yes, I do. / No, I don’t’ es más educado en inglés que decir solamente‘Yes. / No.’ Es por eso que se usan las respuestas cortas.
Para formar una respuesta corta, se usa la primera palabra de la pregunta. (Suele ser un verbo auxiliar o el verbo to ‘be’.)
Se usa la forma SIN CONTRAER (he does) en respuestas afirmativas(yes).
Se usa la forma CONTRAIDA (he doesn’t) en frases negativas (no)

Question ----------------------- Affirmative---------- -- Negative

Do you know him?---------------Yes, I do---------------No, we don’t.
Can she see me?-----------------Yes, she can.-----------No, she can’t.
Have they read the book?-------Yes, they have.---------No, they haven’t.
Is he hungry?-------------------Yes, he is.--------------No, he isn’t.

Cuidado: ISi‘you’ es el sujeto de la pregunta, ‘you’ debe ser reemplazado por ‘I’ o ‘we’.
Question------------------------Affirmative-------------Negative
Do you know him?--------------Yes, I / we do.----------No, I / we don’t.

Si la pregunta comienza por ‘are you’, ‘are’ debe ser reemplazado a veces por ‘am’.
Question------------------------Affirmative------------Negative
Are you hungry?----------------Yes, I am.--------------No, I’m not.
Y también: →-------------------Yes, we are.------------No, we aren’t.

Exercises on Short Answers
Exercise on Short Answers
Exercise on the text “New York”
Exercise on the text “Hadrian’s Wall”

Practice SHORT ANSWERS of to BE

http://www.grammar.cl/Games/Short_Answers_To_Be.htm

http://www.madridteacher.com/Grammar/Files/be-short-answers.htm

Practice SHORT ANSWERS of to HAVE GOT

http://usuarios.lycos.es/englishweb/gramatica/havegot6short.htm



Practice
http://www.inglesmundial.com/I1/grammar.htm
Correct the errors in the verbs in the sentences.

Example: She washs the dishes -----> WASHES
1. The baby crys a lot.
2. Mildred work at the university.
3. He dosen't speak English.
4. He don't like to drink coffee.
5. William play soccer on the weekends.
6. She isen't scared of the dark.
7. Frank doesn't lives in an apartment.