1.Short Answers:
(não contém interrogatives = who,
where, when, how etc)
Do you live near here?
Yes+ |
Subject+ |
Aux.verb |
|
Yes, |
I |
Do |
|
No+ |
Subject+ |
a.verb+NOT |
|
No, |
I |
Don’t(do not) |
Did you have a girlfriend in High School?
Yes+ |
Subject+ |
Aux.verb |
|
Yes, |
I |
Did |
|
No+ |
Subject+ |
a.verb+NOT |
|
No, |
I |
Didn’t(did not) |
Are you married?
Yes+ |
Subject+ |
Aux.verb |
|
Yes, |
I |
am |
|
No+ |
Subject+ |
a.verb+NOT |
|
No, |
I |
Am not |
Can you give me a ride to the grocer’s?
Yes+ |
Subject+ |
Aux.verb |
|
Yes, |
I |
Can |
|
No+ |
Subject+ |
a.verb+NOT |
|
No, |
I |
Can’t(can not) |
2.Shortened
Clauses (orações abreviadas)
WHO takes you to school every day?(Simple
present:Do/does)
|
Subject+ |
corresponding auxiliary verb |
|
My father
|
DOES |
WHO is talking to mom in the backyard?
|
Subject+ |
corresponding auxiliary verb |
|
Mrs. Thompson |
is. She is our new neighbor. |
WHAT caused the accident?
|
Subject+ |
corresponding auxiliary verb |
|
A broken car |
did. |
WHO has been to many countries?
|
Subject+ |
corresponding auxiliary verb |
|
He |
has. |
Positive sentence |
Negative tag |
|
Mary will be here soon, |
won’t she? |
|
There was a lot of
traffic, |
wasn’t there? |
|
Jim should pass the exam, |
shouldn’t he? |
Negative sentence |
Positive tag |
|
Mary won’t be late, |
will she? |
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They don’t like us, |
do they? |
|
You haven’t got a car, |
have you? |
LET’S
go for a walk, SHALL WE?
After the imperative (Do.../Don’t
do...etc.), the tag is usually...WILL YOU?:
OPEN
the door, WILL YOU?
DON’T
be late, WILL YOU?
Note that we say...aren’t I?
I’M
late, AREN’T I?