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Unit
41 Have you? Are you? Don't you? etc.
I'm w rit in g a b o o k.^
O h ; have you? ) \ ( ^
^ Don'tyou? W h y
You can say have you? / is it? / can't he? etc. to sho w that you are interested or surprised:
O 'You're late.' 'Oh, am I? I'm sorry.'
'I w as ill last week.' 'W ere you? I didn't know that.'
'It's raining again.' 'Is it? It was sunny ten m inutes ago.'
'There's a problem with the car.' 'Is there? W hat's wro ng w ith it?'
O 'Bill can't drive.' 'Can't he? I didn't kno w that.'
O 'I'm not hungry.' 'Aren't you? I am.'
O 'Sue isn't at w o rk today.' 'Isn't she? Is she ill?'
Use do/ does for the p resen t sim ple, and did for the p a st sim p le:
'I speak four languages.' 'Do you? W h ich ones?'
O 'Ben doesn't eat meat.' 'Doesn't he? Does he eat fish?'
O 'N icola got m arried last week.' 'Did she? Really?'
Question tags
You can use have you? / is it? / can't she? etc.
at the end o f a sentence.
Q t ’e a beautiful day, len t it?^
These 'm ini-questions' are q u est io n tags.
p o sitive sentence —> n egative question tag
n egative sentence —> p osit ive question tag
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