Short answers - English Grammar Step by Step

Answer the following sentences with short answers. Contractions are not used in the affirmative. Note also the following changes: I→you; we→you, we; you→I, we; he, she, it and they do not change. 1 Example: Can you speak Catalan? Yes, I can. No, I can’t/No, I cannot. a Can you look in on him on your way home? b Can you tell me what happened? c Can she play the violin? d Can they mend a puncture? e Can he draw? 2 Example:(he, she, it has; I, you, we, they have; see unit 6, part 4, sections 1 and 2.) Have you got a match? Yes, I have. No, I haven’t/No, I have not. a Have they got a pekinese? b Has she got a bungalow? c Has it got four legs? d Have you got a bulldog? e Have we got enough sugar? 3 Example: (I am; he, she, it is; you, we, they are; see unit 6, part 1, section 1.) Are they sad? Yes, they are. No, they aren’t/No, they are not. a Am I a good student? b Is there ¹ a van? c Are there two vans? d Is he doing his homework? e Are you a writer? 4 Example: (simple present ²: all the persons, but the third person singular) Do you fancy going to the theatre? Yes, I do. No, I don’t/No, I do not. a Do you like rum babas? b Do they wish to go out? c Do you take honey? d Do they deliver on Sundays? e Do I sing very well? 5 Example: (simple present: he, she, it) Does it rain a lot in your country? Yes, it does. No, it doesn’t/No, it does not. a Does she dry up very often? b Does his mother tuck him in every night? c Does this bomb go off very easily? d Does he live abroad? e Does he read newspapers? 6 Revision exercise. a Can you tell us the truth? b Do you travel a lot? c Have you got a cigarette? d Have you got a light? e Do they cook it on a low heat? f Is there any apple juice? g Are there any onions? h Is there a glass of rosé? i Do you wish to come here tomorrow evening? j Does she avoid talking to them? k Do we have to put everything away before going to bed? l Do you want to pick her up for me? m Does the grass need cutting? n Does he have a swim every day? o Do you detest babas? p Do they use a computer? q Do you eat meat? r Does she go out every Saturday night? s Are there two buildings? t Can they play the trumpet? u Is it foggy? v Do you prefer tea to coffee? w Has he got a French restaurant? x Are they doing the housework? y Has he got a terrible cough? z Is money the root of all evil? 7 Example: (simple past; see also unit 7, part 3.) Did you teach Italian? Yes, I did. No, I didn’t/No, I did not. a Did you drink all the red wine? b Did they pass their driving-tests? c Did she win the chess tournament? d Did it hail yesterday afternoon? e Did we post that letter? 8 Example: (I, he, she, it was; you, we, they were; see unit 6, part 1, section 2.) Was he in yesterday morning? Yes, he was. No, he wasn’t/No, he was not. a Were there many rabbits? b Was the rain bucketing down? c Was she a friend of yours? d Was it wet last month? e Were you sick? 9 Example: (he, she, it has; other persons, have; see unit 6, part 4, section 9, and unit 7, parts 5 and 6.) Have you ever been to York? Yes, we have. No, we haven’t/No, we have not. a Has she taken her life? b Have you ever seen a ghost? c Has he wrapped up all the parcels? d Have they stopped shooting? e Have we sent Sue the letter we wrote yesterday? 10 Revision exercise. a Do you think they will imprison him? b Have you ever drunk Spanish wine? c Can you climb craggy mountains? d Was he having breakfast when you got home this morning? e Does he think I’m lazy? f Was she dressed up like a dog’s dinner? g Have they got Aids? h Are they really going to eat raw meat? i Do you reckon they will exile her? j Is she a neighbour of Mike’s? k Did you tell her my name? l Were you outside the museum when you met him? m Has he got a lot of baskets? n Is there a river? o Has he been to the department store? p Did he commit suicide? q Did you drown the fairy cakes in brandy? r Have you invited your mother-in-law? s Is James your stepson? t Did he enjoy your wedding? u Have you eaten your dinner? v Were they playing poker when the police entered the garage? w Does the grass want watering? x Do they bark at night? y Can she fly an aeroplane? z Is her fly undone? ____________________ ¹ Use there as the subject of the short answer. ² For full details about the simple present form, see unit 7, part 1.

   Contents
   Introduction
   Notes
1  Negative and interrogative sentences (Page 2 and the key)
2  Short answers (Page 2 and the key)
3  Question tags (Page 2 and the key)
4  Questions and exclamations (Page 2 and the key)
5  So, neither, nor, either (the key)
6  Be, used to, would, be/get/become used to, dare, have, get, become, grow, go, turn, fall and feel (Page 2 and the key)
7  Verb tenses: forms (Page 2 and the key)
8  Irregular verbs
9  Verb tenses: uses (Page 2, Page 3, Page 4, Page 5 and the key)
10 Personal pronouns, possessives and reflexive pronouns (Page 2 and the key)
11 The genitive case (the key)
12 Singular and plural nouns (Page 2 and the key)
13 Gender (the key)
14 A, an, some, any, no, not, none, each, every and the; compounds of some, any, no and every (Page 2, Page 3 and the key)
15 Neither, not...either, none, not...any, both and all (the key)
16 A few, few, a lot, lots, a little, little, many, much, no and plenty (the key)
17 Enough, too, so and such (the key)
18 Comparative and superlative sentences (Page 2 and the key)
19 Adjective order (the key)
20 Relative clauses (Page 2 and the key)
21 Do and make (the key)
22 Modal verbs (Page 2, Page 3 and the key)
23 Infinitives, gerunds and present participles (Page 2 and the key)
24 Conditional sentences (Page 2 and the key)
25 Passive sentences (the key)
26 Reported speech (Page 2 and the key)
27 Purpose (the key)
28 Word order (the key)
29 Inversion (the key)
30 Connectors (Page 2 and the key)
31 Prepositions (Page 2, Page 3 and the key)
32 Phrasal verbs (the key)