Unit

41 Have you? Are you? Don't you? etc.

I'm writing a book.^

O h ; have you? ) \( ^

^Don'tyou? W hy

You can say have you? / is it? / can't he? etc. to show that you are interested or surprised:
O 'You're late.' 'Oh, am I? I'm sorry.'
'I was ill last week.' 'Were you? I didn't know that.'
'It's raining again.' 'Is it? It was sunny ten minutes ago.'
'There's a problem with the car.' 'Is there? What's wrong with it?'

O 'Bill can't drive.' 'Can't he? I didn't know that.'

O 'I'm not hungry.' 'Aren't you? I am.'
O 'Sue isn't at work today.' 'Isn't she? Is she ill?'

Use do/does for the present simple, and did for the past simple:
'I speak four languages.' 'Do you? W hich ones?'
O 'Ben doesn't eat meat.' 'Doesn't he? Does he eat fish?'
O 'Nicola got married last week.' 'Did she? Really?'

Question tags

You can use have you? / is it? / can't she? etc.

Q te a beautiful day, lent it?^
at the end of a sentence.

These 'mini-questions' are question tags.

positive sentence > negative question tag

negative sentence >positive question tag

92 ( I am / I don't etc. Unit 40