Are you a doctor? Yes, I am.

No, I'm a nurse.

Is he from Colombia? Yes, he is

No, he isn't.

No, he's from Venezuela.

Is it time to go? Yes, it is.

No, it isn't.

Not yet.

Is she married? Yes, she is.

No, she isn't.

I don't know.

Are they here yet? Yes, they are.

No, they aren't.

Do you live in Oklahoma? Yes, I do.

No, I don't.

No, I live in Texas.

Does she drink coffee? Yes, she does.

No, she doesn't.

No, she drinks tea.

Does it fly? Yes, it does.

No, I don't think so.

Do you need some help? Yes, I do.

No, I'm fine.

Can I have this? Yes, you can.

No, you can't.

Should we go? Yeah.

Okay.
 No, not yet.

Could you help me? Sure.

No, sorry.

A: Can you come round tomorrow?

B: Yes, I can/ No I can’t.

A: Have you seen Jack lately?

B: Yes, I have/No I haven’t.

A: Do you like living here?

B: Yes, I do/ No I don’t.

Sometimes we change the modal verb: (see Verb Phrase)

A: Will you come?

B: Yes, we might.

A: Do you think they might come?

B: Yes, I think they will.

2. We often use verbs like think, suppose, expect and hope, to answer questions.

 when the answer is yes we add so (I expect so, I hope so, etc.).
 if the answer is no we say I don’t think so, I don’t suppose so, etc..
 but with hope we say I hope not.

A: Can you come tomorrow?

B: I hope so.

A: Will they be at home?

B: I expect so.

A: Is Amsterdam the capital of The Netherlands?

B: I don’t think so.

A: Do you think it’s going to rain?

B: I hope not.

3. We often use adverbials of

probability like perhaps, probably, possibly, maybe, definitely and certainly as short answers:

A: Do you think it’s going to rain?

B: Yes, possibly.
 A: Can you come round tomorrow?
B: Definitely!

When the answer is negative we put not after the adverbial:

A: Do you think it’s going to rain?

B: Probably not.

A: Can you come round tomorrow?

B: Maybe not.

4. We can use short forms to agree or disagree with what someone says. Usually we use the first word in
the verb phrase:

A: It’s a lovely day.

B: Yes, it is.

A: I think they might have missed their train.

B: Yes, I think they might.

A: The children will be coming to see us next week.

B: No they won’t. They are going to their grandparents.

Sometimes we change the modal:

A: The children will be coming to see us next week.

B: Yes, they might.

A: The children might be coming to see us next week.

B: No they won’t. They are going to their grandparents.

We use do/does//don’t/doesn’t to agree or disagree with a statement in the present simple form:

A: Your grandmother looks very well.

B: Yes, she does.

A: I think Jack lives here.

B: No he doesn’t

…and we use did/didn’t for past simple:

A: Everybody really enjoyed the trip.

B: Yes, they did.

A: The children went to Malaysia last year.

B: No they didn’t. They went to Singapore.

5. We sometimes put a short tag at the end of a comment. We use a Yes/No question form for the tag. If
the comment is affirmative we normally use a negative tag:

A: It’s a lovely day.

B: Yes, it is, isn’t it.
 A: Your grandmother looks very well.
B: Yes, she does, doesn’t she.

A: Everybody really enjoyed the trip.

B: Yes, they did, didn’t they.

If the comment is negative we normally use an affirmative tag:

A: They didn’t seem to enjoy the trip very much.

B: They didn’t, did they.

A: It’s not a very nice day.

B: No, it isn’t, is it.

A: They haven’t done much.

B: No, they haven’t, have they.

6. Sometimes we put a tag on the end of a statement:

It’s a lovely day, isn’t it?

Your grandmother looks very well, doesn’t she?
They haven’t done much, have they?
They all seemed to enjoy the trip, didn’t they?

7 We use affirmative tags with so and neither or nor to add to what someone has said.

We use so to add to an affirmative:

A: John is working in Barcelona.

B: And so is Maria [= Maria is working in Barcelona, too.]

A: I love Indian food.

B: So do I = [I love Indian food, too.]

A: They’ve just bought a new computer.

B: Really? So have we. [= We have also bought a new computer.]

We use neither or nor to add to a negative:

A: I don’t smoke any more.

B: Neither do I. [= I also don’t smoke]

A: They haven’t written to us for ages.

B: Nor has Peter. [= Peter hasn’t written to us for ages, too.]

A: We won’t be taking a holiday this year.

B: Neither will we. [= We also won’t be taking a holiday this year.]

A: I never have time for breakfast.

B: Nor have I. [= I am as busy as you