Contracciones:
is not = isn't (Ejemplo: No, she is not o No, she isn't)
are not = aren't
am not = 'm not
cannot = can't
was not = wasn't
were not = weren't
do not = don't
does not = doesn't
did not = didn't
have not = haven't
has not = hasn't
had not = hadn't
Nótese que las respuestas breves no se contraen en afirmativa y que las palabras entre paréntesis son opcionales.
1. Yes, I can (drive a lorry) / No, I can't (drive a lorry)
2. Yes, she is (at home) / No, she isn't (at home)
3. Yes, I was (at the party last night) / No, I wasn't (at the party last night)
4. Yes, he does (o Yes, he cooks) / No he doesn't (cook)
5. Yes, I do (o Yes, I like strawberries) / No, I don't (like strawberries)
6. Yes I have (got some onions) / No, I haven't (got any onions)
7. Yes, he has (got the keys) / No he hasn't (got the keys)
8. Yes, they are (my best friends) / No, they aren't (my best friends)
9. Yes, you are (tall) / No, you aren't (tall)
10. Yes, there was (some milk in the fridge) / No, there wasn't (any milk in the fridge)
11. (He was born) on the eighteenth of March (o on March the eighteenth), nineteen ninety.
12. (She is going) to the supermarket
13. (It is) twenty to three
15. (It is) Margaret
16. He likes reading and playing basketball in his free time (o Reading and playing basketball)
17. (I go to school) by bus
18. (She is) Ingrid
19. (He is) six feet (tall)
20. (I have lunch) at twenty past one
21. Jonh (has got more peas than Paul)
22. Yes, I can (sing carols) / No, I can't (sing carols)
23. Yes, I have (been to the Tower of London) / No, I haven't (been to the Tower of London) (o I have never been to the Tower of London)
24. Yes, I did (o Yes I ate out last night) / No, I didn't (eat out last night)
25. Yes, they were (at the restaurant) / No, they weren't (at the restaurant)
26. Yes, he has (finished his homework) / No, he hasn't (finished his homework)
27. Yes, he had (ironed everything when I arrived home last night) / No, ha hadn't (ironed everything when I arrived home last night)
28. (We have got) a lot (of juice)
29. There are twenty chairs in this room (o Twenty)
30. (It happened) yesterday morning.
31. Yes, they do (o Yes, they live here) / No, they don't (live here)
32. Yes, he does (o Yes, he watches TV in the evenings) / No, he doesn't (watch TV in the evenings)
33. Yes, he is (a relative of mine) / No, he isn't (a relative of mine)
34. Yes, there is (a bottle of milk) / No, there isn't (a bottle of milk)
35. Yes, I am (scared) / No, I'am not (scared)
36. (I go to bed) at half past ten
37. (An actor works) in a theatre
38. (It is) Dracula
39. (She has got) two (pencils)
40. I saw Tom and Ann at the reception (o Tom and Ann)