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Short answer with verb to be


YES/NO Questions:

If we answer yes or no to a question in English, we usually repeat the verb to be in the answer. In the negative form, there is often contraction between the verb to be or between the subject and the word not.

NOTE: 

We don't make a contraction with the subject and auxiliary in affirmative short answers.


Here some exercises: 

https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/questions/short_answers_be.htm

https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/questions/short_answers_be2.htm




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