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'Did your friend enjoy the film?' ' ' Įnd of the free exercise to learn English: Short answers: I hope so - I hope notĪ free English exercise to learn English. 'Do you think she’ll marry him anyway?' ' ' ġ0. 'Did Mary see Lizzy kiss her boyfriend during the party?' ' ' ħ. 'Will the weather be fine tomorrow?' ' ' ĥ. Whether the answer is positive or negative, the subject is always 'I'. There you are! Ready for the test! For this exercise, you'll have to type the answers on your keyboards. Are they coming? I hope not (= I hope they aren't.) To hope and the expression I'm afraid can only be built with the second construction, with 'not'. The IAEA has six decades of experience in helping countries fight cancer, and it has been doing so in cooperation with the. To tell et to say are more often used with the first construction. I don't think so, I don't suppose so (everyday English)= I think not, I suppose not ( more formal language and stronger negation). In the negative form, two constructions are possible with to think, to believe, to suppose, to expect: Do you think it's going to rain? I hope not (and not: * I don't hope so) I hope not // I'm afraid not // and: I don't think so. You can say: I suppose not or I don't suppose so In the negative form, you must always use: These are the constructions which are expected in this lesson:

No, I hope he isn't. and more reduced still (and more idiomatic) with: Is your friend going to stay here a whole week? Yes, I suppose he is.

In fact, it's possible to shorten the answer - which then becomes more natural - in: No, I hope he's not going to stay for a whole week , which is much too long, and is never heard. The expected complete answer would be: Yes, I suppose he's going to stay for a whole week. Is your friend going to stay here a whole week? This construction is IMPOSSIBLE after the verbs: to know/ to see, to remember. The listener is reacting to a part of what the speaker said, very briefly and expressing a personal opinion, such as: 'I hope so!', 'I suppose not!', 'I'm afraid so! These are 'tags', very short and snappy answers, expressing spontaneous opinions.Īfter verbs expressing : an opinion : to think, to believe, to doubt, to hope, to say, to tellĪ supposition : to suppose, to expec t, to assume, to guessĪnd the expression : I'm afraid = I'm sorry to tell you (= a polite way to introduire a negative information.) They're very common, and therefore useful. Today, we're going to study a construction which is quite similar to a French one. > Double-click on words you don't understand Feelings - Question Tags - Vocabulary: Truth and falsehood > Similar tests: - Give your opinion - Agreement Tags - Wishes - Question tags - Imperative mode and its tags. > Other English exercises on the same topics: Idioms | Opinions | Question Tags Learn English > English lessons and exercises > English test #123253: Short answers: I hope so - I hope not

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