57 Domande chiuse e risposte brevi Closed questions and short answers affermativa ausiliare contratta non pronome personale Le domande chiuse sono quelle che richiedono solo una risposta positiva o negativa. ....................................... sono introdotte da una wh-word ma direttamente dall ....................................... e hanno questa struttura: ausiliare + soggetto + verbo principale Are you English? Alle domande chiuse si risponde in genere con risposte brevi o short answers. Mentre in italiano consistono semplicemente in s /no , in inglese si costruiscono con: Yes, ....................................... soggetto + ausiliare della domanda alla forma ....................................... estesa Is Harry at home? Yes, he is. (Yes, he s. / Yes, Harry is) No, pronome personale soggetto + ausiliare della domanda alla forma negativa ....................................... Have the kids slept? No, they haven t. (No, they have not. / No, the kids haven t) 57.1 Completa la tabella con le short answers. Affermativa Negativa Present simple be Yes, I am No, I m ............................ Present continuous Yes, he/she/it ............................ Yes, he/she/it ............................ Be going to Yes, we/you/they ............................ No, we/you/they ............................ Yes, there ............................ No, ............................ Yes, ............................ No, ............................ aren t Pres. simple have got Yes, I/you/we/they ............................ No, I/we/you/they ............................ Present perfect Yes, he/she/it ............................ No ............................ hasn t Yes, I/we/you/they ............................ No, I/we/you/they ............................ Yes, he/she/it ............................ No, he/she/it ............................ Past simple be Yes, I/he/she/it was No, I/he/she/it ............................ Past continuous Yes, we/you/they ............................ No, we/you/they ............................ Yes, I/you/he/she/it/we/they No, I/you/he/she/it/we/they ............................ ............................ There is/are Present simple Past simple Past perfect Yes, I/you/he/she/it we/they No, I/you/he/she/it/we/they hadn t ............................ Yes, I/you/he/she/it/we/they No, I/you/he/she/it/we/they ............................ ............................ Can/could/may/might/ Yes, I/you/he/she/it/we/they No, I/you/he/she/it/we/they must/should can/could/may/might/must/should ............................ Yes, I/you/he/she/it/we/they No, I/you/he/she/it/we/they ............................ ............................ Future simple Conditional simple Domande chiuse e risposte brevi 153