Lesson 07 – Questions and Answers

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Note: Answering questions

1. Short form answers beginning with yes/no for inversion questions. (Unstressed)
2. Long complete answers giving necessary information for interrogative questions.
3. Short form answers beginning with yes/no for question-tag questions. (Stressed)

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