This document provides examples of short answers in English to questions using affirmative or negative responses. Short answers are more polite than just saying "yes" or "no" and are formed using the first word from the question, which is usually an auxiliary verb or form of "be". The examples show how to form short answers to questions using subjects like "we", "she", "they", replacing "you" with "I/we" and sometimes replacing "are" with "am" depending on if the subject is singular or plural. Short answers take the long form (he does) for affirmative and short form (he doesn't) for negative responses.

1. SHORT ANSWERS
Saying ‘Yes, I do. / No, I don’t’ in English is more polite than just Saying ‘Yes. /
No.’( Esméseducatdir‘Yes, I do. / No, I don’t’ quenomés Yes or No)
That’s why short answers are very commonly used.
To form the short answer, you use the first word from the question. This is either
an auxiliary verb or a form of ‘be’. (Per fer la “Short answer” semprefarem servir la
primera paraula de la pregunta)
NOTE:
Use the long form (he does) in affirmative answers (yes).
Use the short form (he doesn’t) in negative answers (no).
Question Affirmative Negative
Do weknowhim? Yes, we do. No, we don’t.
Can shesee me? Yes, she can. No, she can’t.
Have they read Yes, they have. No,
the book? they haven’t.
Is he hungry? Yes, he is. No, he isn’t.
NOTE:
If ‘you’ is the subject of the question, ‘you’ must be replaced
by ‘I’ or ‘we’.(Si “tu” o “vosaltres” és el subjecte de la pregunta, cal substituir-ho per “jo”
o “nosaltres”)

2. Question Affirmative Negative
Do youknowhim? Yes, I / we do. No, I / we don’t.
NOTE:
If the question starts with ‘are you’, ‘are’ must sometimes be replaced
by ‘am’.(Si la pregunta comença per “tu ets” sovint la respostas’ha de substituir per
“josóc)
Question Affirmative Negative
Are youhungry? Yes, I am. No, I’m not.
But: → Yes, we are. No, we aren’t.