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The weather is nice, isn’t it?
Sheila hasn’t got a new car, has she?
Your brothers can swim, can't they?
Jack may come now, may he not?
We must pay, mustn't we?
They will arrive early, won't they?
We should go now, shouldn't we?
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When there is an auxiliary in the first sentence, you repeat this after the comma.
Then you use the positive/negative rule.
The you put in the short form of the subject.
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When there is no auxiliary in the sentence you use do/does/did:
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You love her, don't you? Love is present tense, so you use DO
She sings really well, doesn't she? Sings is present tense he/she/it, so you use DOES
The left early, didn't they? Left is past tense, so you use DID
SHORT ANSWERS
iN SHORT ANSWERS YOU ALWYS REPEAT THE FIRST WORD OF THE QUESTION.
Do you like chocolate? Yes, I do / No, I don't.
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Has he got a car? Yes, he has / No, he he hasn't.
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Did he leave early? Yes. he did, No he didn't.