UNIT 4 Be and Auxiliaries in Additions, Tags, and Short Answers

Exercise Answers

A. Discover the grammar

2. Sam is a perfectionist; so (is) Jerry.

3. Jerry, always a high achiever; was
president of his high school class. So(was,
Sam.
4. Jerry has been a leader in most of his
enterprises. So(has) Sam.
5. Sam always tries to obey rules, Jerry(does)
too.
6. Jerry has never liked liberal ideas.
Neither(has) Sam.
7. Does this sound like some crazy new
theory? It isn't
8. They were there before any other
children (were)
9. They sense that they have to become
different from the oldest child, so they (do)

2. Additions: Match the sentence

2. h
3. e
4. i
5. g
6. j
7. d
8. C
9.b
10. a

3. Family Dynamics: Complete the conversation with verbs or verb phrases to Shaw
contrast and emphasis

2. do
3. will
4. it won't
5. did do
6. did
7. have
8. have I
9. it is
10. will
11. we can't
12. will

4. Sentences about Family: Use the words in parentheses to write additions of

similarity or contrast

2. I'm not, though.

3. My brother and sister do, however.
4. Neither had anyone else in my family.
5. They shouldn't, though.
6. But my brother's family hasn't.
7. She does speak it, though.
8. Neither has our daughter: (OR Our daughter
hasn't either:)
9. So has Katie. (OR Katie has, too.)
10. Theresa does, though.