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Auxiliary verbs: short answers

1. Affirmative

A: Were you here yesterday?

B: Yes, I was.

A: Did Ann meet Jack?

B: Yes, she did.

2. Negative

A: Were you here yesterday?

B: No, I wasn't.

A: Did Ann meet Jack?

B: No, she didn't.

For convenience, treat you as singular, e.g.

A: Are you ready?

B: Yes, I am.

But you and Tom/Ann etc. or you both must of course be answered with We, e.g.

A: Are you and Tom ready?

B: Yes, We are.

1. Are you both going away next weekend?
2. Did you go away last weekend?
3. Can Tom drive a car?
4. Has he got a licence?
5. Will Ann be here tomorrow?
6. Could you wait half an hour?
7. Were they late?
8. Did Bill get a lift?
9. Would he like to work abroad?
10. Must you go? (For negative answer use needn't)
11. Is he getting on well?
12. Were they waiting for the bus?
13. Had they missed their usual bus?
14. Is he over twenty-one?
15. Does he usually go by air?
16. Have you ever fallen off a horse?
17. Was he injured in the accident?
18. Did he blame the other driver?
19. Will she be back by four?
20. Need you tell him? (For affirmative answer use must.)

The Amazon River

The Amazon river in South America is the largest river by discharge of water in the world, and according to some experts, the longest in length.

The headwaters of the Apurimac river on Nevado Mismi had been considered for nearly a century as the Amazon's most distant source until a 2014 study found it to be the Cordillera Rumi Cruz at the headwaters of the Mantaro river in Peru. The Mantaro and Apurimac confluence, and with other tributaries from the Ucayali, which in turn confluences with the river Maranon upstream of lquitos Peru, to form what countries other than Brazil consider to be the main stem of the Amazon. Brazilians call this section of the river the Solimoes above its confluence with the Rio Negro to form what Brazilians call the Amazon at the Meeting of waters at Manaus, the river's largest city. At an average discharge of about 209,000 cubic metres per second. The Amazon represents 20% of the global riverine discharge to the ocean. The Amazon basin is the largest drainage basin in the world, with an area of approximately 7,050,000 square kilometres. The portion of the river's drainage basin in Brazil alone is larger than any other river's basin. The Amazon enters Brazil with only one-fifth of the flow it finally discharges into the Atlantic ocean, yet already has a greater flow at this point than the discharge of any other river. 

Avukana Buddha statue

The Avukana statue is a standing statue of the Buddha near Kekirawa in North Central Sri Lanka. The statue, which has a height of more than 40 feet (12 m), was carved out of a large granite rock face during the 5th century. It depicts a variation of the Abhaya mudra, and the closely worn robe is elaborately carved. Constructed during the reign of Dhatusena, it may have been made as a result of a competition between a master and a pupil. The Avukana statue is one of the best examples of a standing statue constructed in ancient Sri Lanka. It is now a popular tourist attraction