LnR 136 (Casual Language) Negative Questions

I first posted this podcast more than a year and a half ago, but I'm reposting it so that my students can listen to it! Their homework for this week is to listen to my podcast on Negative Questions, so that they will be prepared in class when we practice answering that kind of question. Because the podcast was posted so long ago, it might not be available on some of the podcast players, so that's why I'm putting it here again. So, this is for my students' homework, and the rest of my listeners can also enjoy it. By the way, I haven't done a Casual Language podcast in a long time. I don't know why. I'll try to make more in the future.

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Negative questions are used when you expect the answer to be "no" (like in questions 1 and 3, for example), or when you hope that the answer won't be "no" (like in questions 6 and 7). They can also be used to guess some information, like in question 2. When you answer a negative question, you need to say "yes" or "no", then use a pronoun (I, you, he, she, it, they, we) and then the correct verb form from the question.

1. You don't have a brother, do you? No, I don't. Yes, I do.

2. You aren't from Austria, are you? No, I'm not. Yes, I am.

3. You haven't gone to the bank yet, have you? No, I haven't. Yes, I have.

4. Class, you didn't forget that we had a quiz today, did you? No, we didn't. Yes, we did.

5. We aren't going to (gonna) go home now, are we? No, we aren't. Yes, we are.

6. That's not a raisin in the bread, is it? No, it's not. Yes, it is.

7. Why are you so sleepy? Your roommates didn't stay up late again playing computer games, did they? No, they didn't. Yes, they did. I couldn't sleep.

8. You aren't 21 yet, are you? No, I'm not. Yes, I am.

9. Your sister isn't the one in the red coat, is she? No, she isn't. Yes, she is.

10. These apples aren't too old to eat, are they? No, they aren't. Yes, they are.