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Answering tag questions by meaning

structure it so I'm not going to focus too much about the tags now I want to just show you how to answer this question every time the key is to basically understand what are you...

Course: Natural questions and small talkSection: Tricky questions and natural repliesSubtitles: en

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verb so that's how we

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structure it so I'm not going focus

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too much about the tags now I want to

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just show you how to answer this

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question every time

1:25

the key is to basically understand

1:29

what are you being asked so if you look

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at both of these questions try to make

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it a very simple straightforward

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question like

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if you understand the meaning we're

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talking about liking pizza so the

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question actually is do you

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like

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Pizza

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okay that's the actual question you're

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being asked if I say it like this this

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is the meaning if I say it like this

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this is still the meaning so it doesn't

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matter how the tag is structured the

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meaning of the question does not change

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so it's very important to understand

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what the meaning of the question is not

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the structure of the question so it

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doesn't matter what you want to say what

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however you would answer this question

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answer this question these questions as

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well

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so I like pizza for example I love pizza

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actually but you like pizza don't you

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yes

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you don't

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