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Frazel22 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Tag Question

Dear All,

I encountered this question on page 69 on Bruce Roger's Complete Guide to the TOEIC Test 3rd Edition.

Question 19 says (listening section) "You havent been abroad for a long time, have you?

The options are:

A. No, I haven't been overseas for years.
B. I lived abroad for several years.
C. It won't be possible for me to leave the country.

Correct Answer: A

Can anyone explain why?

Regards
Faisal


  

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The easiest thing to look for is the tense.

You haven't.... have you?
No, I haven't.

Oh - and welcome to the forums!
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Hi guys,

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear!

Let me jump on my hobby-horse.

'Overseas' is not a synonym for 'abroad'.

'Overseas' is not a synonym for 'abroad'.

'Overseas' is not a synonym for 'abroad'.

In my experience, Americans use mostly 'overseas'. I recently heard someone who lived in Kentucky refer to Canadians as 'You people overseas'. There is
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Tag questions ask for confirmation of what one says, so the answer to the tag question "You haven't been abroad for a long time, have you?" is a simple 'yes' or 'no'. That's why A is correct.

Bill J
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