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Feb 2024
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708 - Checking Information

Michael DiGiacomo Happy English
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For this English lesson, I'm going to show you a couple of different types of questions that you can ask when you want to check that the information you have is right. Basically, these are tag questions and negative questions. By the end of this lesson you'll understand how these questions are used in everyday, conversational English.

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