1.2 So does Paco

As you have seen, inversion is quite frequently used as well in spoken English when agreeing or disagreeing with someone else's statement. The Spanish correspondent would be "Yo/tú/él... también" for affirmative statements, and "Yo/tú/él... tampoco" for negative statements.
Let's see a pair of examples and you will perfectly understand it!
  • I will never go to that library again. - Neither will I.
  • Sonia always studies in the evening. - So does Paco.
In order to use this expressions in English we need either the auxiliary or the modal verb we would use to ask the question (will, and does in the examples above).
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Paulo Gonzo uses the expression "so do I" lots of times. He always uses "do" because he is talking about the present.


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Click here to study this way of agreeing or disagreeing in more depth. By clicking here you will find not only a short grammar explanation but also some useful exercises to complete. In order to do some exercises and practise more, click below:

Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3

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It is time for you to agree or disagree with statements. Read each of the following sentences and agree or disagree in the first person singular using the structures with "so" and "neither" studied in this sections. 


1. Paco can run very fast.

2. Sonia speaks English very well.

3. I have never been to Australia.

4. You must study hard to get a degree.

5. Paco went to the library yesterday morning.

 



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Fill in the blanks to agree or disagree with the speaker. Pay attention to the pronoun!

1. I've never been to Canberra before.

I.

he.

2. Paco wanted to visit Canberra before travelling to Tasmania.


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they.

3. His parents can't speak English.

I.

4. I would never do that if I were you.

he.

5. Paco must study harder.

I.

  

As we already know, there are many differences between formal and informal English as well as between written and spoken English. Apart from the ones studied dealing with inversion and the expressions with "so" and "neither", for example, we have in English the well-known multi-word verbs, which are mainly used in informal spoken English. Let's study them more deeply in the following two sections.
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