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Add suitable question tag to the following sentence and punctuate properly. I am not as smart as you are.

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Add suitable question tag to the following sentence and punctuate properly.

I am not as smart as you are.

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I am not as smart as you are, am I?

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Chapter 3.1: In Celebration of Being Alive - Grammar- Interrogations or Questions [Page 81]

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Chapter 3.1 In Celebration of Being Alive
Grammar- Interrogations or Questions | Q 1.12. | Page 81

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