question tags: english language
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It’s a lovely day, isn’t it?
Beautiful. We’re having an
amazing day, aren’t we?
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The students worked welltogether, didn’t they?
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It’s a beautiful day,
We’re having an amazingday,
The students worked well together,
isn’t it?
aren’t we?
didn’t they?
.ask for agreement;
.to find out more
information;
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Questions-tags are used to keep a conversation going.
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You can agree or disagree with a sentence with a question-tag.
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The answer yes means that the positive is true, and no means that the negative is true.
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Tim isn’t here,
Extreme sports can be dangerous,
is he?
can’t they?
,
,
Tim he
Extreme sports they
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Personal Pronouns
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Tim isn’t here,
Extreme sports can be dangerous,
is he?
can’t they?
,
,
Tim he
Extreme sports they
Negative sentence Positivequestion tag
Positive sentence Negativequestion tag
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Note:
Although the negative word not is not in the sentence, the sentence can be negative.
Then we use the positive question-tag.
never
Hardly never
rarely
With:
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He never goes out with his friends, does he?
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They never go to school by car, do they?
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They rarelyeat in restaurants, do they?
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Question tags
1- with an auxiliary or modal verb:
The same modal or auxiliary verb must be used
in the question tag.
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1- with an auxiliary or modal verb:
be have can could
Auxiliary and modal verbs:
will would shall should
do must might ought to
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Robert is a goodskater, isn’t he?
Yes, verygood.
Elizabet can skate, can’t she?
Yes, but notvery well.
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She hasn't eaten all the cake, has she?
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Betty is texting her friend, isn’t she?
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You will go withus, won’t you?
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I’m your best friend, aren’t I?Note:
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I’m late, aren’t I?
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2- without an auxiliary or modal verb:
The auxiliary verb “do” must be used in the
question tag.
You bought me something, didn’t you?
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Catherine really likes jogging, doesn’t she?
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You like your school a lot,don’t you?
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John performedwell last night, didn’t he?
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He played football last Sunday,didn’t he?
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Present Simple
You are happy,
aren’t you?
Past Simple
You were happy,
weren’t you?
3- The verb tense of the question tag is the sameof the verb of the main sentence.
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Bob plays verywell, doesn’t he?Present Simple
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Bob played verywell, didn’t he?
Past Simple
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Melanie doesn’t eat meat, does she?
No, shehates it.
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No, hedidn’t.
James didn’t recognize me,
did he?
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Question tags4- Finally, the meaning of a question tag depends on how you say it.
If your voice goes down, you aren’t really making a question.
This is your car,isn’t it?
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You are only inviting the listener to agree with you.
This is your car,isn’t it?
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Tim doesn’t speak Japanese, does he?
No, he doesn’t.
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When we are not sure and want to check information, the intonation in the question tag goes up:
He is from France, isn’t he?
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You haven’t seen Tom today, have you?
No, I’m afraid not.
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