1. Grammar Mini Lesson: Tag Questions Katie Kresge Wilkes University

2. Lesson Objectives What are tag questions? How do I form them and use them correctly? How do I respond to them? 3. What are tag questions? Question at the end of a statement used by the speaker to: Comment on something Ask for more information Check information they know/believe to be true Example: English is fun to learn, isnt it? In this example, isnt it? is our tag question. English is fun to learn, isnt it? Statement Tag question 4. How do we form tag questions? Affirmative Statements: Statement +Negative BE/Auxiliary Verb + Subject Pronoun OR there +? Examples: That class is easy, isnt it ? Theres a lot of work to do, isnt there ? 5. Common Affirmative Tag Questions isnt there? doesnt it? isnt he? didnt they? wasnt she? hasnt she? werent there? shouldnt we? hadnt they? cant they? right?* arent I?* Did you catch the pattern? Affirmative statements create negative tag questions! 6. Affirmative Activity You love to travel, __________? Tag questions are exciting, _________? They moved to London, __________? It looks like its going to rain, __________? We should study more, ____________? dont you arent they didnt they doesnt it shouldnt we 7. How do we form tag questions? Negative Statements: Statement +Affirmative BE/Auxiliary Verb + Subject Pronoun OR there +? Example: This isnt easy, is it ? 8. Common Negative Tag Questions is there? does it? is he? did they? was she? has she? were there? should we? had they? can they? right?* am I?* Negative statements produce affirmative tag questions! 9. Negative Activity He isnt from here, ___________? She wasnt happy, ___________? There werent too many people, ___________? This doesnt seem good, _____________? She cant go to the party, ______________? is he was she were there does it can she 10. Exceptions You have watched this before, havent you? He has a new car, doesnt he? You have watched present perfect have is past participle He has a new car simple present need to use the verb do 11. Responses Yes, no, I dont know Commenting on a situation: It wasnt nice out yesterday, was it? Looking for more information/Checking information That is Eric, isnt it? 12. Review Tag questions are used to comment on information, find out more information, or check information. Negative statements produce affirmative tags. Positive statements produce negative tags. Intonation is important! 13. Game http://www.eslgamesplus.com/tag-questions- game/ Great job! 14. Resources http://www.eslcafe.com/grammar/tag_questio ns01.html http://www.eslcafe.com/grammar/tag_questio ns02.html http://www.eslcafe.com/grammar/tag_questio ns03.html http://www.eslgamesplus.com/tag-questions- game/