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3.2 Question Tags

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Question Tags

1. When the statement is in positive,


Question tags for opinion the tag should be in …negative

2. When the statement is in negative,


● Television should show more
the tag should be in …
educational programs, positive
shouldn’t it? 3. Subject from the preceding
statement is repeated with its …
● There are a lot of crimes,
in the tag.
aren’t there? pronoun
4. Statement containing words
● She can hardly see us without such as never, seldom, rarely,
her glasses, can she? barely, hardly, few, little, are
● I am wrong, aren’t I? considered as …
negative
statements, so the tag should be in
● Many people don’t care about …
our town, do they?
positive
Question Tags
The short questions
that we put on the
end of sentences
The Function

Asking
Checking
Confirming
How to Form

+ Statement , - question tag ?

- Statement , + question tag ?


How to Form

+ Statement , - tag ?

● He is a doctor, isn’t he?


● You work in a bank, don’t you?
How to Form

- Statement , + tag ?

● You haven’t met him, have you?


● She isn’t coming, is she?
With auxiliary verbs

● This isn’t working, is it?


be ● They weren’t here, were they?
have ● They’ve gone away for a few days,
haven’t they?
● He had met him before, hadn’t he?
Without auxiliary verbs

● You don’t recognise me, do you?


do ● She eats meat, doesn’t she?
● I said that, didn’t I?
With modal verbs

● They couldn’t hear me,


could could they?
will ● You won’t tell anyone, will
would
you?
With ‘I am’

I’m the fastest, aren’t I?


aren’t
IMPERATIVE (Do/Don’t)

● Be quiet! Could you?


could
would
will
LET

● Let me help you, will you?


will
you
LET’S

● Let’s check the answer


shall together! Shall we?
we
THERE

● There’s no hope, is there?


there
SOME- / EVERY- / NOBODY

● Somebody wants me to win,


don’t they?
they
SOME- / EVERY- / NOTHING

● Something went wrong,


didn’t it?
it
How to Form Question Tags

+ Statement , - tag ?

- Statement , + tag ?

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