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B Ing Tag Question1

The document discusses tag questions, which are statements with short questions added to the end to seek confirmation. It provides examples of positive and negative tag questions and outlines five points about their formation, including that the subject of the tag is always a pronoun corresponding to the statement subject and the verb form depends on that in the statement.

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B Ing Tag Question1

The document discusses tag questions, which are statements with short questions added to the end to seek confirmation. It provides examples of positive and negative tag questions and outlines five points about their formation, including that the subject of the tag is always a pronoun corresponding to the statement subject and the verb form depends on that in the statement.

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Tag-Questions or

Question Tags

Prepared by : Kani Mohammad & Shapol Abdullah


Supervised by : Mr. Hersh
 Statement Sentences with short questions at
the end with a question mark ?
Tag-Questions
 A ‘tag-question’ or ‘question tag’ is not a true
question.

 A tag question is used at the end of a Statement Sentence to get the


confirmation from the listener, or just to express one’s doubt.

 A question sentence, on the contrary, is used to get the answer.


Tag-Questions

 You are my student. Statement Sentence positive


 You are not my student. Statement negative

 Are you my student? Question (interrogative)

 You are my student, aren’t you? Tag-question


Tag-Questions

 Whose books are these? – a true question

 These are your books, aren’t they? Tag-question - Positive


 These are not your books, are they? Tag-question - Negative
Tag-Questions

 Making a tag-question sentence:

 She is your friend, isn’t she ?


A positive tag-question sentence!
Tag-Questions

 There are five simple points we should follow when we


use a Tag-question:
 Point 1
 A comma is used between the main sentence and the ‘tag’
part, e.g.
 This is your book, isn’t it?
Tag-Questions
 Point 2:

 Even if the subject of the main sentence is a noun – proper


noun or common noun – the
subject of the ‘tag’ part is always a corresponding
PERSONAL PRONOUN. e.g.

Mary isn’t your sister, is she?


Tag-Questions

 Point 2 : (Continued)

 John has gone home, hasn’t he?


‘John’ – proper noun – male – singular
( he ) – pronoun – male – singular – subjective case
Tag-Questions
 Point 3

 The verb in the ‘tag’ part depends on the verb in the


main sentence:
 If the verb in the main sentence is in Present Tense, the
verb in the ‘tag’ part will be in Present Tense; and the
verb in the main sentence is in Past Tense, the verb in
the ‘tag’ part will be in Past, and so on.
 If the verb in the main sentence is in Positive form, the
verb in the ‘tag’ part will be in Negative form.
Tag-Questions

 Point 3 (continued)

 Kate goes to school, doesn’t she?

‘goes’ – Simple present – POSITIVE

‘does not go’ – Simple present – NEGATIVE


Tag-questions

 Point 3 (continued)

 James did not go to school, did he?

‘did not go’ – Simple past – NEGATIVE


Tag-questions

Point 4 :
The negative form of the verb in the ‘tag’ part is always
contracted:
does not = doesn’t, has not = hasn’t, will not = won’t
Tag-questions
Point 5: ( Modal )
AUXILIARY VERB + PRONOUN:
I shouldn’t laugh, should I?
We use the auxiliary verb that is used in the previous
sentence. If there is no auxiliary verb, we use “do/does”
(present tense) and “did” (past tense):
You live near here, don’t you?
You turned left, didn’t you?
The pronoun refers to the subject of the previous sentence.
Tag-questions
Point 6: (Exception)
Some verbs form question tags differently:
I am  aren’t I?
I’m helpful, aren’t I?
There is  isn’t there?
There is a chemist’s near here, isn’t there?
There are  aren’t there?
There are many shops in the area, aren’t there?
This is / That is  isn’t it?
That’s your wife over there, isn’t it?
Exercise: (Make a correct tag questions of each sentence)

1. This campus is so great,....................?


2. He can speak Sundanese well, .....................?
3. Students did their mid test a few months ago,..........?
4. The price of petrol (BBM) has been decided, .........?
5. Indonesia is not a part of East Asian, ..............?
6. There are some factors to increase productivity,...........?
7. You should obey the regulation of your campus,........?

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