OBJECTIVES

1.Tag Questions2.Listening practice

USE

A question tag is a short question at the end of a statement:

He won the prize, didn’t he?

question tag

We use question tags when we want to check if information is correct.

FORM

1. Use question tags at the end of a sentence:

He won the prize, didn’t he?

question tag

FORM2.a. NEGATIVE QUESTION TAG:

If the sentence is positive, the question tag is negative:

You have seen that film, haven’t you?

+ -

2.b. POSITIVE QUESTION TAG:

If the sentence is negative, the question tag is positive:You haven’t seen that film, have you? - +

If the sentence contains a negative word (never, hardly…) the question tag is positive: Ann never goes anywhere, does she? - +

FORM3. Questions tags consist of …

AUXILIARY VERB + PRONOUN:

I shouldn’t laugh, should I?

Sarah was winning, wasn’t she?

We use the auxiliary verb that is used in the previous sentence. If there is no auxiliary verb, se 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.

FORM

4. 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?

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