Trabalho de Inglês
Trabalho de Inglês
Trabalho de Inglês
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1.0.Introduction
Objectives:
The formation of question tag when the same operator used in the tag as in the
main clause.
Statement sentence with short question at the a question mark.
2.0. Tag Questions
Notice that the tag repeats the auxiliary verb (or main verb when be) from the statement
and changes it to negative or positive.
Look at these examples with positive statements. You will see that most of the time, the
auxiliary verb from the positive statement is repeated in the tag and changed to
negative.
Notice:
the tag repeats the auxiliary verb, not the main verb. Except, of course, for the
verb be in Present Simple and Past Simple.
How do we answer a tag question? Often, we just say Yes or No. Sometimes we may
repeat the tag and reverse it (They don't live here, do they? Yes, they do).
Be very careful about answering tag questions. In some languages, an opposite system
of answering is used, and non-native English speakers sometimes answer in the wrong
way. This can lead to a lot of confusion!
For example, everyone knows that snow is white. Look at these questions, and the
correct answers:
In some languages, people answer a question like "Snow isn't black, is it?" with "Yes"
(meaning "Yes, I agree with you"). This is the wrong answer in English!
The moon goes round the earth, doesn't it? Yes, it does.
The earth is bigger than the moon, isn't it? Yes.
The earth is bigger than the sun, isn't it? No, it isn't!
Asian people don't like rice, do they? Yes, they do!
Elephants live in Europe, don't they? No, they don't!
Men don't have babies, do they? No.
The English alphabet doesn't have 40 letters, does it? No, it doesn't.
4.0.Tag Question Special Cases
4.1.Negative adverbs
The adverbs never, rarely, seldom, hardly, barely and scarcely have a negative sense.
Even though they may be in a positive statement, the feeling of the statement is
negative. We treat statements with these words like negative statements, so the question
tag is normally positive. Look at these examples:
In this work was conclude that a question tags are short at the end of statements the
change the statements into question. They are used to confirm that something is true or
not true, to encourage a reply from the listener. A statement could be positive or
negative.
6.0.Bibliography
www.oxfordreference.com
www.coursehero.com
Unacademy.com