Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 44 views

    Tag Questions

    Uploaded by

    Fernanda Zambon Pretti Assef
    Tag questions are short questions added to the end of statements to turn them into questions. They use the same structure as the statement but with an inverted auxiliary verb and a pronoun. If the statement is positive, the tag question is negative, and vice versa. Examples of correctly formed tag questions are provided.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Tag Questions

    Uploaded by

    Fernanda Zambon Pretti Assef
    44 views10 pages
    Tag questions are short questions added to the end of statements to turn them into questions. They use the same structure as the statement but with an inverted auxiliary verb and a pronoun. If the statement is positive, the tag question is negative, and vice versa. Examples of correctly formed tag questions are provided.

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    Tag questions are short questions added to the end of statements to turn them into questions. They use the same structure as the statement but with an inverted auxiliary verb and a pronoun. If the statement is positive, the tag question is negative, and vice versa. Examples of correctly formed tag questions are provided.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    44 views10 pages

    Tag Questions

    Uploaded by

    Fernanda Zambon Pretti Assef
    Tag questions are short questions added to the end of statements to turn them into questions. They use the same structure as the statement but with an inverted auxiliary verb and a pronoun. If the statement is positive, the tag question is negative, and vice versa. Examples of correctly formed tag questions are provided.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    You are on page 1of 10

    WHAT ARE TAG QUESTIONS?

    TAG QUESTIONS are really short questions that are onto the end of
    statements or regular sentences so that they become questions.

    He’s your brother, isn’t he?

    You’re hungry, aren’t you?

    They can’t afford to buy a new car, can they?


    They are questions, but they use a different
    structure to regular questions.

    You are coming to the party. Sentence

    Are you coming to the party? Regular question.

    You are coming to the party, Question tag.


    aren’t you?
    So, it’s very simple!
    First, you take a statement and then you add your question tag.

    You are coming to my house, aren’t you?

    SUBJET + AUX. VERB + MAIN VERB


    AUXILIARY+ NOT + PRONOUN
    VERB
    With Tag question, you’ll see that:

    • The subject needs to match the pronoun.


    • The auxiliary verbs need to be the same.

    Ex.
    She's a doctor, isn't she?

    Yesterday was so much fun, wasn't it?


    When the statement is positive, we use a negative
    question tag.

    She's Italian, isn't she?


    It was raining that day, wasn't it?

    When the statement is negative, we use a positive


    question tag. 

    He isn't here, is he?
    Your mum hadn't met him before, had she?
    Here are more examples!

    In this case we use don't, doesn't or didn’t:

    Jenni eats cheese, doesn't she?
    I said that already, didn't I? 

    In this case we use to be to make the question tag:

    The bus stop's over there, isn't it?

    None of those customers were happy, were they?


    • The verb in the statement is a modal verb

    They could hear me, couldn't they?
    You won't tell anyone, will you?

    • If the main verb or auxiliary verb in the statement is am, the positive
    question tag is, am I? but the negative question tag is usually aren't I?:

    I'm never on time, am I?


    I'm going to get an email with the details, aren't I?
    Practice
    Exercise
    1. You haven't seen this film, ____________?
    2. She's a doctor, ____________?
    3. He isn't here, ____________?
    4. I don't need to finish this today, ____________?
    5. Jenni eats cheese, ____________?
    6. They could hear me, ____________?
    7. I'm a really patient person, ____________?
    8. We will be there tomorrow, ____________?
    Practice
    Exercise
    1. You haven't seen this film, have you?
    2. She's a doctor, isn't she?
    3. He isn't here, is he?
    4. I don't need to finish this today, do I?
    5. Jenni eats cheese, doesn't she?
    6. They could hear me, couldn't they?
    7. I'm a really patient person, aren’t I?
    8. We will be there tomorrow, won't we?

    You might also like

    pFad - Phonifier reborn

    Pfad - The Proxy pFad of © 2024 Garber Painting. All rights reserved.

    Note: This service is not intended for secure transactions such as banking, social media, email, or purchasing. Use at your own risk. We assume no liability whatsoever for broken pages.


    Alternative Proxies:

    Alternative Proxy

    pFad Proxy

    pFad v3 Proxy

    pFad v4 Proxy