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Tag questions

Tag questions (or question tags) turn a statement into a question. They are
often used for checking information that we think we know is true.

Tag questions are made using an auxiliary verb (for example: be or have)
and a subject pronoun (for example: I, you, she). Negative question tags
are usually contracted: It's warm today, isn't it (not 'is it not')

Usually if the main clause is positive, the question tag is negative, and if
the main clause is negative, it's positive. For example: It's cold (positive),
isn't it (negative)? And: It isn't cold (negative), is it (positive)?

If the main clause has an auxiliary verb in it, you use the same verb in the
tag question. If there is no auxiliary verb (in the present simple and past
simple) use do / does / did (just like when you make a normal question).

There is one weird exception: the question tag after I am is aren't I.


For example: I'm in charge of the food, aren't I?

Postive sentences, with negative tags

Present simple 'be' She's Italian, isn't she?


Present simple other verbs They live in London, don't they?
Present continuous We're working tomorrow, aren't we?
Past simple 'be' It was cold yesterday, wasn't it?
Past simple other verbs He went to the party last night, didn't he?
Past continuous We were waiting at the station, weren't we?
Present perfect They've been to Japan, haven't they?
She's been studying a lot recently, hasn't
Present perfect continuous
she?
Past perfect He had forgotten his wallet, hadn't he?
Past perfect continuous We'd been working, hadn't we?
Future simple She'll come at six, won't she?
Future continuous They'll be arriving soon, won't they?
They'll have finished before nine, won't
Future perfect
they?
Future perfect continuous She'll have been cooking all day, won't she?
Modals He can help, can't he?
Modals John must stay, mustn't he?
Negative sentences, with positive tags

Present simple 'be' We aren't late, are we?


Present simple other verbs She doesn't have any children, does she?
Present continuous The bus isn't coming, is it?
Past simple 'be' She wasn't at home yesterday, was she?
Past simple other verbs They didn't go out last Sunday, did they?
Past continuous You weren't sleeping, were you?
Present perfect She hasn't eaten all the cake, has she?
Present perfect He hasn't been running in this weather, has
continuous he?
Past perfect We hadn't been to London before, had we?
Past perfect continuous You hadn't been sleeping, had you?
Future simple They won't be late, will they?
Future continuous He won't be studying tonight, will he?
Future perfect She won't have left work before six, will she?
He won't have been travelling all day, will
Future perfect continuous
he?
Modals She can't speak Arabic, can she?
Modals They mustn't come early, must they?

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