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A question tag is a short question at the end of a statement: He won the prize, didn’t he?. Use question tags at the end of a sentence: He won the prize, didn’t he?. NEGATIVE QUESTION TA

Question tags

(made by Carmen Luisa)

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

1 Use question tags at the end of a sentence:

He won the prize, didn’t he?

question tag

2.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?

3 Questions tags consist of …

AUXILIARY VERB + PRONOUN:

I shouldn’t laugh, should should I?I

Sarah was winning, wasn’t she?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? don’t

You turned left, didn’t you? didn’t

The pronoun refers to the subject of the previous

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?

5 When we answer question tags, we often use short

answers:

A: You are French, aren’t you?

B: Yes, I am / Yes, I am No, I’m not No, I’m not  SHORT ANSWERS

A: She’s got a dog, hasn’t she?

B: Yes, she has / Yes, she has No, she hasn’t No, she hasn’t  SHORT ANSWERS

A: You smoke, don’t you?

B: Yes, I do / Yes, I do No, I don’t No, I don’t  SHORT ANSWERS

6 Intonation:

When we are sure of the answer, the voice goes down in the question tag:

John doesn’t like gold, does he?

The speaker knows John doesn’t like gold

When we are not sure of the answer, the voice goes up:

They left for Milan, didn’t they?

 The speaker doesn’t know if they left for Milan

or not

Question tags

I hope you have understood how to use

question tags.