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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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