QuestionTags

1.Atagquestionisashortquestion(e.g.haveyou?/haven’tyou?)thatfollowsastatement:

Youhaven’tgotacar,haveyou?Itwasagoodfilm,wasn’tit?

2.Normallyweuseapositivequestiontagwithanegativesentence:

negativesentence+positivetag
Tomwon’tbelate,willhe?Theydo

n’tlikeus,dothey?

Thatisn’tGeorgeoverthere,isit?

Andnormallyweuseanegativequestiontagwithapositivesentence:

positivesentence+negativetag
Annwillbeheresoon,won’tshe?Tomshoul

dpasshisexam,shouldn’the?

Theywereveryangry,weren’tthey?

3.HowdoweformQUESTIONTAGS?

a)Auxiliarieslikebe,have,can,may,must,should,etc.usedinthestatementarereporte
dattheendfollowedbythesubject(alwaysapronoun):

Johnwasannoyed,wasn’the?

auxiliaryverb

Hewasn’tannoyed,washe?

Iamlate,aren’tI?Noticethatwesayaren’tI?(=amInot)

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 b)Withallotherverbs,tagquestionsareformedwithdo/don’tand
does/doesn’t(PresentSimple)anddid/didn’t(PastSimple):

Youlikefish,don’tyou?Theydon’tlikefish,dothey?

Helikesfish,doesn’the?Shelikedfish,didn’tshe?

Thisalsoappliestohaveanddoasmainverbs:

Youhaveteaat4,don’tyou?Youdidyourhomework,didn’tyou?

c)Tagquestionsarealsopossiblewiththere:

Therewillbeastrike,won’tthere?

Addaquestion-tagtothesesentences:
1.He is late this morning,isn't he?
2.Thehotelwasquitegood, wasn't it?
3.Shecookswell,doesn't she?
4.Youcan’ttellthedifference,can you?
5.Theyalwayssleepafterlunch,?
6.You’recomingwithus,?
7.Maryplaysfootball,?
8.Youdidn’thaveanylessonsthismorning,?
9.Annisonholiday,?
10.Thestudentsseeiteveryday,?
11.MrPriestleydoesn’tknowyourfather,?
12.Therearelotsofcarshere,?

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13.Iamnotdisturbingyou,?
14.Tomdoeshisworkverywell,?
15.Thisisn’tverypleasant,?
16.Shelikesquietplaces,?
17.Tomdoesn’tplaythepiano,?
18.Theydidn’thurtthechild,?
19.Thereweretwocaraccidentsyesterday,?
20.Touristsusedtocomehere,?
21.Youhaven’tgotacomputer,?
22.Youdon’thavetofollowhim,?
23.Hehastofillaform,?
24.Hedidn’thavetochooseone,?
25.Hehasyourticket,?
26.Everythingisallright,?
27.Hehasgottoleave,?
28.Smokingruinsourhealth,?
29.MostpeoplecannotgotoAfrica,?
30.Findingajobisn’teasy,?

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