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Question Tags

Question tags are short forms used at the end of statements in speech to confirm something or find out if something is true. Question tags are formed using the auxiliary or modal verb from the main sentence and the appropriate subject pronoun. The type of question tag used depends on whether the main sentence is positive or negative.

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Question Tags

Question tags are short forms used at the end of statements in speech to confirm something or find out if something is true. Question tags are formed using the auxiliary or modal verb from the main sentence and the appropriate subject pronoun. The type of question tag used depends on whether the main sentence is positive or negative.

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Question Tags

♦ Question tags are short form at the end of statements. They


are mainly used in speech when we want to confirm something
or when we want to find out if something is true or not.

It isn't a dog, is it?


They are cats, aren't they?
♦ Question tags are formed with the auxiliary or modal verb
from the main sentence and the appropriate subject pronoun.

Karen is learning to drive, isn't she?


Mark can't ride a horse, can he?
♦ We use a negative question tag after a positive sentence.

Kate will be here soon, won't she?


There was a lot of traffic, wasn't there?
♦ We use a positive question tag after a negative sentence.

Kate won't be late, will she?


They don't like us, do they?
♦ When the verb of the sentence is in the present or past simple,
we form the question tag with do/does or did and the subject
pronoun.

John doesn't like golf, does he?


They left for Milan, didn't they?
♦When the sentence contains a word with a negative meaning like
never, hardly, seldom or rarely, the question tag is positive.

They hardly ever go to the theatre, do they? - He never plays tennis,


does he?

♦ ANYTHING-NOTHING-EVERYTHING-SOMETHING = IT

SOMEBODY-SOMEONE-EVERYBODY-EVERYONE-ANYBODY-
ANYONE-NOBODY-NO ONE = THEY
♦Some verbs/expressions form question tags differently,

- I am — aren't I? I am thin, aren't I?

- Imperative -- will/won't you Stop talking, will/won't you?

- Don't -------will you? Don't talk, will you?

- Let's ---- shall we? Let's go out, shall we?


- I have (got) ----- haven't I (I possess)
She has got a bike, hasn't she?

- I have---------- don't I? (other meanings)


You have lunch at three o'clock, don't you?

- There is/are -------- isn't/aren't there


There is an envelope on the desk, isn't there?

- This /That is ---------- isn't it?


This is Pam's shirt, isn't it?

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