Question tags

What are question tags?• Question tags are the

short questions that we put on the end of sentences, which are intended to reinforce what has been said.

How to do the question tags? • If the main part of the sentence is positive,

the question tag is negative and if the main part of the sentence is negative, the question tag is positive.

1. If this is an auxiliary verb (have,be) then the question tag is made with the auxiliary verb

2. If the main part of the sentence doesn't have an auxiliary verb, the question tag uses an appropriate form of do

3. If there is a model verb in the main part of sentence the question tag uses the same modal verb.

• The question tag uses the same verb as the main part of the sentences:

We always need a pronoun in the question tag. If there’s a name or another noun in the sentence, we

need to use the corresponding pronoun in the question tag.

1) For people and other living beings whose

gender we know, we use he/she for the singular and they for the plural

2) In all other cases, we use it for the singular.

3) If the sentence already has a pronoun for the

subject, we use this same pronoun in the question

tag.

http://www.nspeak.com/newbasic/grammatica/crux_tags.htm

Write in the Question Tags.

1. I don’t have to go there, ?

2. You did not tell him a lie, ?

3. They are not watching TV right now, ?

4. It will not rain tomorrow, ?

5. She is not going home yet, ?

6. He would not do this, ?

7. I won’t see you again, ?

8. We have not been here before, ?

9. She wasn’t surprised, ?

10. We cannot do this together, ?

1. You want to go on holiday, ?

2. Charles will help us, ?

3. Mary has a little lamb, ?

4. You are the new student, ?

5. They have cleaned the windows, ?

6. Their parents are divorced, ?

7. The door has been locked, ?

8. You speak English, ?

9. He moved abroad, ?

10. You were there, ?

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