Question Tags 4.6 - Focus 3

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Question Tags

He's not coming, ........?

1. isn't he
2. is he

I'm not late, .....?

1. am I
2. am I not

GOAL

I can use a range of question tags.

Short questions at the end of the sentence to

• ask for confirmation
• ask a question 

Question tags

She’s gorgeous, isn’t she?

• ask a question: rising ⬆ intonation 
• ask for confirmation: falling ⬇ intonation 

Question tags: intonation

She’s gorgeous, isn’t she?

• Use auxiliary verbs be, have, do, will or modal verbs, e.g. can, should, + 
• the pronoun corresponding to the subject, e.g. I, you, she, they.

She’s gorgeous, isn’t she?

Question tags: form

Question tags for affirmative sentences usually take the negative form:

                 You’ve already been to this café, haven’t you?
                 They made a formal complaint, didn’t they?

Question tags for negative sentences usually take the affirmative form:
                  Olivia can’t swim, can she?
                 You aren’t going to reduce the price, are you?

Question tags: opposites attract

He isn't nice,...?

He is nice,...?

In sentences with I’m we use the question tag aren’t I?:

I’m late, aren’t I?

Question tags: form

In sentences with Let’s we use the question tag shall we?:

Let’s meet for a coffee later, shall we?

Question tags: form

In affirmative imperative sentences, we use will. THUS

In imperative questions we always use the question tag will you?:

Wait for me here, will you?

Don’t spend too much, will you?

Question tags: form

In sentences with the pronoun that is the subject, we use a question tag with the pronoun it. 

That is wrong, isn’t it?

Question tags: form

QUESTION TAGS - 2

2. Staat er in de hoofdzin een hulpwerkwoord (vormen van "be, can, must, will" enz) dan maak je met datzelfde hulpwerkwoord een tag.

             Vb. He can help me, can't he?

             Staat er geen hulpwerkwoord in de zin dan maak je een tag met een vorm van "do".

             Vb. They watch TV, don't they?

You shouldn't do that, .......?

1. shouldn't you
2. should you

You don't take sugar in coffee, ........?

1. don't you
2. do you

There's a cinema near the station, .......?

1. isn't there
2. is there

They haven't arrived yet, .......?

1. have they
2. haven't they

James wouldn't do that, ....................?

1. wouldn't he
2. would he

Sarah loves him,...?

1. don't she
2. doesn't she

Sarah loved him.,...?

1. doesn't she
2. didn't she

⛓ a link for more practice 

is on the following slide

www.englisch-hilfen.de

www.englisch-hilfen.de