B1 - Questions Tags

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo, havo
• Leerjaar 1

Question tags

Today's goals

• You can ask for confirmation by using question tags. 
• You can explain the rules of question tags.

- Watch: CBBC Newsround + Padlet

- Grammar Note: Question Tags

- Do + check: Exc. 8 (WB, p. 87)

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Today's goals

• You can ask for confirmation by using question tags. 
• You can explain the rules of question tags.

- Watch: CBBC Newsround + Padlet

- Grammar Note: Question Tags

- Do + check: Exc. 8 (WB, p. 87)

Question Tags

Wat zijn het?

-Korte vraag aan het eind van de zin om bevestiging te vragen

-Vergelijkbaar met "ja toch?", "toch?", "vind je niet?", "niet waar?"

-Herhaal de persoonsvorm + onderwerp uit de hoofdzin

              She is watching that new Netflix show, isn't she?

                                                   Vorm van 'to be': am / are / is

Als hoofdzin positief is, wordt de question tag negatief 

> You are a runner, aren't you?

Als hoofdzin negatief is wordt de question tag positief 

> She isn't happy, is she?

QUESTION TAGS - 'to be'

LET OP!

• Een negatieve question tag met "I" , krijgt een andere vorm (deze moet je uit je hoofd leren).
           - I am a good basketball player, aren't I? 
  
  
• Positieve question tag met "I":  wél gewoon 'am I' 
           -I am not a good basketball player, am I?)

Hoofdzin positief = question tag negatief

> You can do cartwheels, can't you?

Hoofdzin negatief =question tag positief 

> She can't dance, can she?

QUESTION TAGS - 'can'

LET OP! LET OP!

• Gebruik altijd een persoonlijk vnw (I, you, we, they, he, she, it) in een question tag.
  
  
• Laura is a great hockey player, isn't Laura she?
  
• Jenny and Ella aren't at school, are Jenny and Ella they?
• The ball isn't on the field, is the ball it?

He isn't at home, _________?

1. is he
2. isn't he
3. he is
4. he isn't

My sister is funny, ________ ?

1. is my sister
2. isn't my sister
3. is she
4. isn't she

Dr. Dolittle can talk to animals, _____?

1. can he?
2. can Dr. Dolittle?
3. can't he
4. can't Dr. Dolittle

I'm late, ________ ?

1. am I
2. amn't I
3. are I
4. aren't I

Jane can't read Spanish books, ______?

1. can Jane?
2. can she?
3. can't Jane?
4. can't she?

He isn't alone at home, _______?

Your parents are from a town in the Netherlands, ______?

Today's goals

• You can ask for confirmation by using question tags. 
• You can explain the rules of question tags.

- Watch: CBBC Newsround + Padlet

- Grammar Note: Question Tags

- Do + check: Exc. 8 (WB, p. 87)