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Question Tags

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Korte vraagjes

Question tags (korte vraagjes)

At the end of this lesson you will know how to recognize and use question tags properly in a sentence.

What is a question tag?

Question tags are the short questions that we put on the end of sentences particularly in spoken English.

example:

She's Italian, isn't she?

How do you form a question tag? 

 if the main clause is positive, the question tag is negative

[Na een bevestigende zin (+) is de tag ontkennend (-) ]

if the main clause is negative, the question tag is positive

[Na een ontkennende zin (-) is de tag bevestigend (+)]

  Negative question tags are usually contracted: It's warm today, isn't it (not 'is it not')

How do you form a question tag? 

Tag questions are made using an modal (hulpwerkwoord) verb from the main statement  or do 

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 a subject pronoun  (persoonlijk voornaamwoord)

 for example: I, you, she 

Examples

They are working hard.

the auxiliary is :  

The subject pronoun is : 

Examples

They are working hard.

They are working hard, aren't they?

Examples

The students need to study this for the test.

The auxiliary is : do

the subject pronoun is: the students -> they

Examples

The students need to study this for the test.

The students need to study this for the test, don't they?

Question tags

She plays the piano quite well, doesn't she?  

Karen is quite a good singer, isn't she? 

They aren't at home, are they?  

A  stray cat drank all the milk, didn't it? 

Brad and Brenda are married, aren't they? 

Carl didn't come home last night, did he?

Examples

There is one weird exception: 

the question tag after I am is aren't I.

For example: I'm in charge of the food, aren't I?

Let's practise

choose the right answer

He is a good singer, …………?

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

You're a big fan,.....?

1. are you
2. aren't you
3. you are
4. you aren't

You walk an hour every day, ……?

1. do you
2. don't you
3. walk you
4. walken't you

Exercise 2

write the correct tag question

Open your book! 

CB page 94

You aren't family, …….?

Miss Noé explains the grammar, …….?

Gerard isn't a big football fan, ………?

The cat isn't drinking the milk, ……..?

Homework

Do: WB page 28 exercise 33

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