Questions - Tag questions

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Unit 4 - Lesson 2 - Question tags

Unit 4 - lesson 2

Today it's about...

question tags, isn't it?

You know how to make and use question tags.

Plan

• Explanation question tags
• Quiz questions tags
• Do exercise 4, 5 and 6 in class

You first need to know...

What's a tag?

Question-tag

A small question added to a sentence.

You use it to ask for conformation.

In Dutch we would say: 'of niet' or 'toch'

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Tag questions

positive sentence = negative tag

negative sentence = positive tag

Tag questions

positive sentence = negative tag

He is the youngest, isn't he?

negative sentence = positive tag

She isn't happy, is she?

tag question

Tag questions appear at the end  of a sentence. 

use it: -to ask someone's opinion 

-to ask for confirmation 

Example:

She is very nice, isn't she?

Zij is erg aardig, toch?

1. Repeat the form of 'to be' (am/are/is)  

If the sentence is positive (+), the tag question becomes negative (-)     

If the sentence is negative (-), the tag question becomes positive (+)    

(+) Lisa  is late for school, isn't  she?  (-) 

       (-)  Lisa  isn't  late for school, is  she? (+)

Here are some more examples with 'to be'

(+)  You are  often chilling with your friends, aren't  you? (-)

(-) My friends and I  aren't  doing our homework, are we? (+) 

(+) Your grandmother  is  very sweet, isn't she? (-)

Beware!

There is one exception:

I AM always happy, AREN'T I?

AMN'T BESTAAT NIET!

2 Repeat can and have got /has got

(+)  Peter  can  swim,  can't  he? (-)

(-)  Lisa  can't  do the test, can  she? (+)

(-) Emma  hasn't  got  blue eyes,  has  she? (+)

(+) We  have  got  a test  this week,  haven't  we? (-)

3 When there is no am, are, is & can & have got/has got in the sentence, use: do of does. 

They   hate  maths, don't  they?

Lisa   loves  pizza, doesn't  she?

You   know   him,  don't   you?

You  have  a problem,  don't  you?

They  don't  like maths, do they?

Lisa  doesn't  like pizza, does she?

Now let's do exercise 4 on p139 in your book.
He is a hockey player,

You aren't doing the Terry Fox Run this year,

He isn't the only Canadian sports hero,

You are a hockey player,

Now do exercise 5 & 6 (page 139 & 140) on your own.

I understand and know how to use the question tags

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Practice makes perfect

Homework

DO: Exercise 7 a & 10 (par 2) 

STUDY: 

Grammar - Tag questions

and vocab par 2