Questions - Tag questions / Question tags

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Grammar - Question tags

Today is about...

question tags, isn't it?

You know how to use question tags.

Plan

Explanation question tags

Exercises questions tags

Read the slides attentively (aandachtig!)

! Fun fact !

You can talk about question tags or tag questions - they mean the same thing :) 

You first need to know...

What's a tag?

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Translate:
Isn't? & Aren't you?

positive sentence = negative tag

negative sentence = positive tag

positive sentence = negative tag

He is the youngest, isn't he?

negative sentence = positive tag

She isn't happy, is she?

Korte vragen (tag questions)

Tag questions komen aan het einde  van een zin te staan. 

Je gebruikt de tags om iemands mening  te vragen of 

om een bevestiging  te vragen.

Bijvoorbeeld:

She is very nice, isn't she?

Zij is erg aardig, toch?

1. Herhaal de vorm van 'to be' (am/are/is)  

Is de zin positief (+), dan wordt de tag question negatief (-)     

Is de zin negatief (-), dan wordt de tag question positief (+)    (+) Lisa  is late for school, isn't  she?  (-) 

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

       (+) We  are  late for school, aren't  we? (-) 

       (-) They  aren't  late for school, are  they? (+)

meer voorbeeldzinnen met '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? (-)

Let op!

Er is één uitzondering:

I AM always happy, AREN'T I?

AMN'T BESTAAT NIET!

2 Herhaal ook de vorm van can en 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 Als er géén am, are, is & can & have got/has got in de zin staat, dan gebruik je 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?

It isn't the same as European football, ..... ......?

There are big differences between the two games, ..... .....?

You don't play Canadian football, ... ...?

Ice hockey is a popular sport in Canada, .... ....?

Your Canadian friend John doesn't call it ice hockey, ..... .....?

Canadians just call it hockey, ..... ..... ?

Field hockey and hockey aren't the same sport, ..... .....?

I'm a good field hockey player, .... ....?

Hoe ging het? 

• Goed? Dan kan je meteen door naar de oefeningen vanaf slide 32 en de link naar extra oefeningen op slide 41.
  
• Had je wat foutjes? Bekijk dan nog een clip over tag questions (slide 43 + 44)

Tag question practice

• Put the words on the next slides in the right order and add the correct question tag.
  
• Make sure to use the correct verb tense (think of the shit-rule) 

YOU 

Example: you / not like / baseball

Correct answer: You don't like baseball, do you? 

Explanation: There is no auxiliary verb in the sentence, so you use do/don't in the question tag. 

he / not be / good at singing

you / not be / on the rowing team

you / play / hockey

she / love / grammar

he / not like / pizza

I understand and know how to use the question tags

😒🙁😐🙂😃

Practice makes perfect

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  Homework: 

Finish all the questions in this LessonUp

Make sure you're up to date on all the topics for the grammar quiz (21 April) 

1. Present simple (recap of Stepping Stones wb A(!!) 
   
2. Present continuous (Stepping Stones wb B, Chapter 4, ex. 53 - 57)
3. Possessives (Stepping Stones wb, Chapter 5, ex. 30 - 32)
4. Much & many (Stepping Stones wb, Chapter 5, ex. 33 - 34)
5. Tag questions (not in Stepping Stones, use this LessonUp)