الأحد، 9 نوفمبر 2014

Question Tags ....!





Question Tags





So we all know what a question is...

If I said:

Are you happy?

That’s a question ^^



Are you hungry?

That’s a question ^^



But what is a question tag???



Question tags

Are the words that come after a question or a sentence that make you agree or disagree with a particular question?



So let’s look a sentence with a question tag:

?She is tired, isn't she 


In this case, isn't she becomes my question tag.



Now let me ask you this:



?Why do we need to use a question tag

Well a question tag is used with formal and informal speech.


They are mainly used in speech formal and informal when we want to:

confirm that something is true or not, or

to encourage a reply from the person we are speaking to





Question tags are formed with the auxiliary or modal verb from the statement and the appropriate subject.



Note: Auxiliary and modal verbs are: be, do, have, will, shall, would, should, can, could, may, might, must, ought, etc.



A positive statement is followed by a negative question tag.

?Jack is from Spain, isn't he

?Mary can speak English, can't she

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A negative statement is followed by a positive question tag.

?They aren't funny, are they

?He shouldn't say things like that, should he

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When the verb in the main sentence is in the present simple we form the question tag with do / does.

?You play the guitar, don't you

?Alison likes tennis, doesn't she

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If the verb is in the past simple we use did.

?They went to the cinema, didn't they

?She studied in New Zealand, didn't she

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When the statement contains a word with a negative meaning, the question tag needs to be positive

?He hardly ever speaks, does he

?They rarely eat in restaurants, do they

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Exceptions


Some verbs / expressions have different question tags. For example:



?I am - I am attractive, aren't I

?Positive imperative - Stop daydreaming, will / won't you

?Negative imperative - Don't stop singing, will you

?Let's - Let's go to the beach, shall we

?Have got (possession) - He has got a car, hasn't he

?There is / are - There aren't any spiders in the bedroom, are there

?This / that is - This is Paul's pen, isn't it









EXERCISE

?______,It's cold today

is it
it is
it isn't
isn't it

?______,You don't know me
 

do you
you do
does you
don't you

?_____,They shouldn't smoke
 

should it
should we
should them
should they

?We ___ there yet, are we
 

are
aren't
isn't
is we

?______,You haven't got a cold
 

has you
have you
haven't you
hasn't you

?________,Her mother works in a factory
 

isn't she
haven't she
hasn't she
doesn't she

?_____Penguins can't fly, can
 

she
them
it
they

 ?______This car is expensive, isn't
 

car
them
it
they

?_______,You play piano
 

don't you
is you
can you
have you

?______,He will come to work
 

wasn't he
willn't he
wouldn't he
won't he

?________,No one can get all of these right
 

will they 
can them
can they
can't they















BY : LAW 

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