1. Question Tags
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2. What are Question Tags?
• Question tags are the short questions
that we put at the end of sentences,
especially in spoken English.
• Question tags are often used to solicit
input or confirmation to what we are
saying.
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3. Examples
• You're coming, aren't you?
• He's not serious, is he?
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4. Type of Tag
• If the main part of the sentence is
affirmative, then the question tag is
negative:
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It's warm, isn't it?
They went also, didn't they?
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5. Types of Tag
• If the main part of the sentence is
negative, then the question tag is
affirmative:
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She couldn't see it, could she?
We won't know till tomorrow, will we?
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6. Types of Tag
• If the main part of the sentence is
negative, then the question tag is
affirmative:


She couldn't see it, could she?
We won't know till tomorrow, will we?
© 2005 Ma Foi Management