Tag Questions

1. TAG
QUESTIONS

2. TAG QUESTIONS
• Tag question is a special construction in
English. It is a statement followed by a
mini-question. The whole sentence is a
"tag question", and the mini-question at
the end is called a "question tag".

3. • We use tag questions at the end of
statements to ask for confirmation. They
mean something like: "Am I right?" or "Do
you agree?" They are very common in
English.
TAG QUESTIONS

4. USAGE
A question tag is a short question at the end
of a statement:
He won the prize, didn’t he?
question tag
We use question tags when we
want to check if information is
correct.

5. FORM
1. Use question tags at the end of a
sentence:
He doesn’t win the prize, does he?
question tag

6. NEGATIVE QUESTION TAG
If the sentence is positive, the question tag is
negative:
You have seen that film, haven’t you?
+ -
POSITIVE QUESTION TAG:
If the sentence is negative, the question tag is
positive:
You haven’t seen that film, have you?
- +
If the sentence contains a negative word (never,
hardly…) the question tag is positive:
Ann never goes anywhere, does she?
- +

7. Questions tags consist of …
AUXILIARY VERB + PRONOUN:
I shouldn’t laugh, shouldshould II?
Sarah was winning, wasn’twasn’t sheshe?
We use the auxiliary verb that is used in the previous
sentence. If there is no auxiliary verb, se use “do/does”
(present tense) and “did” (past tense):
You live near here, don’tdon’t you?
You turned left, didn’tdidn’t you?
The pronoun refers to the subject of the previous sentence

8. There are  aren’t there?
There are many shops in the area, aren’t
there?
This is / That is  isn’t it?
That’s your wife over there, isn’t it?
ANYTHING-NOTHING-EVERTHING-SOMETHING = IT
SOMEBODY-SOMEONE-EVERYBODY-EVERYONE-ANYBODY-
ANYONE-NOBODY-NO ONE = THEY

9. But you don't really love her, do you?
This will work, won't it?
Well, I couldn't help it, could I?
But you'll tell me if she calls, won't
you?
We'd never have known, would we?
The weather's bad, isn't it?
You won't be late, will you?
Nobody knows, do they?

10. Examples
1) I like wearing colourful costumes, ?
2) She went to cinema last week, ?
3) Jane can’t play football well, ?
4) I’m from Mersin, ?
5) Selena is going to read her English story book
next weekend, ?
6) This is a worksheet, ?
7) Let’s go out somewhere tonight, ?
8) Nobody called me yesterday, ?

11. Examples
1. I like wearing colourful costumes, don’t I?
2. She went to cinema last week, didn’t she?
3. Jane can’t play football well, can she?
4. I’m from Mersin, aren’t I?
5. Selena is going to read her English story book
next weekend, isn’t she?
6. This is a worksheet, isn’t it?
7. Let’s go out somewhere tonight, ?
8. Nobody called me yesterday, did they?