1. AND INDIRECT QUESTIONS
QUESTION TAGS
AND INDIRECT QUESTIONS

2. QUESTION TAGS
QUESTION TAGS ARE MINI-QUESTIONS THAT WE USE AT THE END OF A SENTENCE IN SPOKEN ENGLISH.
You are English, aren’t you?
She has passed the exam, hasn’t she?
We can’t go to the cinema now, can’t we?

3. QUESTION TAGS
NORMALLY, WE USE A NEGATIVE QUESTION TAG AFTER A POSITIVE SENTENCE.
POSITIVE SENTENCE
NEGATIVE TAG
Kate will be here soon,
won’t she
There was a lot of traffic,
wasn’t there?
Michael should pass the exam,
wouldn’t he?

4. QUESTION TAGS AND WE USE A POSITIVE TAG AFTER A NEGATIVE SENTENCE.
Kate won’t be late,
will she?
They don’t like us,
do they?
You haven’t got a car,
have you?

5. QUESTION TAGS
TO FORM THE QUESTION TAG WE USE AN AUXILIARY VERB AND A PRONOUN:
DO/DOES – PRESENT SIMPLE
IS/ARE – PRESENT SIMPLE TO BE
DID – PAST SIMPLE
WAS/WERE – PAST SIMPLE TO BE
HAVE/HAS – PRESENT PERFECT
WILL – FUTURE
SHOULD – OBLIGATION
etc.

6. INDIRECT QUESTIONS
WE USE INDIRECT QUESTIONS TO MAKE THE QUESTION MORE POLITE:
WE INTRODUCE THE QUESTION WITH EXPRESSIONS SUCH AS:
COULD YOU TELL ME …?
DO YOU KNOW IF ...?
THE WORD ORDER IS SUBJECT + VERB – WE DO NOT NEED AUXILIARY VERBS.

7. INDIRECT QUESTIONS IS THE BANK OPEN ON SATURDAYS?
DO YOU KNOW IF THE BANK IS OPEN ON SATURDAYS?
WHAT TIME DO THEY ARRIVE?
COULD YOU TELL ME WHAT TIME THEY ARRIVE?