1. Question tags
Level 5

2. Question tags Form: 1. Positive Statement + Negative Tag
2. Negative Statement + Positive Tag

3. 1. Positive Statement It is very warm, isn’t it?
Positive Statement Negative Tag
It is very warm,
isn’t it?

4. is /am / are / do / does / did…. it/he/she/ they/you /I/there/ we/…
A negative tag ????
an auxiliary verb
pronoun +
n’t +
is /am / are / do / does / did….
it/he/she/ they/you /I/there/ we/…
not

5. e.g. 1. You have played the piano, haven’t you?
2. Mary can play the piano, can’t she?
3. David will play the piano, won’t he?

6. Negative Statement + Positive Tag
It isn’t very warm,
is it?

7. A positive tag ??? pronoun an auxiliary verb+
is / am / are / do / does / did….
The subject of the sentence---
it / he / she / they / you / I / there / we /

8. e.g. 1. You haven’t played the piano, have you?
2. Mary can’t play the piano, can she?
3. David won’t play the piano, will he?

9. exercise: I shouldn’t talk in the library, ______ I?
2. John was ill yesterday, _______ he?
wasn’t
3. It is a beautiful house, ______ it?
isn’t

10. exercise: 4. The train goes at twelve o’clock, ______ it?
doesn’t
5. There aren’t many cows on the field,
_______ there?
are
6. They didn’t eat anything, ______ they?
did

11. exercise: 7. The party will begin soon, _______ it?
won’t
8. You have bought a dress, ________ you?
haven’t
9. We don’t have to bring a camera, ___ we? do

12. Positive + negative verb tag negative + positive verb tag
You’re 20, aren’t you?
You aren’t 20, are you?
They came back,
didn’t they?
They didn’t come back, did they?
You have lost it,
haven’t you?
You haven’t lost it,
have you?
I’ll be back by 10,
won’t I?
I won’t be back by 10,
will I?

13. g f e c a b h d Tag questions Won’t he? He was an engineer Will he?
Have they?
Has she?
Is she?
Aren’t you?
Wasn’t he?
Don’t you?
He was an engineer
You’re from Pasto
Maria isn’t an actress
They’ve been here before
He’ll be home soon
You study here
She hasn’t met you
He won’t finish on time f e c a b h d

14. Snow ball fight You’re from France, She broke a world record,
They haven’t seen us
He won’t tell anybody
That house looks nice
We didn’t see that film,

15. Snow ball fight It hasn’t rained for months, You will come tomorrow
The shop doesn’t open at 6,
You stopped smoking,
You like Lisa,
You don’t study here,