1. QUESTION TAGS

2. Negative of statements Negative statement (-)Positive tag (+) SubAuxMain VAuxPersonal pronoun Itisnotraining,isit ? Wehaveneverseenthat,havewe ? Hewillnothelp,willhe ? Youarenotstupid,areyou ? Johnshouldnotdriveso fast, shouldhe ? Iamnotstupidboy,amI ?

3. Negative of statements Negative statement (-)Positive tag (+) SubAuxMain VAuxPersonal pronoun Itisnotrainingisit ? Wehaveneverseenthat,havewe ? Hewillnothelp,willhe ? Youarenotstupid,areyou ? Johnshouldnotdriveso fast, shouldhe ? Iamnotstupidboy,amI ?

4. USE 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 won the prize, didn’t he? question tag

6. FORM 2.a. NEGATIVE QUESTION TAG: If the sentence is positive, the question tag is negative: You have seen that film, haven’t you? +- 2.b.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. FORM 3. Questions tags consist of … AUXILIARY VERB + PRONOUN: shouldI I shouldn’t laugh, should I? wasn’tshe Sarah was winning,wasn’tshe? 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): don’t You live near here, don’t you? didn’t You turned left, didn’t you? The pronoun refers to the subject of the previous sentence.

8. FORM 4. Some verbs form question tags differently: I am  aren’t I? I’m helpful, aren’t I? There is  isn’t there? There is a chemist’s near here, isn’t there? 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?

9. FORM 5. When we answer question tags, we often use short answers: A: You are French, aren’t you? Yes, I amNo, I’m not B: Yes, I am. / No, I’m not.  SHORT ANSWERS A: She’s got a dog, hasn’t she? Yes, she hasNo, she hasn’t B: Yes, she has. / No, she hasn’t.  SHORT ANSWERS A: You smoke, don’t you? Yes, I doNo, I don’t B: Yes, I do. / No, I don’t.  SHORT ANSWERS

10. FORM 6. Intonation: When we are sure of the answer, the voice goes down in the question tag: John doesn’t like gold, does he?  The speaker knows John doesn’t like gold. When we are not sure of the answer, the voice goes up: They left for Milan, didn’t they?  The speaker doesn’t know if they left for Milan or not.

12. Question tags I hope you have understood how to use question tags.