Question Tags

Question Tags

by BAUTISTA ITA-I

​What are they?

We use question tags when we expect the listener to agree with our statement.​

​If our statement is...

​Positive Negative

​We use negative question tag.

​We use positive question tag.

​To form QT keep in mind...

• ​The tense of the sentence.

• If the sentence is Positive or Negative.

• ​The auxiliary verb in the sentence.

​Formation, if...

• ​... THERE IS AN AUXILIARY VERB, WE USE IT TO FORM THE QUESTION TAG.

  ... THE VERB IN THE STATEMENT IS IN A SIMPLE TENSE, WE USE DON'T, DOESN'T OR DIDN'T.

  ... THE VERB IS TO BE, WE USE THE VERB TO BE TO MAKE THE QUESTION TAG.

  ... THE VERB IN THE STATEMENT IS A MODAL VERB, WE USE THE MODAL VERB TO MAKE THE QUESTION TAG.

​*BUT IF THE MAIN VERB OR AUX VERB IS AM, THE POSITIVE QUESTION TAG IS AM I? BUT THE NEGATIVE QUESTION TAG IS USUALLY AREN'T I.*

​Examples...

​Positive Negative

​-Miel didn't cook for her parents, did she?

-Your parents haven 't retired, have they?

-None of those customers were happy, were they?

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​-They could hear me, couldn't they?

-I'm going to get an email with the details, aren't I?

-I said that already, didn't I?

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Fill in the Blank

I'm never on time, _______?

Multiple Choice

You won 't tell anyone, _______?

• do you

• don't you

• will you

• won't

Fill in the Blank

The bus stop's over there, _______?

Multiple Choice

They had been waiting, _________?

• haven't thay

• hadn't they

• aren't they

• hadn't been they?

Thank you!