Tag questions in English meduim

 

Tag questions  in English meduim

🌸Question Tag🌸   👉auxiliary verb + subject   💮 We use the same auxiliary verb in the tag as in the main sentence. If there is no auxiliary verb in the main sentence, we use do in the tag.   👉 You live in Spain, don’t you?   💮 If the auxiliary verb in the sentence is affirmative, the tag is negative.   👉 You’re Spanish, aren’t you?   💮 If the auxiliary verb in the sentence is negative, the tag is affirmative.   👉 You’re not Spanish, are you?   💮 Meaning   💮 We use tag questions to Confirm or check information or ask for agreement.   👉 You want to come with me, don’t you?   👉 You can swim, can’t you?   👉 You don’t know where the boss is, do you?   👉 This meal is horrible, isn’t it?   👉 That film was fantastic, wasn’t it?   💮 We use tag questions to Check whether something is true.   👉 The meeting’s tomorrow at 9am, isn’t it?   👉 You won’t go without me, will you?   🌼 Additional points   💮 In the present form of be: if the subject is “I”, the auxiliary changes to are or aren’t in the tag question.   👉 I’m sitting next to you, aren’t I?   👉I’m a little red, aren’t I?     💮 With let’s, the tag question is shall we?   👉 Let’s go to the beach, shall we?   👉 Let’s have a coffee, shall we?     💮 With an imperative, the tag question is will you?   👉 Close the window, will you?   👉 Hold this, will you?     💮 We use an affirmative tag question after a sentence containing a negative word such as never, hardly, nobody.   👉 Nobody lives in this house, do they?   👉 You’ve never liked me, have you?     💮 When the subject is nothing, we use “it” in the tag question.   👉 Nothing bad happened, did it?   👉 Nothing ever happens, does it?     💮 If the subject is nobody, somebody, everybody, no one, someone or everyone, we use “they” in the tag question.   👉 Nobody asked for me, did they?   👉 Nobody lives here, do they?     💮 If the main verb in the sentence is have (not an auxiliary verb), it is more common to use do in the tag question.   👉 You have a Ferrari, don’t you?   👉 She had a great time, didn’t she?     💮 With used to, we use “didn’t” in the tag question.   👉You used to work here, didn’t you?   👉He used to have long hair, didn’t he?     💮We can use affirmative tag questions after affirmative sentences to express a reaction such as surprise or interest.   👉You’re moving to Brazil, are you?     🌼Pronunciation   💮If we don’t know the answer, it is a real question and we use a rising intonation with the tag question.   👉You don’t know where the boss is, do you? ↗   💮If we know the answer and are just confirming the information a falling intonation is used with the tag question.   👉That film was fantastic, wasn’t it? ↘   🌼Question Tags On The Imperative ( Do/ Don't )   💮After the imperative "do" or "don't do", we use the tag "will you" or "won't you". Let's see the following example.   👉Open the window, will you?   👉Don't be noisy, will you?   👉Get the phone for me, won't you?   🌼Special Question Tags   Notice these special question tags.   👉Let's dance, shall we?   👉I'm late, aren't I?   🌼The Words Making Positive Question Tags   💮If a sentence contains the following words, we have to use positive question tags. The words have negative sense.    never, seldom,  hardly , ever   💮Let's see the following example :   👉She never comes late, does she?   👉We seldom see our parents, do we?     🌼Special Subject In Question Tags   💮If the subject of the main sentence is everybody, everyone, somebody, someone, nobody or no-one,we use subject they on the question tag.   👉Let's see the following example :   👉Everybody loves her, don't they?   👉Somebody entered our house last night, didn't they?   🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

Tag questions (or question tags) turn a statement into a question. They are often used for checking information that we think we know is true.

Tag questions are made using an auxiliary verb (for example: be or have) and a subject pronoun (for example: I, you, she). Negative question tags are usually contracted: It's warm today, isn't it (not 'is it not')

Usually if the main clause is positive, the question tag is negative, and if the main clause is negative, it's positive. For example: It's cold (positive), isn't it (negative)? And: It isn't cold (negative), is it (positive)?

If the main clause has an auxiliary verb in it, you use the same verb in the tag question. If there is no auxiliary verb (in the present simple and past simple) use do / does / did (just like when you make a normal question).

There is one weird exception: the question tag after I am is aren't I. For example: I'm in charge of the food, aren't I?

Postive sentences, with negative tags

Present simple 'be' She's Italian, isn't she? Present simple other verbs They live in London, don't they? Present continuous We're working tomorrow, aren't we? Past simple 'be' It was cold yesterday, wasn't it? Past simple other verbs He went to the party last night, didn't he? Past continuous We were waiting at the station, weren't we? Present perfect They've been to Japan, haven't they? Present perfect continuous She's been studying a lot recently, hasn't she? Past perfect He had forgotten his wallet, hadn't he? Past perfect continuous We'd been working, hadn't we? Future simple She'll come at six, won't she? Future continuous They'll be arriving soon, won't they? Future perfect They'll have finished before nine, won't they? Future perfect continuous She'll have been cooking all day, won't she? Modals He can help, can't he? Modals John must stay, mustn't he? Negative sentences, with positive tags

Present simple 'be' We aren't late, are we? Present simple other verbs She doesn't have any children, does she? Present continuous The bus isn't coming, is it? Past simple 'be' She wasn't at home yesterday, was she? Past simple other verbs They didn't go out last Sunday, did they? Past continuous You weren't sleeping, were you? Present perfect She hasn't eaten all the cake, has she? Present perfect continuous He hasn't been running in this weather, has he? Past perfect We hadn't been to London before, had we? Past perfect continuous You hadn't been sleeping, had you? Future simple They won't be late, will they? Future continuous He won't be studying tonight, will he? Future perfect She won't have left work before six, will she? Future perfect continuous He won't have been travelling all day, will he? Modals She can't speak Arabic, can she? Modals They mustn't come early, must they? Try an exercise about tag questions with the present simple here

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