QUESTION TAGS

Mariana Briseo Luisa Fernanda Rodrguez Universidad de San Buenaventura

question tag or tag question is a grammatical structure in which a declarative statement or an imperative is turned into a question by adding an interrogative fragment (the "tag").

AFFIRMATIVE AND NEGATIVE SENTENCES WITH THE

VERB TO BE IN PRESENT SIMPLE OR CONTINUOUS

Use the same form of the verb affirmative: Am I? Is he? Is she? Is it? Are we? Are you? Are they?

Use the same form of the verb negative: Arent you? Isnt he? Isnt she? Isnt it? Arent we? Arent you? Arent they?

AFFIRMATIVE AND NEGATIVE SENTENCES WITH THE

VERB TO BE IN PAST SIMPLE OR CONTINUOUS

Using the same form of the negative: Wasnt I? Werent you? Wasnt he? Wasnt she? Wasnt it? Werent we? Werent they?

Using the same form of Affirmative Was I? Were you? Was he? Was she? Was it? Were we? Were they?

EXAMPLES
Affirmative Form

Negative Form

IMPERATIVES, INVITATIONS OR SUGGESTIONS