The document discusses how to form tag questions from different types of sentences in English. Tag questions are formed by copying the auxiliary verb from the main clause and placing it at the end of the tag either in its positive or negative form, along with a subject pronoun. For negative sentences, the auxiliary verb is used in the positive form for the tag. For positive sentences, it is used in the negative form. For sentences without an auxiliary, the appropriate form of "do" is used in the negative tag form. Examples are provided for each.
The document discusses how to form tag questions from different types of sentences in English. Tag questions are formed by copying the auxiliary verb from the main clause and placing it at the end of the tag either in its positive or negative form, along with a subject pronoun. For negative sentences, the auxiliary verb is used in the positive form for the tag. For positive sentences, it is used in the negative form. For sentences without an auxiliary, the appropriate form of "do" is used in the negative tag form. Examples are provided for each.
The document discusses how to form tag questions from different types of sentences in English. Tag questions are formed by copying the auxiliary verb from the main clause and placing it at the end of the tag either in its positive or negative form, along with a subject pronoun. For negative sentences, the auxiliary verb is used in the positive form for the tag. For positive sentences, it is used in the negative form. For sentences without an auxiliary, the appropriate form of "do" is used in the negative tag form. Examples are provided for each.
We form tag question from simple declarative sentences. NEGATIVE SENTENCES
We form tag questions from negative sentences by copying the auxiliary verb used in the sentence to the sentence end in the positive form. Next we use the pronoun form of the subject of the sentence at the very end of the sentence. John can't play tennis, can he? Mary won't go with us, will she? Jack and Jill aren't climbing hills anymore, are they? Jane did not eat her vegetables, did she? You and I aren't going on a date, are we? E.g. POSITIVE SENTENCES
We form tag questions from positive sentences by copying the auxiliary verb used in the sentence to the sentence end in the negative form. Next we use the pronoun form of the subject of the sentence at the very end of the sentence. We are going to win ,aren't we? John can dance very well ,can't he? Mary will be here ,won't she?
E.g. SENTENCES WITHOUT AUXILIARY VERBS
If there is no auxiliary verb ,we use the appropriate tense form of DO in the negative form . Jack and Jill brought us some water ,didn't they ? Jane likes vegetables ,doesn't she ? TAG QUESTIONS We lost the game, John went to school, Jack and Jill didn't go up the hill, He is a giant, She can't swim, didn't we? didn't he? did they? isnt he ? can she ?