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We use tag questions to make statements and

seek agreement from the listener.


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 ?

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