Lesson #9 – March 12th, 2020

Objectives:  Completes structures according

to the correct tag question
 Knows the correct use of the tag
questions Content
 Tag questions

Tag questions
 Tag question is a question that is added onto the end of a sentence.
 Use only pronouns in question tags.
 They mean something like: “All right?” or “Do you agree?”
 Tag questions are used to ask for
 Opinion
 Verification
 Approval
 Reaffirm
 Make a Comment
 Check
 Confirm information
 The whole sentence is a "tag question", and the mini-question at the end is
called a "question tag".
 The question tags use the same verb as the main part of the sentence. If this is
an auxiliary verb (“have”, “be”) then the question tag is made with the
auxiliary.
 Pay attention with question tags with sentences that start “I am”, the question
tag for “I am” is “aren’t I?”

The basic structure is