Exercises for Task 4

Grammar
A. You are at a barbecue. Add tags to help start a friendly conversation.
Examples:
These sausages are delicious, aren't they? They certainly are.
You haven't lived here long, have you? No, only three months.

1 It's quite a big garden, __isn’t it_________? Yes, there's plenty of room.
2 There aren't many people here yet, Are there? No, but it's still quite early.
3 You're Rachel's friend, _aren’t you__________? Yes, I'm Vicky.
4 You came in a sports car, didn’t you.? That's right.
5 These burgers look good, __aren’t they_? I can't wait to try them.
6 We can sit on the grass, _can’t we_? I think it's dry enough.
7 The weather forecast wasn't very good, _was it_? No, it wasn't.

B. Complete the conversation. Put in the question tags.

Emma: You don't really want to go out with me any more, (►) do you?
Matthew: Of course I do. But I need a bit of time to myself sometimes.
Emma: You get plenty of time to yourself, (1) ___don’t you__?
Matthew: Emma, you know what I feel for you. I've told you enough times, (2) Haven’t
I?
Emma: Yes, you have. And you're quite happy, (3) __aren’t you?
You don't mind, (4) __do you?
The situation doesn't bother you, (5) _does you?
Matthew: Why are we arguing? There's nothing to argue about, (6) _is it?
Emma: You can't ever look at things from my point of view, (7) can you ?
C. Read each situation. Then make a polite request. Use a negative statement
with an affirmative tag.

Example:
You are a waiter. You can’t work tomorrow, and you hope your friend can take your
place. You ask your friend.
You couldn’t take my place tomorrow, could you?

1. You want to go away for the weekend, but you don’t have a car. Maybe your best
friend can lend her car to you. You can ask her.
__You couldn’t lend me your car for the weekend, could you?

2. You’re going on vacation on a trip to Constanza. You need someone to feed your two
dogs in three days. You ask your brother.
You couldn’t feed my dogs for three days, could you?
3. You have a doctor’s appointment, and you need a ride to the hospital. Ask your
father.
You can’t give me a ride to the hospital for my doctor’s appointment, can you?

4. You are broke, you have no money for transportation and you need to get to college
for an important final test as soon as possible. Ask your husband or wife.
You can’t give some money to pay an uber, can you?

Writing Section.
D. Requests and suggestions. What would you say in these situations? Write
sentences with a question tag. Use the word in brackets.
Example: You want to look at a newspaper. Daniel might have one, so ask him.
(haven't) You haven't got a newspaper, have you?

1 Suggest to Vicky that you both listen to some music. (Let's)

Let’s listen to some music, shall we?

2 Warn David not to do anything silly. (Don't)

______________________________________________________________________

3 You need a train timetable. Emma might have one, so ask her. (haven't)
You havent’ a train timetable, have you?

4 Ask Rachel to pass you the salt. (Pass)

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Speaking Section.
E. Upload a video on YOUTUBE talking about the different uses of tag questions,
provide examples. Also talk about the importance of using tag questions in
conversations. Attach the video link with this assignment.

Tag questions are short questions at the end of statements. They are often used
when we want to confirm that something is true or not, or to seek a reply from
the person we are speaking to.
For example: 1. It was quite in there, wasn’t it?
I will never stay in these hotel again, will you?

Another use of tag questions is when we need to verify that something has been
understood.
To make a tag questions we use an auxiliary verb for example to be or have, and
a subject pronoun for example, I, they, we, etc
We need to remember that a positive statement is followed by a negative question
tag and a negative statement is followed by a positive question tag.
When the verb in the main sentence is in the present simple we form the question
tag with do/does
Jhon likes baseball, doesn’t he?
You read the book, don’t you?

tag questions are used mainly as a tool to move conversations along, to involve
other participants.

Question tags are an important part of everyday communication and perform

many different functions. They can be used to get a conversation started or keep
it moving or they can be a more polite way to to make a request.