GRAMMAR SENTENCE RACE Page 1 of 2

TAG QUESTIONS (present)

Fun Team Competition


…, …,
do you? are you?

ACTIVITY NOTES
1. Divide the class into two
…, …, teams.

2. Have one student from

does she? is he? each team come to the
front of the class and
randomly choose one card
each.

3. The first student to

…, …, write a grammatically
correct sentence (using a
do they? are they? tag question) – without
spelling mistakes – is
awarded one point for
their team.

4. The game continues as

the remaining students
…, …, take turns to come to the
board.
don’t we? aren’t we?
CONSIDER
Consider allowing the seated
classmates shouting aloud help
to their teammates at the board.
…, …, Consider setting a minimum
number of words per sentence
doesn’t it? isn’t it? (at least five; more words for a
more challenging game)

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TAG QUESTIONS (present)

Fun Team Competition


…, …,
don’t you? aren’t you?

CONSIDER cont’d
…, …, Consider leading into the activity
by writing some examples on the
doesn’t he? isn’t he? board.

For example:
“You don’t live downtown, do
you?”
and
“You live downtown, don’t you?”
…, …,
does it? is it?

…, …,
do we? are we?

…, …,
do I? am I?

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