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    The document discusses tag questions in English. Tag questions are short question phrases added to statements to seek agreement or the other person's opinion. Common English tag questions are "aren't they?", "don't you?", "isn't it?". The rules for forming tag questions are to use the opposite auxiliary verb and subject from the main statement. If there is no auxiliary, "do" is used. For affirmative statements the tag is negative and vice versa. An exception is for "to be" in first person negative statements, where the tag uses "aren't". Examples of correctly formed tag questions are provided.

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    The document discusses tag questions in English. Tag questions are short question phrases added to statements to seek agreement or the other person's opinion. Common English tag questions are "aren't they?", "don't you?", "isn't it?". The rules for forming tag questions are to use the opposite auxiliary verb and subject from the main statement. If there is no auxiliary, "do" is used. For affirmative statements the tag is negative and vice versa. An exception is for "to be" in first person negative statements, where the tag uses "aren't". Examples of correctly formed tag questions are provided.

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    TAG QUESTIONS

    En inglés es frecuente terminar las frases con otra frase corta, de signo contrario, la cual tiene la
    intención de pedir la opinión o buscar la aprobación del interlocutor: son las llamadas question
    tags (preguntas coletillas). Estas frases equivalen a: ¿verdad?, ¿no es verdad?, ¿no?, ¿no es así? ¿en
    serio?

    Ejemplos:

      You eat meat, don’t you?(Comes carne, ¿verdad?)

      She doesn’t like to dance, does she?(No le gusta bailar, ¿no?)

      Alex and Sergio are friends, aren’t they?(Alex y Sergio son amigos, ¿no?)

    Grammatical Rules (Reglas gramaticales)

    Para formar esta pregunta corta utilizaremos el auxiliar de la frase principal y su sujeto pero de
    signo contrario. Si no tuviera auxiliar entonces utilizaríamos el auxiliar “to do”.
    Si la oración es afirmativa, la pregunta coletilla es negativa y viceversa.
    Excepción: Con el verbo “to be” en la primera persona de oraciones negativas, se usa “aren’t” en la
    pregunta coletilla.

    Ejemplos:

      I am not wrong, am I?

      I am wrong, aren’t I?

    EXERCISE KEY

    Write the correct tag question David plays tennis, doesn’t he?
    She has got 2 brothers, hasn’t she?
    David plays tennis, _____________________________? You didn’t lose your book, did you?
    has got 2 brothers, _____________________________? You can’t swim, can you?
    You didn’t lose your book, _______________________? Megan is married, isn’t she?
    You can’t swim, ________________________________? He never liked eating at restaurants, did he?
    Megan is married, _____________________________? They will come to the party tomorrow, won’t they?
    He never liked eating at restaurants, _______________? Kate doesn’t teach Spanish, does she?
    They will come to the party tomorrow, _____________? You were on the bus this morning, weren’t you?
    Kate doesn’t teach Spanish, ______________________? Susan talked to them yesterday, didn’t she?
    You were on the bus this morning, ________________? We won’t go to the beach next summer, will we
    Susan talked to them yesterday, __________________?
    We won’t go to the beach next summer,
    ____________________________________________?

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