QUESTION TAGS – ADVANCED POINTS

 Aren’t I?
The question tag for I am is aren’t I, not amn’t I.
I am late, aren’t I? (NOT I am late, amn’t I?)
 Imperative sentences
The question tags for imperative sentences are will you/ won’t you/ can you
/ can’t you/ would you / could you.
Come here, will you?
Open the windows, would you?
Keep quiet, can’t you?
Shut up, won’t you?
The question tag for a negative imperative is will you?
Don’t forget, will you?
 Let’s
After let’s… we use shall we?
Let’s go for a walk, shall we?
 Sentences containing negative words such as seldom, rarely, scarcely, barely, almost
never, hardly, never, no, nobody, nothing, none and little are followed by non-negative
tags.
You never call me, do you? (NOT …don’t you?)
He has no money, does he? (NOT …doesn’t he?)
I have hardly ever met her, have I?
 In question tags referring to nothing and everything we use it.
Everything is ok, isn’t it? (NOT …isn’t everything?)
Nothing can happen, can it? (NOT …can nothing?)
 In question tags referring to nobody, somebody, everybody etc., we use they.
Nobody came, did they? (NOT …did nobody?)
Somebody wanted a drink, didn’t they?
 After principal verb have, question tags with have and do are often both possible.
Note that do is more common in American English.
They have a farm house, haven’t / don’t they?
He had a bad headache, hadn’t/didn’t he?
 This/that  it; these/those they
That’s her house, isn’t it?
These are your fellows, aren’t they?
But: there are  are there
There are some pictures on the wall, aren’t there?
Notes
 In sentences with question tags, pronoun subjects and auxiliary verbs are often left
out.
Nice day, isn’t it. (More natural than ‘It’s a nice day, isn’t it?)