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QUESTION TAGS

- It isn't Is it?
- They are aren't they?

- Karen is isn't she?

-Mark can't Can he?
tag question
negative positive
Will Won't she?
Was Wasn't there?
Should Shouldn't he ?

Positive Negative

Won't Will she?

don't do they ?
Haven't Have you ?
 tag question
present past simple
do/does did
John doesn't like does he
They left didn't they

never
hardly seldom rarely
hardly do they
never does he
Questions tags consist
of

I SHOULDN'T should
Sarah was Wasn't

auxiliary verb

don't
didn't
tag question
Some verbs form question tags
differently
 Example
questions?
 Question:
1. keep the confidential papers in
the locker,......?
A. do not you ?
B. do you ?
C. will you ?
D. won't y
 Answer :
C. Will you?
From the statement above, we can see that the
types of questions above are question tag
and the type of the question tag Is an order /
imperative.
 Question:
2. Dian and Harris hardly ever
join our class discussion,.......?
A. did they
B. didn't they
C. don't they
D. do they
 Answer :
D. do they
There is the word hardly which is a negative
word, meaning the Tag must be positive
 Question:
3. the bus is about to leave. thus,
let's get into the bus,......?
A. aren't we
B. are we
C. shan't we
D. shall we
 Answer :
D. shall we
There is a comma so Using a statement after a
comma (,) namely "let's' in special provisions, if the
subject of the statement is let's, the tag must be
shall we.
 Question:
4.That is the most well-written book of
the 21th century, … ?
A.isn’t that
B.isn’t it
C.isn’t’ Will
D.isn’t does
 Answer :
B.isn’t it
That/this is…use pronoun “it” in the question tag.
 Question:
5.Everybody had the right to vote in the
parliamentary elections, … ?
A.didn’t they
B.didn’t it
C.didn’t’
D.didn’will
 Answer :
A. didn't they
Statement sentences that use subjects such as
everybody or everyone use "they" as a gender
neutral pronoun (not he or she) in the question tag.
 Question:
6.Let’s go to the beach, … ?
A.do we
B.shall we
C.go we
D.let’s we
 Answer :
B. Shall we
Question tags that follow sentences with the
construction Let's (Let us)… use the auxiliary verb
“shall”.
 Question:
7. There’s a house on the hill, … ?
A.isn’t there
B.isn’t it
C. isn’t that
D.didn’t you
 Answer :
A. isn't there
In declarative sentences containing the expletive
pronoun "there", the question tag continues to use
"there".
 Question:
8. Somebody is calling me, … ?
a. isnt it
b. is it
c. are they
d. aren’t they
 Answer :
D. aren’t they
if the main sentence is positive then the question
tag is negative.
– if the subject is not specific like somebody, then
the pronoun in the question tag must be 'they'.
 Question:
9. That’s our food, … ?
a. is it
b. isn’t it
c. do it
d. doesn’t it
 Answer :
B. isn’t it
– if the main sentence is positive then the question
tag is negative.
– if the subject is not specific like that/this, then
the pronoun in the question tag must be 'it'.
 Question:
10.My parents had gone to Yogyakarta, …. ?
a. have they
b. haven’t they
c. had they
d. hadn’t they
 Answer :
D. hadn’t they
– if the main sentence is positive then the question
tag is negative.
– the sentence uses the past auxiliary verb ‘had’, so
the question tag must also use the same auxiliary
verb.
 REFERENCE
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https://www.slideshare.net/RaquelCheneauxValz/question-tags-
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Tersedia:https://www.slideshare.net/kokopandaz/question-tags-1893531.
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2019._Question Tag: Pengertian,Rumus,dan Contoh soal-
Edukasistan.com._[online]
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you