Worksheet

Question tags
Colegio San Francisco

English Department

Name: _________________________________ Date: _______________________________

Class: 3th grade Subject: English Miss Melanie Mackay

Objective:

“God have a bigger plan for me that I have for myself”

I. Question tag: It is a small question at the end of a statement. Question tags are used when
asking agreement or confirmation.

1. Intonation and meaning.

The intonation of a question tag shows the exact meaning of it. If the intonation of the
question tag goes up, its mean you are not sure an you want to know the answer.

If the intonation of the question tags goes down, its means you are checking/ confirming
information or making conversation.

2. Positive question tags.

A negative statement + a positive question tag.

3. Negative question tags.

A positive statement + negative question tags.

II. Match the statements with the question tags.

II. Fill the sentences with the corresponding question tag.

Does he? – Don’t we? – does it? Doesn’t she? - Didn’t you?

1. You enjoyed that, __________________________________.

2. He doesn’t write very well, ____________________________.

3. We love it, ____________________________________.

4. It doesn’t work ________________________.

5. She works in sales, _____________________________.

III. Write a question tag for each sentence.

1. John smokes a lot,_____________________________?

2. My mother has lovely hair, ____________________________?

3. You do like this film we're watching,______________________________ ?

4. He can't speak English very well,____________________________?

5. Your brother isn't married,_____________________________?

6. She doesn't cook very well,______________________________?

7. We can go to the cinema tomorrow if you want,________________________________?

8. They don't have a very nice house,_______________________________?

9. She is the richest woman in the town, ___________________________?

10. We should leave before it gets dark, ____________________________?

IV. Choose the correct question tag.

1. You're coming to the party, ___?

a. aren't you
b. isn't you
c. shouldn't you

2. It wasn't very difficult, ___?

a. wasn't it
b. isn't it
c. was it

3. Tom is getting something for Sue, ___?

a. wasn't he
b. isn't he
c. was he

4. It won't be anything expensive, ___?

a. won't it
b. isn't it
c. will it
 Easter Island

Easter Island is a small triangle of rock situated in the Pacific Ocean. It’s about 2,000 miles 1.
_________ the nearest city. Easter Island is 2. _____________ for its statues. Hundreds of
these huge, stone faces can be 3. ___________ all over the island. Who made them? How 4.
______________ they move these giant pieces of rock? What happened 5. ___________ the
people who lived there? Studies show that people 6. ______________ arrived on the island about
1600 years ago. They had a very advanced culture. They made many objects and they had their 7.
_________________ written language. However, the number of people on the island grew and
grew 8. ______________ it reached about 10,000 people. Soon there were too many people and
there wasn’t 9. _____________ food to eat. A terrible war started and 10. __________of the
statues were broken. When western explorers discovered the island on Easter Day in 1722, the huge
rock statues were the only sign that a great society had once lived there.

1. a) for b)from c)on d) by

2. a )important b) interesting c)famous d) fascinating

3. a) looked b) located c) found d) situated

4. a) have b) were c) had d) did

5. a) to b) with c) about d) for

6. a) one b)first c) just d) already

7. a) only b) own c) clever d) self

8. a) so b) until c) although d) because

9. a) many b) some c) too d) enough

10. a) many b)few c) lot d) enough