QUESTION TAGS

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QUESTION TAGS are MINI QUESTIONS THAT WE
OFTEN PUT AT THE END OF A STATEMENT when
we want to check if what we are saying is true.

You love reading, don’t you?

Peter is very nice, isn’t he?

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GENERAL RULES TO FORM QUESTION
TAGS

1 We always need a STATEMENT first, that is, a

POSITIVE OR A NEGATIVE SENTENCE.
It’s cold, isn’t it?
You dislike fish, don’t you?
Is it right, isn’t it?

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2 POSITIVE STATEMENT → NEGATIVE TAG
You are hungry, aren’t you?

NEGATIVE STATEMENT→ POSITIVE TAG

Susan isn’t hard-working, is she?

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 3) VERBS TO USE

a) BE (am/is/are) → BE (am/is/are)
These chillies are really spicy, aren’t they?

This film isn’t very good, is it?

Thai food is delicious, isn’t it?

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b) AUXILIARY → AUXILIARY (can, should, have in the
Present Perfect tense)
We can stop here, can’t we?

They haven’t eaten their food, have they?

She has done her homework, hasn’t she?

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c) OTHER VERBS → DO/DOES (Present Simple)

DID (Past Simple)

You like the mountains, don’t you?

Tom prefers the sea, doesn’t he?

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Michael won the race, didn’t he?

Emily went on a trip to Scotland,

didn’t she?

You didn’t pass the exam, did you?

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 Time to practice! Write tags for these
statements.
1 It’s raining quite hard, ____
2 You don’t like broccoli, ____
3 It’s hot today, ____
4 These cookies are awful, ____
5 You don’t know where my phone is, ____
6 The clock is wrong, ___
7 Tomorrow we have that presentation, ___

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 QUESTION TAGS - DIALOGUE
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JHWXIWKloI&t=
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 QUESTION TAGS RAP
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jzu8Fg24kw

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