Question tags

(tag questions)
(“nu-i asa?”)

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Schema
 Verb auxiliar cu semn schimbat + Subiect (pronume)
Observatii:
 “Verb auxiliar cu semn schimbat” inseamna ca daca propozitia
principala este afirmativa, tag-ul este negativ. Si invers – daca
propozitia principala este negativa, tag-ul este afirmativ.
 Subiectul va fi mereu sub forma de pronume. Adica daca
subiectul propozitiei principale este, sa zicem, “the houses”,
atunci Subiectul va fi “they”.
 Verbele auxiliare se recunosc simplu: sunt cele care se pot
prescurta cu “not” la schemele de negativ corespunzatoare
timpurilor din propozitiile principale.
 Atunci cand este la negativ, se prescurteaza intotdeauna verbul
auxiliar cu “not” in tag.
Lista verbelor auxiliare
timp auxiliar
Present Simple Do/ does
Present Continuous Am/ is/ are
Past Simple Did
Past Continuous Was/ were
Present Perfect Simple/ Have/ has
Continuous
Past Perfect Simple/ Had
Continuous
Future Simple/ Continuous/ Perfect Will
Future-in-the-Past Would
“Going to” Future Am/ is/ are
Verbe modale (can, could, may, Se pastreaza verbul modal din
might, must, shall,
should)
propozitia principala
Exemple
Present Simple

We always watch TV in the evening, don’t we?

Our friend doesn’t watch TV every day, does
she?
(Intotdeauna ne uitam la TV seara, nu-i asa?
Prietena noastra nu se uita la TV in fiecare zi,
nu-i asa?)
Exemple
Present Continuous

Mary is drinking milk now, isn’t she?

The children aren’t playing in the yard now, are they?
(Mary bea lapte acum, nu-i asa?
Copiii nu se joaca acum in curte, nu-i asa?)

SINGURA EXCEPTIE de la regula:

I am a pretty girl, aren’t I? (in loc de am+not+I)
(Sunt o fetita draguta, nu-i asa?)

DAR:
I am not a bad girl, am I? – Nu sunt o fetita rea, nu-i asa?
Exemple
Past Simple

His parents arrived yesterday, didn’t they?

You didn’t go to that party, did you?
(Parintii lui au sosit ieri, nu-I asa?
Voi nu ati mers la petrecerea aceea, nu-I asa?)
Exemple
Past Continuous

We were watching TV at this time yesterday,

weren’t we?
You weren’t listening to music from 6 to 7 p.m.
yesterday, were you?
(Ne uitam la TV ieri pe vremea asta, nu-i asa?
Voi nu ascultati muzica ieri de la 6 la 7 seara,
nu-I asa?)
Exemple
Present Perfect Simple

Your parents have just arrived, haven’t they?

Her sister hasn’t learned to swim yet, has she?
(Parintii tai tocmai au sosit, nu-i asa?
Sora ei nu a invatat inca sa inoate, nu-i asa?)
Exemple
Present Perfect Continuous

 He has been listening to music since he

came, hasn’t he?
 Our friends have been waiting for us for ten
minutes, have they?
(El asculta muzica de cand a venit, nu-i asa?
Prietenii nostri ne asteapta de zece minute, nu-
i asa?)
Exemple
Past Perfect Simple

 You had finished your job by the end of the

programme, hadn’t you?
 We hadn’t picked the pears by October, had
we?
(Terminasei treaba pana la sfarsitul
programului, nu-i asa?
Nu am cules perele pana in octombrie, nu-i
asa?)
Exemple
Past Perfect Continuous

 Her father had been trying to repair the car

by the time the mechanic arrived, hadn’t he?
 The baby hadn’t been crying for half an hour,
had he?
(Tatal ei incercase sa repare masina pana cand
a sosit mecanicul, nu-i asa?
Bebelusul nu plansese timp de o jumatate de
ora, nu-i asa?)
Exemple
Future Simple

 We’ll have some roast beef, won’t we?

 He won’t pass the exam, will he?

(Vom servi niste friptura de vita, nu-i asa?

Nu va lua examenul, nu-i asa? )
Exemple
Future Continuous

 Our friends will be swimming in the ocean at this

time next week, won’t they?
 They won’t be working any more at this time
tomorrow, will they?

(Prietenii nostri vor inota in ocean saptamana viitoare

pe vremea asta, nu-i asa?
Ei nu vor mai munci maine pe vremea asta, nu-i asa?)
Exemple
Future Perfect

 He will have finished his job by 6 p.m., won’t he?

 Your guests won’t have arrived by the time you come
back, will they?

(El isi va termina treaba pana la ora 6 seara, nu-i asa?

Musafirii vostri nu vor sosi pana cand va veti intoarce
voi, nu-i asa?)
Exemple
“Going to” Future

 It is going to rain, isn’t it?

 You are not going to do that, are you?

(O sa ploua, nu-i asa?

N-ai de gand sa faci asta, nu-i asa? )
Exemple
Verbe modale

 The teacher must explain this, mustn’t he?

 You should learn more, shouldn’t you?
 They couldn’t bring the camera, could they?
 You cannot use your calculator during the exam, can you?

(Profesorul trebuie sa explice asta, nu-i asa?

Voi ar trebui sa invatati mai mult, nu-i asa?
Nu au putut aduce aparatul foto, nu-i asa?
Nu va puteti folosi calculatorul in timpul examenului, nu-i asa? )