Tag Questions

You don’t like

this restaurant, do
No, I don’t. We can
you?
leave soon, can’t
we?
 Tag questions are added at the end of a sentence.
Tag questions turn statements into questions.

You don’t like this No, I don’t. We can

restaurant, do you? leave soon, can’t
we?

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Tag questions are usually used by speakers to
check their information or to gain agreement.

London is in England, isn’t it?

You like spaghetti, don’t you?
They don’t have a car, do they?
There are no fish in that lake, are there?

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Affirmative sentence + negative tag
(affirmative answer expected)

London is in England, isn’t it?

Yes, it is.

You like spaghetti, don’t you?

Yes, I do.

4
 Negative sentence + affirmative tag
(negative answer expected)

They don’t have a car, do they?

No, they don’t.

There are no fish in that lake, are there?

No, there aren’t.

5
I’m having dinner with you tonight, am I not?

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am I not? these are not commonly used
is she not? phrases in informal
are we not? conversation
are they not?

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aren’t I? these are commonly used
isn’t she? phrases in informal
aren’t we? conversation
aren’t they?
I’m having
dinner with you
Yes, you are.
tonight, aren’t
I?

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 Tag Questions

Click on the correct choice to complete the sentence.

is he are they isn’t he

Jim isn’t going fishing, _____?

Negative sentence + affirmative tag

(negative answer expected)

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 Tag Questions

Click on the correct choice to complete the sentence.

is he are they aren’t they

Ed and Al are going fishing, ________ ?

Affirmative sentence + negative tag

(affirmative answer expected)

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Tag Questions

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Created by Laurette Poulos Simmons