TAG-QUESTIONS

TAG-QUESTIONS
 Statement sentences with short questions
at the end with a question mark!

?
Making a tag-question sentence
She is your friend
,
isn’t she
?
A positive tag-question
sentence
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 There are five simple points we
should follow when we use a Tag-
Question:
 POINT 1
 A comma is used between the main
sentence and the “tag” part, e.g.
 This is your book isn’t it?
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 POINT 2
 Even if the subject of the main sentence is
a noun- proper noun or common noun-
the subject of the ‘tag’ part is always a
corresponding PERSONAL PRONOUN.

 Mary isn’t your sister, is she?

 Point2 (continued)
 John has gone home, hasn’t ___ ?
 he

 Ted and Jerry got their books, didn,t

_____?
 they
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 The verb in the ‘tag’ part depends on the verb
in the main sentence:
 If the verb in the main sentence is in Present
Tense, the verb in the ‘tag’ part will be in
Present Tense; and the verb in the main
sentence is in the Past Tense, the verb in the
‘tag’ will be in Past Tense, and so on.
 If the verb in the main sentence is in
POSITIVE form, the verb in the ‘tag’ part will
be in NEGATIVE form and vice versa.
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 Point 3 (continued)

 Brad hasn’t done his work, has he?

 Kate goes to school, doesn’t she?

 James did not go to school, did he ?
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 Point 4
 The negative form of the verb in the
‘tag’ part is always contracted:
 Does not = doesn’t
 Has not = hasn’t
 Will not = won’t
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 Point 5
 In the statement sentence (in the main
sentence) the subject comes first and
the verb comes next; but in ‘tag’ part
the verb comes first and the subject
comes next, just as in the
interrogative sentence.
Let’s Try !
 She wasn't at home yesterday, ____________?
 She doesn't have any children, __________?
 We're working tomorrow, ____________?
 It was cold yesterday, _________________?
 We were waiting at the station,____________?
 We hadn't been to London before, ______________?
 We'd been working, _______________?
 She'll come at six, ______________?
 He can help, _____________?
 We aren't late, __________?