Tag Questions

What is a Tag Question?

It is a sentence with a question phrase
connected at the end.
Example:
It’s windy today, isn’t it?

Sentence part Tag

Tag questions have two purposes:

1. To clarify information
(the speaker expects an answer)
Example:
We study English, don’t we?
Rafa is singing at the party, isn’t he?
I’m your teacher, aren’t I?
2. To agree with someone
(the speaker does not expect an answer)
Example:

You’re falling asleep, aren’t you?

The party was a lot of fun, wasn’t it?
I didn’t win the lottery, did I?
If the statement is positive, the TAG is negative:

That’s your sweater, isn’t it?

You study English, don’t you?

If the statement is negative, the TAG is positive:

Joel didn’t do his hwk, did he?

Cesar and Orlando aren’t paying attention, are they?
Important rules:

1. Be + I= are: I am your teacher, aren’t I?

2. With let’s, the TAG is ‘Shall we?’:
Let’s go to cyber, shall we?
3. With imperatives, the TAG is ‘will you’:
Sit down, will you?
4. With nobody, never, hardly, the TAG is positive:
Nobody understood, did they?
Tips!
• In replies to question tags we use short
answers.
You’ve been here before, haven’t you?
No, I haven’t, actually!
• Notice that when the information is not
correct people use actually after the short
answer.
• Notice the comma before the question tag.
1. You’ve called the movers, a. can we?
2. They’re coming tomorrow, b. do we?
3. This isn’t going to be cheap, c. is he?
4. You haven’t finished packing, d. isn’t it?
5. We don’t need any more boxes, e. aren’t they?
6. Pablo is going to help us, f. have you?
7. We can put some things in storage, g. isn’t he?
8. Jack isn’t buying our bookcases, h. is it?
9. We need to disconnect the phone, i. haven’t you?
10. The movers aren’t packing the books for us, j. don’t we?
11. We can’t turn off the electricity yet, k. can’t we?
12. Moving is hard, l. are they?
Think about question tags for these statements :
1. I’m right,_____________?
2. You’ve been working late
again,_____________?
3. You haven’t got a pen by any
chance,____________?
4. Let’s have a break,_________?
5. Sit down a moment, ________?
6. You met your friend in Paris,___________?
7. We’re going to London on Saturday,
______________?
8. You haven’t broken that as well, ____________?
Let’s play…
1. Sarah can’t play the tamborine, ______?
2. Let’s go to Acoxpa, __________?
3. Stop playing with your cell, _________?
4. We won’t have a quiz today, ________?
5. No one did the homework, ________?
6. Tomorrow isn’t Halloween, ______?
7. I am not being fooled, _______?
8. There isn’t a pool here, _________?
 Homework
Make a short Comic Strip
• Read the article about What’s a Comic Strip?
• then, plan your story, consider how you will divide it into about 10
panels.
• Write your captions for each panel before you start the illustrations.
• Read through your captions and ask yourself ‘how can the
Illustrations
make this easier to understand?’
• Due to Friday 5th, you can make a poster, a newspaper format, etc.
• BE CREATIVE!!!!!
What is a Comic Strip?
The purpose of most comic strips is to entertain. However, you will also be
asked to inform your audience. In many ways the comic strip is very similar to
the short story. In fact, they both use the same narrative structure. However, by
using illustrations comic strips can communicate ideas that can’t be expressed
through words alone.
1. Comic strips are divided into PANELS. These are separate squares for
your illustrations, characters and captions.
2. Introduce your LANDSCAPE. This is the setting where your characters
live. Use props (like rocks and trees) that could be seen in a variety of panels
as your comic progresses.
3. Introduce your CHARACTERS by using CAPTIONS. Captions are the
speech or thought bubbles that provide the dialogue. Think about how your
characters sound, do they have accents or unique sayings? Use captions to
build up the relationship between your characters.
4. Introduce a CONFLICT. It doesn’t have to be a fight. It could be a natural
disaster (like a cyclone), a choice that has to be made, a threat, a
misunderstanding or a coincidence. Use onomatopoeia to convey the conflict: if
a tree falls in a cyclone, include the caption CRACK!
5. Think about how your characters will deal with the conflict. This is the ACTION
stage. Use lots of action words (verbs and adverbs) and onomatopoeia.
6. Spend a lot of your time thinking about the story’s CLIMAX. This is the end
of the ACTION stage and reveals whether the characters were successful or not
in dealing with the CONFLICT. It’s the turning point of the story.
7. Finish with a RESOLUTION. This is the final stage of the short story and
reveals the results of the CLIMAX. Did the characters survive, change or
prosper?