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Tag Questions

This document discusses question tags and how to form them. It explains that a positive statement takes a negative question tag and vice versa. Examples are provided like "You go swimming everyday, don't you?" Irregular tags are also covered, along with subject and object questions. Negative questions are explained as expressing surprise or expecting agreement. Answering negative questions depends on whether you agree or disagree with the statement.

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Tag Questions

This document discusses question tags and how to form them. It explains that a positive statement takes a negative question tag and vice versa. Examples are provided like "You go swimming everyday, don't you?" Irregular tags are also covered, along with subject and object questions. Negative questions are explained as expressing surprise or expecting agreement. Answering negative questions depends on whether you agree or disagree with the statement.

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TAG QUESTION

- Agree with what we are saying

- Make sure that what we are saying is right


You did the homework, didn’t you?
• Modal/ auxiliary verb + a personal pronoun?

• Positive sentence → negative question tag


She goes to school today, doesn’t she?

• Negative sentence → positive question tag


She didn’t do her HW, did she?
For example
• You go swimming everyday, don’t you?
• She went shopping yesterday, didn’t she?
• It is beautiful, isn’t it?
• You haven’t done your HW, have you?
• They are doing a test, aren’t they?
• The match starts at 6pm doesn’t it?
Exception!!! Irregular question tags
• I am lucky to be alive aren’t I?
• Everyone is looking you aren’t they?
• Let’s hike in the mountains, shall we?
• Don’t forget to let me know, will you?
• Be careful, won’t you?
• This/that is so dangerous, isn’t it?
• These/ those are brave men aren’t they?
SUBJECT & OBJECT
QUESTIONS
Who, what, which
• The rescue team saved the boy.
→Who saved the boy?
(Subject of the question → the word order
stay the same)

→Who did the rescue team save?


(object of the question → the word order
changes in the question form)
NEGATIVE QUESTIONS
• Didn’t James finish the race?
→Express surprise

• Isn’t bungee jumping one of the most


thrilling extreme sports?
→In exclamations

• Wasn’t that such an interesting film?


→ when we expect the listener to agree with
us
How to answer → depending on what you
think!
• YES → confirm a positive opinion
• NO → negative opinion

• Isn’t it a lovely day today?


• Yes, it is → agree
• No, it isn’t → disagree

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