Tag questions

Unit 15
Thursday 24 November 2022
 OBJECTIVES

01 Common structure of tag questions

02 Special cases
 01
Common form
 Rules!
Tag question = a statement + a mini-question
 01. Normal verbs
Statement Tag question
S + V, don't/doesn't/didn't + S?
S + don’t/doesn't/didn't V do/does/did + S?

(Note: S in tag questions should be one of I, we, they, you, he,

she, it)
Ex: Lan goes to school, doesn't she?
 02. To be
Statement Tag question
S + to be, to be not + S?
S + to be not,
to be + S?

(Note: S should be one of I, we, they, you, he, she, it)

Ex: The flowers are beautiful, aren't they?
 03. Modal verbs
Statement Tag question
S + modal verb, modal verb not + S?

S + modal verb not, modal verb + S?

(Note: S should be one of I, we, they, you, he, she, it)

Ex: Lan can put a pen in your bag, can't she?
 04. Perfect verbs
Statement Tag question
S + have/ has/ had + P2, have/ has/ had not + S?

S + have/ has/ had not + P2, have/ has/ had + S?

(Note: S should be one of I, we, they, you, he, she, it)

Ex: She has done all the homework, hasn’t she?
 Note
When the subject is everyone, everybody, someone, somebody,
no one, nobody, anyone, anybody, the subject in tag questions is
they.

When the subject is everything, something, nothing, anything,

the subject in tag questions is It.
Special cases 02
 01. Negative adverbs
The adverbs never, rarely, seldom, hardly, barely, scarcely, little or
few have a negative sense. We use positive tag question.
Ex: He never came again, did he?
 02. Special pronoun

Statement Tag question

I am …, aren’t I?
I am not am I?

Ex: I’m right to say that, am I not/ aren’t I?

I’m not right to say that, am I?
 3. Negative pronoun
The pronouns nothing, no one, none, nobody have a negative sense. We
use positive tag question.
Ex: Nobody came, did they?
 4. Suggestion

Statement Tag question

Let’s…., shall we?
Let’s go shopping, shall we?
 5. Order

Statement Tag question

V…. / Don’t V…, will you?
Don’t talk in class, will you?
 6. State verbs
I think/ believe/ suppose….. S + V
Use S in tag question
Ex: I think you will come, won’t you?
Practice 1.
2.
isn’t she
She is collecting stickers, _______________________
don’t you
We often watch TV in the afternoon, _______________________
?
?
3. haven’t you
You have cleaned your bike,  _______________________ ?
4. do they
John and Max don't like Maths, _______________________ ?
5. didn't he
Peter played handball yesterday, _______________________ ?
6. aren’t they
They are going home from school, _______________________ ?
7. Mary didn't do her homework last Monday, ______________________
did she ?
8. He could have bought a new car, _______________________
couldn’t he ?
9. won’t he
Kevin will come tonight, _______________________ ?
10. aren’t I
I'm clever, _______________________ ?
11. He's not coming, _______________________
is he ?
12. am I
I'm not late,  _______________________ ?
13. didn’t it
The bank lent him the money, _______________________ ?
14. should you
You shouldn't do that, _______________________ ?
15. You don't take sugar in coffee, _______________________
do you ?
16. does she
She looks tired, _______________________ ?
17. isn’t there
There's a cinema near the station, _______________________ ?
18. He arrived late, _______________________ ?
19. Nobody has arrived yet, _______________________ ?
20. It's time to go, _______________________ ?
Awesome words
 “This is a quote, words full of wisdom
that someone important said and can make
the reader get inspired.”
—Someone Famous
A picture always
reinforces the
concept
Images reveal large amounts of
data, so remember: use an image
instead of a long text. Your
audience will appreciate it
 Division of my interests
Me

School House Hobbies

Neptune is the farthest Saturn is the second- Despite being red,

planet from the Sun largest planet in the Mars is actually a cold
Solar System place
 Write down your goals

Mercury Earth
Mercury is the smallest Earth is the only planet
planet of them all that harbors life

Venus Jupiter
Venus is the second Jupiter is the biggest
planet from the Sun planet of them all
 Important things to me

Mercury Mars
Mercury is very small Mars is a cold planet

Earth Jupiter
We all live on Earth Jupiter is a large planet

Venus Saturn
Venus is a hot planet Saturn has rings
 Plan your month
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
1 2 3 4 5 6 7

8 9 10 11 12 13 14

15 16 17 18 19 20 21

22 23 24 25 26 27 28

29 30 31 Mars is a cold planet

 8,760
These are the hours you have per year to do what
you like to do most
 333,000
The Sun’s mass compared to Earth’s

75K
Jupiter's rotation period 386,000 km
Distance between Earth and the Moon
 Let’s use some percentages

25% 50% 75%

Mercury Venus Mars
It’s the closest planet to the Venus has a beautiful name Despite being red, Mars is
Sun and the smallest one in and is the second planet actually a cold place. It’s
the Solar System from the Sun full of iron oxide dust
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the screen with your own work.
Just right-click on it and select
“Replace image”
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 This is a map
Venus
Venus is the second planet
from the Sun

Mercury
Mercury is the closest
planet to the Sun

Mars
Despite being red, Mars is
a very cold place
 A timeline always works well

2XXX 2XXX 2XXX 2XXX

Mercury is quite a Jupiter is a very big Mars is full of iron Saturn has
small planet planet oxide dust beautiful rings
 Reminders

Day Hour Place Reminder

05 - 25 - 2XXX 12:45 School Mars is very cold

04 - 19 - 2XXX 13:00 House Earth has life

02 - 17 - 2XXX 15:00 Cinema Venus is very hot

01 - 22 - 2XXX 11:00 Garden Mercury is small

 You can use this graph
Mercury
Mercury is a very
small planet

Venus
Venus has very high
temperatures

Follow the link in the graph to modify its data and then paste the new one here. For more info, click here