It’s a lovely day, isn’t it?

Beautiful. We’re having an

amazing day, aren’t we?

The students worked welltogether, didn’t they?

It’s a beautiful day,

We’re having an amazingday,

The students worked well together,

isn’t it?

aren’t we?

didn’t they?

.ask for agreement;

.to find out more

information;

Questiontags

Questions-tags are used to keep a conversation going.

You can agree or disagree with a sentence with a question-tag.

The answer yes means that the positive is true, and no means that the negative is true.

Tim isn’t here,

Extreme sports can be dangerous,

is he?

can’t they?

,

,

Tim he

Extreme sports they

Question tags

Personal Pronouns

Tim isn’t here,

Extreme sports can be dangerous,

is he?

can’t they?

,

,

Tim he

Extreme sports they

Negative sentence Positivequestion tag

Positive sentence Negativequestion tag

Question tags

+

+

Note:

Although the negative word not is not in the sentence, the sentence can be negative.

Then we use the positive question-tag.

never

Hardly never

rarely

With:

He never goes out with his friends, does he?

They never go to school by car, do they?

They rarelyeat in restaurants, do they?

Question tags

1- with an auxiliary or modal verb:

The same modal or auxiliary verb must be used

in the question tag.

Question tags

1- with an auxiliary or modal verb:

be have can could

Auxiliary and modal verbs:

will would shall should

do must might ought to

Robert is a goodskater, isn’t he?

Yes, verygood.

Elizabet can skate, can’t she?

Yes, but notvery well.

She hasn't eaten all the cake, has she?

Betty is texting her friend, isn’t she?

You will go withus, won’t you?

I’m your best friend, aren’t I?Note:

I’m late, aren’t I?

Question tags

2- without an auxiliary or modal verb:

The auxiliary verb “do” must be used in the

question tag.

You bought me something, didn’t you?

Catherine really likes jogging, doesn’t she?

You like your school a lot,don’t you?

John performedwell last night, didn’t he?

He played football last Sunday,didn’t he?

Question tags

Present Simple

You are happy,

aren’t you?

Past Simple

You were happy,

weren’t you?

3- The verb tense of the question tag is the sameof the verb of the main sentence.

Bob plays verywell, doesn’t he?Present Simple

Bob played verywell, didn’t he?

Past Simple

Melanie doesn’t eat meat, does she?

No, shehates it.

No, hedidn’t.

James didn’t recognize me,

did he?

Question tags4- Finally, the meaning of a question tag depends on how you say it.

If your voice goes down, you aren’t really making a question.

This is your car,isn’t it?

Question tags

You are only inviting the listener to agree with you.

This is your car,isn’t it?

Tim doesn’t speak Japanese, does he?

No, he doesn’t.

Question tags

When we are not sure and want to check information, the intonation in the question tag goes up:

He is from France, isn’t he?

You haven’t seen Tom today, have you?

No, I’m afraid not.

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