QUESTION TAGS Author Mariana Kolarska PRESENT TENSES 1

QUESTION TAGS Author: Mariana Kolarska

PRESENT TENSES

1 • It’s a beautiful day, isn’t it? 2 • He goes to work on foot, doesn’t he? 3 • They play with friends after school, don’t they?

1 • It isn’t a beautiful day, is it? 2 • He doesn’t go to work on foot, does he? 3 • They don’t play with friends after school, do they?

1 • He has a new car, doesn’t he? 2 • They have been to London, haven’t they? Rarely Hardly Never • They rarely watch TV, do they?

1 • There is a nice gallery in the town, isn’t there? 2 • There are many shops in the town, aren’t there? 3 • This is Tom’s house, isn’t it?

PAST TENSES

1 • It was a lovely party, wasn’t it? 2 • He went to work on foot, didn’t he? 3 • They played with friends after school, didn’t they?

1 • It wasn’t a lovely party, was it? 2 • He didn’t go to work on foot, did he? 3 • They didn’t play with friends after school, did they?

1 • He had breakfast, didn’t he? 2 • They had been to London before, hadn’t they? Rarely Hardly Never • They rarely watched TV, did they?

1 • There was a nice gallery in the town, wasn’t there? 2 • There were many shops in the town, weren’t there? 3 • This was Tom’s house, wasn’t it?

FUTURE TENSES IMPERATIVES

1 2 3 4 • She will come, won’t she? • Be quiet, will you? • Don’t yell at me, will you? • Let’s order a pizza, shall we?

MODAL VERBS

1 2 • She can speak Chinese, can’t she? • He must be here, mustn’t he? 3 • We should write the report today, shouldn’t we? 4 • We can’t take pictures in a gallery, can we?

INTONATION

It’s a horrible day, isn’t it? • We’re sure of the answer, the voice goes down in the question tag. The play is at 7 o’clock, isn’t it? • We ‘re not sure of the answer, the voice goes up in the question tag.

CONCLUSION We use question tags to ask for confirmation or agreement. After affirmative statements we use a negative question tag. After negative statements we use a positive question tag.

QUESTION TAGS I´m too fat ____? End 10 987654321

Question Tags • John has got lots of friends, _____? End 10 987654321

Question Tags • On Saturdays my parents go for a walk, _____? End 10 987654321

Question Tags • Mary looks so tired, _____? End 10 987654321

Question Tags • We´ve studied a lot, _______? End 10 987654321

Question Tags • They´ve watered the garden, ____? End 10 987654321

Question Tags • She won´t come back late, ____? End 10 987654321

Question Tags • My mother and my father will visit us, ____? End 10 987654321

Question Tags • We can play the guitar, _____? End 10 987654321

Question Tags • The dog can´t catch the cat, _____? End 10 987654321

GOOD JOB, ISN’T IT?