QUESTION TAGS By Eneng Rika Mahardika 1305020032 QUESTIONS

QUESTION TAGS By : Eneng Rika Mahardika 1305020032

QUESTIONS TAGS Question tags are short question at the end of statement , and formed with the auxiliary/modal verb from the statement and the appropriate subject.

Positive statement is followed by a negative question tags. Examples : 1. Jack is from Spain, isn’t he ? 2. She is a nurse, isn’t she ? 3. The dogs are very fierce, aren’t they? If the verb is in the Present Tense, so we use question tags with Don’t/doesn’t. Examples : 1. They always get up early, don’t you ? 2. Alison likes tennis, doesn’t she ?

If the verb is in the Past Simple, we use question tags with “didn’t” Examples : 1. She visited my sister yesterday, didn’t she ? 2. They went to the cinema last night, didn’t they ?

If the statement uses “verb modal”, so the question tags use “modal+not” Examples : 1. You and I must come there soon, mustn’t we? 2. The children will do their homework, won’t they?

THE FORMS OF EXCEPTION QUESTION TAGS If the subject is nothing, something, everthing. So, we use “it” in the question tags Examples : 1. Something is found there now. Isn’t it ? 2. Everthing is okay, isn’t it? 3. Nothing is cheap in big cities, isn’t it?

If the subject is nobody , somebody , everybody , no one, someone or everyone, we use “they” in the question tags Examples : 1. Everyone studied hard, didn’t they ? 2. Somebody visits her every Sunday, don’t they? 3. Nobody is living in the old house now, are they?

NEGATIVE STATEMENT IS FOLLOWED BY POSITIVE QUESTION TAGS Examples : 1. They aren’t funny, are they ? 2. He shouldn’t say things like that, should he ? 3. We didn’t leave, did we ? 4. You won’t go without me, will you ?