QUESTION TAGS Interactive grammar exercises for the 7

QUESTION TAGS Interactive grammar exercises for the 7 th grade. Made by Kuznetsova Natalia, Shevchenko Evgenia

• Question tags are short questions that can follow sentences, especially in spoken English. • We use question tags to ask if something is true or to ask people to agree with us.

FORM • Positive statement – question tag negative • Negative statement – question tag positive EXAMPLES Ø With the verb to be You are a teacher, aren’t you? She is beautiful, isn’t she? Ø REMEMBER the short form with I am is aren’t I I’m late, aren’t I?

Ø With the verb to have You’ve got a dog, haven’t you? He hasn’t lost his key, has he? Ø With other verbs (do, don’t, didn’t etc. ) They don’t play football, do they? They went to the cinema yesterday, didn’t they?

Ø With modal verbs They can drive, can’t they? You won’t lie to me, will you? Ø Exception: Let’s is followed by shall we Let’s go for a walk, shall we?

Let’s practise, shall we? • He studies very hard, _____? does he? doesn’t he?

• He has arrived late, ______ hasn’t he? has he?

• She doesn’t know where to go, ____ does she? doesn’t she?

• I’m charming, _____ amn’t I? aren’t I?

• They will always be happy, _____ aren’t they? won’t they?

You’ve had enough practice, haven’t you? Now, please, click HERE to go to the test. Then check your results: 14 -15 Great job! Now you know how to use question tags properly, don’t you? 11 -13 Well done! You can use question tags almost perfectly, can’t you? <11 Don’t worry! You should just try one more time, shouldn’t you?