QUESTION TAGS Submitted by SUBI DALBIN Optional ENGLISH

QUESTION TAGS Submitted by, SUBI DALBIN Optional : ENGLISH Reg. no : 165 14 385 01

�Question tags are short questions added at the end of the sentence. Eg: She is a good girl, isn’t she?

Why do we use “question tags”? � � For INFORMATION: A: Is your father at home, isn’t he B: Yes, he is! For CONFORMATION: A: You finished your work, didn’t you? B: No, I didn’t.

1. Question tag contain two parts…… AUXILLIARY VERB + PRONOUN AUXILLIARY VERBS Is, am, are, was, were, do does, did, has, have, had, will, shall, would, should, can , could, may, might, must, ought, need, dare, used PRONOUNs I, You, We, He, She, They, It

2. Only contracted form of not (n’t) is used. 3. Question tags begin only in small letters 4. All question should have a question mark

� 5. We use the auxiliary verb that is used in the sentence.

POSITIVE QUESTION TAG If the sentence is negative, the question tag is affirmative Eg. You haven’t seen that film, have you? � NEGATIVE QUESTION TAG If the sentence is affirmative, the question tag is negative. Eg. You have seen that film, haven’t you? � If the sentence contains a negative word (never, hardly, seldom, little, barely……. ), the question tag is positive Eg. Ann never goes anywhere, does she?

Examples:

While using this

It’s time for exercise………. . v v v It is very hot today, …… isn’t it? They know English, ……don’t they? You don’t like it, ………. . . do you? Let’s go for a swim, ………shall we? She never drinks tea, …. . … do she? Elephants are very strong animals, . . aren’t they? He doesn’t speak Hindi, ……does they?