Monday 12th May

Tag Questions

 

Listening:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/173_grammarchallenge/

We use tag questions to make statements and seek agreement from the listener. We form tag question from simple declarative sentences.

• We lost the game, didn't we?
• John went to school, didn't he?
• Jack and Jill didn't go up the hill, did they?
• He is a giant, isn't he?
• She can't swim, can she?

Negative Sentences

We form tag questions from negative sentences by copying the auxiliary verb used in the sentence to the sentence end in the positive form. Next we use the pronoun form of the subject of the sentence at the very end of the sentence.

• John can't play tennis, can he?
• Mary won't go with us, will she?
• Jack and Jill aren't climbing hills anymore, are they?
• Jane did not eat her vegetables, did she?
• You and I aren't going on a date, are we?

Positive Sentences

We form tag questions from positive sentences by copying the auxiliary verb used in the sentence to the sentence end in the negative form. Next we use the pronoun form of the subject of the sentence at the very end of the sentence.

• We are going to win, aren't we?
• John can dance very well, can't he?
• Mary will be here, won't she?

Sentences without Auxiliary Verbs

If there is no auxiliary verb, we use the appropriate tense form of DO in the negative form.

• Jack and Jill brought us some water, didn't they?
• Jane likes vegetables, doesn't she?

Now answer these questions

1) She is collecting stickers, ?

2) We often watch TV in the afternoon, ?

3) You have cleaned your bike, ?

4) John and Max don't like Maths, ?

5) Peter played handball yesterday, ?

6) They are going home from school, ?

7) Mary didn't do her homework last Monday, ?

8) He could have bought a new car, ?

9) Kevin will come tonight, ?

10) I'm clever, ?