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Definition
A tag question is a short question added to the end of a positive
or negative statement.
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Form
Sentence, auxiliary verb + subject ?
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1. If the sentence is positive, the tag is
negative.
You are Spanish, aren't you?
2. If the sentence is negative, the tag is
positive.
You're not Spanish, are you?
Ø
Exception
1. If
in the statement there are words that mean negative, such as:
- Scarcely - Hardly
- Rarely - Never
- Seldom - Little
- Few - Hardly ever
So the tag
question is positive.
Example : She seldom
invites him, does she?
2. If
the subject/object of the statement in the form of Nothing, No body, No one, No…, so the tag question must be positive.
Example
: Nothing happens, does it?
3. Combination
from subject of statement
a. I / We + You
|
I
/ We + She
I
/ We + It
Example: They
and I play a game, don’t we?
b. You
+ They
|
You + She
You + It
Example: You and They were in trouble, weren’t
You?
c. She
+ He
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It + He
They + He
Example: He and His cat aren’t in
that house, are They?
d. Something
|
Nothing
Anything
Example: Everything
needs money, doesn’t it?
e. Some
one
Some body
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Everybody
Nobody
People
Those/These
Example: Everybody go to the party, don’t
They?
f. Pronoun
that is used in Tag Question
I He We She
You It They There
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Example:
There are a lot of people in that
building, aren’t There?
4. We can use positive question tags after positive sentences to express a
reaction such as surprise or
interest.
Example: You're moving to Brazil, are you?
1. In the present tense, if the subject is 'I', the auxiliary changes to 'are' or'aren't'.
Example:
I'm sitting next to you, aren't I?
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Form of Tag
Question
1.
Statement + Q.T.
a. Positive Q.T.
Example: Tom doesn’t kill the
dog, does He?
Statement Q.T.
b. Negative Q.T.
Example: She will be coming
here, won’t She?
Statement Q.T.
2.
Imperative + Q.T.
If the statement is imperative, so the tag question must use “Will You”.
a. Negative Imperative
Example: Don’t invite her,
will You?
Negative Imp. Q.T.
b. Positive Imperative
Example: Open the door, will
You?
Positive Imp. Q.T.
3.
Let’s + Q.T.
If the
statement is invitation (Let’s), so the tag question must use “Shall We”.
Example: - Let’s go for a walk, shall we?
-
Let’s be hurried, shall we?
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Functions
1. We
use tag questions to confirm information.
2. We
use tag questions when we are already sure of the answer and just want
confirmation (falling intonation with the tag question).
3. We
use tag questions to check information.
4. If
we do not know the answer, these are real questions, and we use a rising
intonation with the tag question.
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