Question tags
Form:
1. Positive Statement
2. Negative Statement
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Negative Tag
Positive Tag
1. Positive Statement
Positive Statement
It is very warm,
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Negative Tag
isn’t it?
A negative tag ????
an auxiliary verb + n’t
is / am / are / do /
does / did….
not
=
+ pronoun
it / he / she /
they / you / I /
there / we /…
e.g.
1. You have played the piano, haven’t you?
2. Mary can play the piano, can’t she?
3. David will play the piano, won’t he?
Negative Statement
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It isn’t very warm,
Positive Tag
is it?
A positive tag ???
an auxiliary verb
is / am / are / do /
does / did….
+
=
pronoun
The subject of the
sentence--it / he / she / they / you /
I / there / we /…
e.g.
1. You haven’t played the piano, have you?
2. Mary can’t play the piano, can she?
3. David won’t play the piano, will he?
exercise:
should I?
1. I shouldn’t talk in the library, ______
2. John was ill yesterday, _______
wasn’t he?
3. It is a beautiful house, ______
isn’t
it?
exercise:
4. The train goes at twelve o’clock, doesn’t
_______
it?
5. There aren’t many cows on the field,
are
_______
there?
6. They didn’t eat anything, ______
did
they?
exercise:
won’t it?
7. The party will begin soon, _______
haven’t you?
8. You have bought a dress, ________
do we?
9. We don’t have to bring a camera, ___