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TOPIC 2
QUESTIONS TAGS AND SHORT RESPONSES
QUESTION TAGS
A question tag is a short question that is added to statement.
It is used to ask for agreement or confirmation.
Structure of Question Tags
A question tag has three parts:
(a) Auxiliary verb
(b) Pronoun
(c) Question mark
Example
She is my sister.
- isn't she?
Isn’t - auxiliary verb
She - pronoun
? - Question mark
RULES FOR QUESTION TAGS
1. When the statement is in positive form, the question tag must be in negative form.
Example
I will go to school.
- won't I?
2. When the statement is in negative form, the question tag must be in positive form.
Example
Joseph has not yet come to school.
- has he?
3. If a sentence does not have an auxiliary verb, the verb do, does or did must be used in the question
tag.
Examples
a) I love psychology.
- don't I?
b) She liked Biology.
- didn‟t she?