sábado, 26 de outubro de 2019

Question Tags

Dear Students, as you might be bored of listening to me....here is another teacher to tell you about Question Tags. 

Listen, learn and improve! 😉





Now, let's check what you've learned :


They are beautifularen’t they?
Verb to be in the affirmative                                        Tag with Verb to be in the negative 

I’m older than youaren’t I?
First person singular                                              Tag turns into "aren't I"

Open the windowwill you?
Instruction in the affirmative                                   Tag with "Will you"

Don’t forget to go to the supermarketwill you?
Instruction in the negative                                                                                                                         Tag with "Will you"

Let’s go for a walkshall we?
Invitation "Let's ..."                                                   Tag turns into "Shall we"

He hadn't got new carhad he?
Verb to have in the negative                                        Tag with Verb to have in the positive

The teacher gave you permission, didn't she?
A verb in the Past Simple in the affirmative                                                                              requires a Tag with didn't 

     Your parents didn't tell youdid they?
              A verb in the Past Simple in the negative                                                      requires a Tag with did 




üIf the sentence is positive, the QT (question tag) is negative

üIf the sentence is negative, the QT is positive

üThey are formed with the auxiliary verb or modal and the personal pronoun

üIf the verb is in the present simple or past simple, it is formed with dodoes or did


üWith words such as, never, hardly, seldom, rarely the question tag is positive


Exception: with I am we have an irregular tag:
I am right, aren't I? and I am not right, am I?

Time to exercise:

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