2. QUESTION TAGS Author: Mariana Kolarska

3. PRESENT TENSES

4. 1 It’s a beautiful day, isn’t it? 2 He goes to work on foot, doesn’t he? 3 They play with friends after school, don’t they?

5. 1 It isn’t a beautiful day, is it? 2 He doesn’t go to work on foot, does he? 3 They don’t play with friends after school, do they?

6. 1 He has a new car, doesn’t he? 2 They have been to London, haven’t they? Rarely Hardly Never They rarely watch TV, do they?

7. 1 There is a nice gallery in the town, isn’t there? 2 There are many shops in the town, aren’t there? 3 This is Tom’s house, isn’t it?

8. PAST TENSES

9. 1 It was a lovely party, wasn’t it? 2 He went to work on foot, didn’t he? 3 They played with friends after school, didn’t they?

10. 1 It wasn’t a lovely party, was it? 2 He didn’t go to work on foot, did he? 3 They didn’t play with friends after school, did they?

11. 1 He had breakfast, didn’t he? 2 They had been to London before, hadn’t they? Rarely Hardly Never They rarely watched TV, did they?

12. 1 There was a nice gallery in the town, wasn’t there? 2 There were many shops in the town, weren’t there? 3 This was Tom’s house, wasn’t it?

13. FUTURE TENSES IMPERATIVES

14. 1 She will come, won’t she? 2 Be quiet, will you? 3 Don’t yell at me, will you? 4 Let’s order a pizza, shall we?

15. MODAL VERBS

16. 1 She can speak Chinese, can’t she? 2 He must be here, mustn’t he? 3 We should write the report today, shouldn’t we? 4 We can’t take pictures in a gallery, can we?

17. INTONATION

18. We’re sure of the answer, the voice goes down in the question tag. It’s a horrible day, isn’t it? We ‘re not sure of the answer, the voice goes up in the question tag. The play is at 7 o’clock, isn’t it?

19. C ONCLUSION We use question tags to ask for confirmation or agreement. After affirmative statements we use a negative question tag. After negative statements we use a positive question tag.

20. I´m too fat ________? 10 9 9 8 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 End

21. John has got lots of friends, _________? 10 9 9 8 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 End

22. On Saturdays my parents go for a walk, _________? 10 9 9 8 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 End

23. Mary looks so tired, _________? 10 9 9 8 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 End

24. We´ve studied a lot, _______? 10 9 9 8 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 End

25. They´ve watered the garden, ________? 10 9 9 8 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 End

26. She won´t come back late, ________? 10 9 9 8 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 End

27. My mother and my father will visit us, ________? 10 9 9 8 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 End

28. We can play the guitar, _________? 10 9 9 8 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 End

29. The dog can´t catch the cat, _________? 10 9 9 8 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 End

30. GOOD JOB, ISN’T IT ?