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1. A tag question is a short question (e.g. have you? / haven’t you?) that follows a
statement:
2. Normally we use a positive question tag with a negative sentence:
And normally we use a negative question tag with a positive sentence:
3. How do we form QUESTION TAGS?
a) Auxiliaries like be, have, can, may, must, should, etc. used in the statement
are reported at the end followed by the subject (always a pronoun):
John was annoyed, wasn’t he?
auxiliary verb
He wasn’t annoyed, was he?
I am late, aren’t I? Notice that we say aren’t I? (= am I not)
You haven’t got a car, have you? It was a good film, wasn’t it?
negative sentence + positive tag
Tom won’t be late, will he?
They don’t like us, do they?
That isn’t George over there, is it?
positive sentence + negative tag
Ann will be here soon, won’t she?
Tom should pass his exam, shouldn’t he?
They were very angry, weren’t they?
Question Tags
