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Examples:
That question isn't easy.
----->
That question is easy,
is it?
He isn't working hard. ----->
He isn't working hard, is he?
There's no test tomorrow.
----->
There's no test tomorrow,
is there?
He wasn't angry. ----->
He was angry, was he?
He wasn't watching TV. ----->
He wasn't watching TV, was he?
There weren't many problems.
----->
There weren't many
problems, were
there?
This doesn't seem easy. ----->
This doesn't seem easy, does it?
She didn't work yesterday.
----->
She didn't work yesterday,
did she?
He didn't leave early. ----->
He didn't leave early, did he?
They haven't yet finished.
----->
They haven't yet finished,
have they?
She hasn't visited Paris.
----->
She hasn't visited
Paris, has she?
He hasn't been there a long
time.----->
He hasn'tbeen
there a long time, has
he?
They hadn't left when you
arrived. ----->
They hadn't
left when you arrived, had
they?
She can't play violin very
well. ----->
She can't play
violin very well, can
she?
We shouldn't leave early.
----->
We shouldn't leave
early, should
we?
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Special
Notes:
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Tag questions are also called "answer-presuming
questions"
or "confirmation
questions" because we
ask them when
we think (presume)
that we know
the
answer. (We want someone
else to tell us if
we are right or wrong--to confirm whether
the
answer that we think is correct
is really correct.) |
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Notice that the tags have BE
or an auxiliary verb.
If the statement doesn't have BE (is, am, are, was,
were) or an auxiliary
verb (have, has, had, can,
may, will, etc.), use do,
does, or did. |
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Notice that tags for negative
( - ) statements
are affirmative ( + ). |
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The answers for tag questions
can be yes, no,
or
I
don't know:
Q: Jaime's not from México, is he?
A: No,
he isn't. He's from El Salvador.
A: Yes, he's from México. He's from San
Luis Potosí.
A: I
don't know.
Important:
You can think that you know the answer but
be wrong.)
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When the subject of the statement
is this or that,
the pronoun in
the tag ending is it:
This isn't easy, is it?
That's not your book, is it?
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