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Question Tags

Question Tags. question added to a declarative sentence or negative sentence usually at the end, to engage the listener, verify that something has been understood, or confirm than an action is agreed . Example: You speak English , don’t you? You don’t like dogs, do you?.

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Question Tags

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  1. Question Tags question added to a declarative sentence or negative sentence usually at the end, to engage the listener, verify that something has been understood, or confirm than an action is agreed. Example: You speak English, don’t you? You don’t like dogs, do you?

  2. Basic Structures

  3. Position of statements

  4. Negative of statements

  5. Question Tags rules 1. We use helping verbs in the main clause to form a question tag. You willcome to my party,__________ We are going to holiday tomorrow,_________ Tom has cut the grass neatly, __________ 2. We use verb to do for no helping verb sentence. He likes drawing, __________ Your cat liked fish,_________You buy a new book,________ won’t you ? aren’t we? hasn’t he? doesn’t he? didn’t it? don’t you ?

  6. Question Tags rules 5. When the sentence is a complex sentence, use the verb in the main clause. Example: They never said that Terry would come,_________ Mike said that he wouldn’t dare to do it, ________ did they? didn’t he?

  7. Question Tags rules 6. When the sentence has negative word, question tag must be positive tag. Example: Nothing is interesting ,_____ You never skip class, _______ is it? do you ?

  8. Question Tags rules 7. When the helping verb is “am”, tag question must be_________ Example: I am late, It the helping verb is “am not”, tag question must Be________ I am not the tallest in all classes, “aren’t I ?” aren’t I ? “am I ?” am I ?

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