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Unit 4: I love that!. Tag Questions. www.suwonesl.com. What is a Tag Q uestion?. A Tag Question is a small question added to the end of a statement. Statement + Tag question Tag Questions are use for two reasons: To check for correctness To check for agreement.
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Unit 4: I love that! Tag Questions www.suwonesl.com
What is a Tag Question? • ATag Questionis a small question added to the end of a statement. Statement + Tag question • Tag Questions are use for two reasons: • To check for correctness • To check for agreement When do use a Tag Question?
Checking for Correctness. • Sometimes when we make a statement we want to know if we are right or wrong. • Here we can use a tag question. 맞아?
Examples • Mr. Lee is our teacher. (I know this is true). • Mr. Lee is our teacher, isn’t he? (I think he’s our teacher, I’m not sure) • Mary runs every day. (I know this) • Mary runs every day, doesn’t she? (I think she runs everyday, but I don’t know exactly) Tag Question Tag Question
Checking for Agreement. • Sometimes when we make a statement we want to know if you agree (동의하다) or disagree (동의하지 않는다). • Here we can also use a tag question. He’s cute, isn’t he?
Examples • This class is too hard, isn’t it? • (I think the class is difficult and I want to know if you think the same) • The weather wasn’t nice yesterday, was it? • (I think that the weather was bad yesterday and I think you will agree with me)
Making a Tag Question Jeju is beautiful Pronoun isn’t Helping verb Statement Comma ( ) it? , , is are was were don’t haven’t doesn’t hasn’t didn’t can’t TO BE verb OR do have does has did can I you we they he she it isn’t aren’t wasn’t weren’t
Making a Tag Question • If the verb in the statement is POSITIVE(+) • the tag verb will be NEGATIVE (-) • Your mother is a doctor, • If the verb in the statement is NEGATIVE (-) • the tag verb will be POSITIVE(+). • Lazy students don’tlike to study, she? isn’t they? do
Making a Tag Question Statement Verb Pronoun • Sentence + COMMA (,) + a helping verb (do, don’t, does, doesn’t, did, didn’t, have, haven’t, has, hasn’t, can, can’t, etc.) ORthe verb TO BE (is, isn’t, are, aren’t, was, wasn’t, were, weren’t, etc.) + a pronoun (I, you, we, they, he, she, it). • Oxford is a school, isn’t it? sentence a helping verb a pronoun isn’t it? • Harvard is a good school, • Chickens can’t fly, • Cindy was late, • You’ll come to the party, • They aren’t in our class, • Mark isn’t leaving, • Your name is 수지, • We’ve met before, can they? wasn’t she? won‘t you? are they? is he? isn’t it? haven’t we?
Tag Question With Regular Verbs Statement Verb Pronoun • You speak Chinese, • Do you speak Chinese? • He plays the guitar, • Does he play the guitar? • We all passed the test, • Did we all pass the test? don’t you? doesn’t he? didn’t we?
Tag Questions with “have” Some tag questions use have as the main verb 있어 / 없어 statements • You have two sisters, • Do you have two sisters ? • He has a car, • Does he have a car? • Lisa had long hair before, • Did Lisa have long hair before? Statement Verb Pronoun haven’t don’t you? doesn’t he? didn’t she?
Exceptions Some tag questions are made differently (they are irregular): • I amcute, • I’mright, aren’t I? • I’mlucky, aren’t I? • Nobodycamehere, (Nobody is NEGATIVE subject, so the tag is POSITIVE). • No one was hurt, werethey? • Everyone likes pizza, • Everyone refers to many people as a single group. • So it uses a singular verb. Verb Statement Pronoun aren’t amn’t I? did they? doesn‘t don‘t they? • Does everyone like pizza? • Do all the people like pizza? Because our subject is plural we need to use a plural verb.
Short Answers • Michelle went to VIPS last night, didn’t she? Yes, she did.OR No, she didn’t. • We should some drink alcohol, shouldn’t we? Yes, we should. Lets party! OR No, we shouldn’t. (this person wants to drink alcohol) • That movie was so terrible, wasn’t it. Yes, it was awful!OR No, it wasn’t. I liked it. Agree 동의하다 Disagree 동의하지않는다 OR (this person disagrees and doesn’t want to drink)
Practice I´m too fat, ___________? wasn’t I won’t I shouldn’t I should I am I aren’t I isn’t I will I aren’t we aren’t you
Practice John has studied abroad in Paris, _________? is John won’t he does he should he am he aren’t I isn’t he hasn’t he won’t he aren’t he
Practice On Saturdays your grandparents play tennis, ___________? do they will they should they have they don’t they aren’t they are they will they aren’t we won’t they
Practice Mary looks so tired, ___________? is she should she does she shouldn’t she am she has she isn’t she won’t she doesn’t she aren’t she
Practice The students didn’t study a lot, __________? has they shouldn’t we hasn’t we should they did they have we isn’t we hadn’t they haven’t they didn’t we
Practice They´ve watered the garden, ______________? had they have they hadn’t they won’t they didn’t they aren’t they are they isn’t they will they haven’t they
Practice Kevin has a iPhone, ______________? do he have he hasn’t he don’t he didn’t he did he does he isn’t he haven’t he doesn’t he
Practice Roger can’t drive, ________? does he can’t he should he have he can he shouldn’t he are he will he aren’t he won’t he
Practice She came back late last night, _____________? wasn’t she didn’t she did she should she will she aren’t she does she won’t she aren’t she has she
Practice My mother and my father will visit us, __________? will they don’t they didn’t they should they haven’t they wouldn’t they does they won’t they aren’t they did they
Tag, you’re it! • In your groups, I will show you a picture. • One group, must make a statement about the picture. • The next group must make the TAG QUESTION to complete the sentence. • Then the next group will make a new statement. • Groups must make 3 statements for each picture before we change the picture. They are in school, The teacher looks happy, isn’t he? The test looks difficult, He is taking a test, isn’t it? doesn’t she? aren’t they? doesn’t
