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Using Tag
Tag Questions
Questions
• She's very beautiful, isn't she?
• The baby doesn't want to eat her
food, does she?
She's done something really
interesting to her hair, hasn't she?
TAG
TAG QUESTIONS
QUESTIONS
A tag question is a question
added at the end of a
sentence. Speakers use it to
make sure their information
is correct.
What is a tag question?
• A tag question is a sentence with a
question phrase connected at the end.
• Example:
It’s windy today, isn’t it?
1. To clarify information
(the speaker expects an answer)
Example:
Example:
• You’re falling asleep, aren’t you?
• The party was a lot of fun, wasn’t it?
• I didn’t win the lottery, did I?
Forming Tag Questions
Step 1:
verb
Step 2:
Main verb
Step 3:
Present tense
Step 4:
If in present tense, determine if 1st or 3rd person.
If in past tense, use auxiliary “to be” or “do” in
past.
Third person
Affirmative
Noun
Overview
Step 1: Identify the verb in the sentence.
Step 2: Identify the type of verb.
Step 3: Identify the tense.
Step 4: If in present tense, determine if 1st
or 3rd person. If in past tense, use auxiliary
“to be” or “do” in past.
Step 5: Affirmative or negative?
Step 6: Add pronoun.
Affirmative sentence +
negative tag
isn’t it
• Spring break is next week, ______?
didn’t it
• Class finished quickly, _________?
1. You’ve called the movers, a. can we?
2. They’re coming tomorrow, b. do we?
3. This isn’t going to be cheap, c. is he?
4. You haven’t finished packing, d. isn’t it?
5. We don’t need any more boxes, e. aren’t they?
6. Pablo is going to help us, f. have you?
7. We can put some things in g. isn’t he?
storage, h. is it?
8. Jack isn’t buying our bookcases, i. haven’t you?
9. We need to disconnect the j. don’t we?
phone,
10. The movers aren’t packing the k. can’t we?
books for us, l. are they?
11. We can’t turn off the electricity
yet,
12. Moving is hard,
Important Notes