Name: _______________ English Department Mrs.
Nariman Qura
Date: ________________ Question Tags Worksheet (2) Year 4 (A, B, C, D)
Question Tags
1. A tag question is a short question (e.g., have you? / haven’t you?)
that follows a statement:
Youhaven’tgota car,haveyou It wasa goodfilm,wasn’t
it
? ?
2. Normally we use a positive question tag with a negative
sentence:
negative
sentence + positivetag
Tomwon’tbelate, willh ?
e
Theydon’tlikeus, dothe?
y
Thatisn’Georgeoverthere, i i?
t st
And normally we use a negative question tag with a positive sentence:
positivesentence+ negativetag
Annwillbeheresoon, won’tsh ?
e
Tomshould
passhisexam, shouldn’t
h?
e
Theywereveryangry, weren’t
the?
y
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)
b) With all other verbs, tag questions are formed with do/don’t and
does/doesn’t (Present Simple) and did/didn’t (Past Simple):
Youlikefish,don’t
you? Theydon’t
likefish,dothey?
Helike fish,doesn’t
he? Shelikedfish,didn’t
she?
s
This also applies to have and do as main verbs:
Youhaveteaat 4, don’tyou? Youdidyourhomework,
didn’t
you?
c) Tag questions are also possible with there:
There
willbea strike,won’tther?
e
*Add a question-tag to these sentences:
1. He is late this morning, ____________________________?
2. The hotel was quite good, ___________________________?
3. She cooks well, ___________________________________?
4. You can’t tell the difference, ________________________?
5. They always sleep after lunch, _______________________?
6. You’re coming with us, ____________________________?
7. Mary plays football, _______________________________?
8. You didn’t have any lessons this morning, _____________?
9. Ann is on holiday, _____________________________?
10. The students see it everyday, ?
11. Mr. Priestley doesn’t know your father, _____________?
12. There are lots of cars here, _______________________?
13. I am not disturbing you, _________________________?
14. Tom does his work very well, ____________________?
15. This isn’t very pleasant, _________________________?
16. She likes quiet places, __________________________?
17. Tom doesn’t play the piano, _____________________?
18. They didn’t hurt the child, ______________________?
19. There were two car accidents yesterday, ___________?
20. Tourists used to come here, _____________________?