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Understanding Question Tags

The document discusses question tags, which are short questions added to statements to request confirmation. It provides examples of how to form question tags depending on whether the initial statement is positive or negative. It also discusses how to use question tags with pronouns like "they", "it", or "we". The document concludes by listing additional examples of statements with their corresponding question tags.

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Understanding Question Tags

The document discusses question tags, which are short questions added to statements to request confirmation. It provides examples of how to form question tags depending on whether the initial statement is positive or negative. It also discusses how to use question tags with pronouns like "they", "it", or "we". The document concludes by listing additional examples of statements with their corresponding question tags.

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Question Tags

A question Tag comes at the end of the sentence to make confirmation. When the
first part of the sentence is positive, turn it into negative.
Example:
1- The song sounds nice, doesn’t it?
2- The orchids look pretty, don’t they?
When the first part of the sentence is negative, turn it into positive.
 They aren’t pretty, are they?
 You can’t climb a volcano, can you?
Use positive questions with (no – never – hardly – rarely – seldom)
 Volcanoes never happen in Egypt, do they?
 She never gets up late, does she?
Use the subject pronoun (they) in the question tag with (someone – somebody –
none – nobody – everyone – everybody)
 Someone ate the cake, didn’t they?
 Everybody will come, won’t they?
Use subject pronoun (it) in the question tag with (something – nothing –
everything)
 Something happened, didn’t it?
 Nothing matters now, does it?
Notice the following changes:
1- I’m surprised to be here, aren’t I?
2- Let’s go for a walk, shall we?
3- Let us do our homework, will we?
4- I’d rather have some tea, wouldn’t I?
5- I’d better sit in the garden, hadn’t I?
6- That / this is your pencil, isn’t it?
7- These / those are my books, aren’t they?
8- There is a meeting today, isn’t there?
9- Everything is all right, isn’t it?
10- Everyone / Everybody answered the test, didn’t they?
11- Don’t make any trouble, will you?
Ex.
Write the question tags:

[1]
1- It was very hot yesterday, _____________?
2- Brush your teeth after you finish eating, _____________?
3- It never snows in Sudan, _____________?
4- Nobody is at home, _____________?
5- Don’t play with matches, _____________?
6- She gets up early, _____________?
7- I rarely go to school late, _____________?
8- We will move to a new house, _____________?
9- You will come to the party, _____________?
10- I saw a nice film last night, _____________?
11- I’m a clever boy, _____________?
12- They didn’t understand the lesson, _____________?
13- The teacher loves his pupils, _____________?
14- Let’s go to the school library, _____________?
15- I have never been to London, _____________?
16- They will play in the garden, _____________?
17- Nothing happened, _____________?
18- She is always late for school, _____________?
19-

[2]

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