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Understanding Question Tag Structure

Tag questions are used to turn a statement into a question by adding an auxiliary verb and subject pronoun. They are commonly used to check information that is thought to be true. The basic structure is a positive statement followed by a negative tag or vice versa. Examples are provided of using tag questions with verbs like be, have, and do in both the present and past tenses. An activity is included for learners to practice forming tag questions using common auxiliary verbs.

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Understanding Question Tag Structure

Tag questions are used to turn a statement into a question by adding an auxiliary verb and subject pronoun. They are commonly used to check information that is thought to be true. The basic structure is a positive statement followed by a negative tag or vice versa. Examples are provided of using tag questions with verbs like be, have, and do in both the present and past tenses. An activity is included for learners to practice forming tag questions using common auxiliary verbs.

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Question tags

 Tag questions (or question tags) turn a statement into


a question.
 They are often used for checking information that we
think we know is true.
 Tag questions are made using an auxiliary verb (for
example: be or have) and subject pronoun (for
example: I, you, she)
The basic structure of a tag question is:
Positive statement Negative tag
Snow is white, isn’t it?
Negative statement Positive tag
You don’t like me, do you?
Examples:
Present perfect continuous: She’s been studying a lot
recently, hasn’t she?
Present perfect tense: They’ve been to Japan, haven’t
they?
Future perfect continuous: She will have to be cooking all
day, won’t she?

Activity
Question tags using verbs: be, to, have
 Use the appropriate question tag to end of each
question
1. I’m going to be late, ______
2. You eat meat, _________
3. I need to tell you my new address if I move,_____
4. Rob’s sister is cooking tonight, _________
5. Mr and Mrs Rogers have paid for their tickets, ___
6. I don’t have to finish my homework, _______
7. You’re not feeling well, ______
8. The computer’s broken, ______
9. Janet Cook has got two brothers, _____
10. Alex has just got back from Russia, ______
11. You live in Swan Street, _________
12. My car really needs a wash, ________
13. Tanya’s party is on Saturday night, ______
14. Alan Cole doesn’t like going to the cinema, ______

1. aren’t I?
2. don’t you?
3. don’t I?
4. isn’t she?
5. haven’t they?
6. do I?
7. are you?
8. isn’t it?
9. hasn’t she?
10. hasn’t he?
11. don’t you?
12. doesn’t it?
13. isn’t it?
14. does he?
15. hasn’t it?
16. doesn’t he? 17. aren’t we?
18. doesn’t she?
19. have you? 20. haven’t you?

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