QUESTIO
N TAGS
Los tag questions son pequeñas frases o preguntas
(mini-questions) que se colocan al final de una
oración afirmativa o negativa y que generalmente
tienen como objetivo confirmar o negar el contenido
de la frase misma. Es el equivalente al ¿verdad? o al
¿no?
TRES REGLAS BASICAS QUE DEBES RECORDAR
1. Los tag questions utilizan siempre los verbos auxiliares.
2. Con oraciones afirmativas utilizamos un tag question en
NEGATIVO.
3. Con oraciones negativas utilizamos un tag question en
AFIRMATIVO o POSITIVO.
ORACIONES AFIRMATIVAS CON EL VERBO
TO BE EN PRESENT SIMPLE O CONTINUO
Seutiliza la misma forma del verbo en NEGATIVO:
aren't you? isn't he? isn't she? isn't it? aren't we?
aren't you? aren't they?
Ejemplos:
It's a beautiful day, isn't it? (Es un día hermoso, ¿no?)
Martha is angry, isn't she? (Marta está enojada, ¿verdad?)
You are really tired, aren't you? (Estás muy cansado,
¿no?)
They're very nice people, aren't they? (Son personas muy
agradables, ¿no?)
You are coming tomorrow, aren't you? (Vas a venir
mañana, ¿verdad?)
Pedro's flying now, isn't he? (Pedro está volando en estos
momentos, ¿no?)
ORACIONES NEGATIVAS CON EL VERBO TO
BE EN PRESENT SIMPLE O CONTINUO
Seutiliza la misma forma del verbo en AFIRMATIVO
o POSITIVO: am I? are you? is he? is she? is it? are
we? are you? are they?
EJEMPLOS
I'm not late, am I? (No llego tarde, ¿no?)
It isn't a beautiful day, is it? (No es un día hermoso, ¿verdad?)
Martha isn't angry, is she? (Marta no está enojada, ¿no?)
You aren't really tired, are you? (No estás muy cansado,
¿verdad?)
ORACIONES AFIRMATIVAS CON
EL VERBO TO BE EN PAST SIMPLE
O CONTINUO
Se utiliza la misma forma del verbo en NEGATIVO: wasn't I?
weren't you? wasn't he? wasn't she? wasn't it? weren't we?
weren't you? weren't they?
EJEMPLOS
It was a beautiful day, wasn't it? (Fue un día hermoso,
¿verdad?)
Martha was angry, wasn't she? (Marta estaba enojada,
¿no?)
You were really tired, weren't you? (Estabas muy
cansado, ¿verdad?)
You were studying at 6, weren't you? (Estuviste
estudiando a las 6, ¿no?)
He was flying when I phoned, wasn't he? (Estaba
volando cuando llamé, ¿no?)
ORACIONES NEGATIVAS CON EL VERBO
TO BE EN PAST SIMPLE O CONTINUO
Se utiliza la misma forma del verbo en AFIRMATIVO o
POSITIVO: was I? were you? was he? was she? was it?
were we? were you? were they?
EJEMPLOS
It wasn't a beautiful day, was it? (No fue un día hermoso,
¿no?)
Martha wasn't angry, was she? (Marta no estaba
enojada, ¿no?)
You weren't really tired, were you? (No estabas muy
cansado, ¿verdad?)
You weren't studying at 6, were you? (No estuviste
estudiando a las 6, ¿no?)
He wasn't flying when I phoned, was he? (No estaba
volando cuando llamé, ¿no?)
ORACIONES AFIRMATIVAS CON OTROS
VERBOS COMUNES O DEFECTIVOS
Teniendo siempre en cuenta el TIEMPO VERBAL, se
utiliza el auxiliar en NEGATIVO que corresponde a la
persona de la oración: didn't she? hasn't she? won't
she? shouldn't she? can't she? couldn't she? aren't
there?
EJEMPLOS
You went to Costa Rica in 1990, didn't you? (Fuiste a
Costa Rica en 1990, ¿no?)
Elena has traveled a lot, hasn't she? (Elena ha viajado
mucho, ¿no?)
Ann will be here soon, won't she? (Ana estará pronto
aquí, ¿verdad?)
Tom should pass his exam, shouldn't he? (Tom debería
aprobar su examen, ¿no?)
You can play the violin, can't you? (Sabes tocar el
violín, ¿no?)
I'mnot late,___________?
Martha is angry,__________?
He was flying when I phoned,_________?
You weren't really tired,____________?
He wasn't flying when I phoned,__________?
Elena has traveled a lot,_____________?
He could find a job,____________?
There are twelve animals in the Chinese
horoscope,______________?
Tom should pass his exam,___________?
You can play the violin,_______________?
They're very nice people, ______________?