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Why do we use question tags?

Why do we use question tags?. To get someone involved in our conversation and encourage a response To confirm information that you think is true. Remember that …. We use the auxiliary or modal verb in the statement in the question tag .

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Why do we use question tags?

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  1. Why do we use question tags? • To get someone involved in our conversation and encourage a response • To confirm information that you think is true

  2. Rememberthat… • We use theauxiliaryor modal verb in thestatement in thequestiontag. Ex: She looks reallygreat, doesn’tshe? / Yourfathercan’t drive, can he? • Weonly use pronouns in questiontags. • For positive statements, thequestiontagmustbenegative : +S, negaux/modal+pronoun? Mary plays the piano very well, doesn’t she? • Fornegativestatements, thequestiontagmustbe positive. -S, aux/modal+pronoun? You didn’t lock the door, did you?

  3. Outstanding exceptions: • What do you use after…. Let’s imperatives ….. and after I’m ?

  4. Specific cases • After Let’s, the question tag is… shall we?: Let’s go to a Chinese, shall we? • After the imperative(do, don’t), we can use will/would or can/can’t/could, being will the most common one: Don’t be late, will you?

  5. After I’m, we can use am I not? or aren’t I? : I’m right, aren’t I? • We use they to refer to somebody, anybody, everybody and nobody: Everybody likes being on holiday, don’t they? • We use itafter anything, nothing, something, everything: Nothing has been done about it, has it?

  6. We use a positive question tag after never, hardly, little, seldom, rarely: He’d never met her before, had he? • After there is/are/was/were, there has to be in the question tag: There is someone in the garden, isn’t there?

  7. What about ANSWERS? • Theinfoisright: • Positive mainverb: + short answer Youworkfor Peter, don´tyou? Yes, I do • Negmainverb: - short answer Youhaven´tbeento China, haveyou? No, I haven´t • Theinfoiswrong: Use “actually” and thesameformyouhave in thequestiontag. Jack is a lawyer, isn´t he? Actually, he isn´t

  8. You’ve called the movers, They’re coming tomorrow, This isn’t going to be cheap, You haven’t finished packing, We don’t need any more boxes, Pablo is going to help us, We can put some things in storage, Jack isn’t buying our bookcases, We need to disconnect the phone, The movers aren’t packing the books for us, We can’t turn off the electricity yet, Moving is hard, can we? do we? is he? isn’t it? aren’t they? have you? isn’t he? is it? haven’t you? don’t we? can’t we? are they?

  9. Think about question tags for these statements: • I’m right,_____________? • You’ve been working late again,_____________? • You haven’t got a pen by any chance,____________? • Let’s have a break,_________? • Sit down a moment, ________? • You met your husband in N.Y,___________? • We’re going to London on Saturday, ______________? • You haven’t broken that as well, ____________?

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