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Role Play –Secretary and client Grammar Tag Questions Questions Tag Question tags are short questions at the end of statements. They are mainly used in speech when we want to: a. confirm that something is true or not, or b. to encourage a reply from the person we are speaking to. les «questions tags» sont de courtes questions à la fin d’une phrase. Ils sont principalement utilisés dans le discours lorsque nous voulons: a. confirmer que quelque chose est vrai ou non, ou b. encourager une réponse de la personne avec qui nous parlons. 1 © 2011 wheresjenny.com Role Play –Secretary and client Question tags are formed with the auxiliary or modal verb from the statement and the appropriate subject. Les «question tags» sont formées avec le verbe auxiliaire ou modal de la phrase qu’elles concluent. i.A positive statement is followed by a negative question tag. •Jack is from Spain, isn't he? •Mary can speak English, can't she? A negative statement is followed by a positive question tag. •They aren't funny, are they? •He shouldn't say things like that, should he? 2 © 2011 wheresjenny.com Role Play –Secretary and client 1] When the verb in the main sentence is in the present. simple we form the question tag with do / does. Lorsque le verbe de la phrase principale est dans au présent simple. simple, nous formons la «question tag» avec «do/does». •You play the guitar, don't you? •Alison likes tennis, doesn't she? 2] If the verb is in the past simple we use did. Si le verbe est au passé simple, nous utilisons «did». • • They went to the cinema, didn't they? She studied in New Zealand, didn't she? 3 © 2011 wheresjenny.com Role Play –Secretary and client 3] When the statement contains a word with a negative meaning, the question tag needs to be positive. Lorsque la déclaration contient un adverbe à la tournure négative, la «question tag» sera positive. •He hardly ever speaks, does he? •They rarely eat in restaurants, do they? 4 © 2011 wheresjenny.com Role Play –Secretary and client Some verbs / expressions have different question tags. For eg: I am - I am attractive, aren't I? Positive imperative - Stop daydreaming, will / won't you? Negative imperative - Don't stop singing, will you? Let's - Let's go to the beach, shall we? Have got (possession) - He has got a car, hasn't he? There is / are - There aren't any spiders in the bedroom, are there? This / that is - This is Paul's pen, isn't it? 5 © 2011 wheresjenny.com Role Play –Secretary and client 1. You don't have my keys, ____? [have you; does you; do you.] • There is no possibility you are wrong, ____? [isn't there; is that; is there] • Our friends left for Cancun yesterday, ____? [didn't we; didn't they; did they] • I'm not going to tell you again, ____? [am I; am you; are I] • Let's take some holidays next month, ____? [ can we; shall we; take we] • You spoke to your grandmother last night, ____? [didn't you; don’t you; won’t you] 6 © 2011 wheresjenny.com Role Play –Secretary and client Homework…. •Your friend rarely has a smile on her face, ____? •You're telling me the truth, ____? •I am in the correct class, ____? •They have a baby, ________? •You like pizza, _______? •He still has time for our meeting this afternoon, ____? •Their team won the tennis competition easily, ____? 7 © 2011 wheresjenny.com