Transcript question tag - Escola Rainha do Brasil

Question Tags
Teacher Silvino Sieben
2nd grade HS
• Gordon Lam is dead, isn’t he?
• The police don’t know who killed Mr Lam,
do they?
What sort of questions are they?
They are Tag
Questions.
Forming tag questions
Tag questions are formed by a statement
and a question tag.
• Jack isn’t your brother, is he?
• Mabel lives in Central, doesn’t she?
• They have finished their homework,
haven’t they?
Question tags
Formed by an auxiliary verb and a
pronoun
• Jack isn’t your brother, is he?
• Mabel lives in Central, doesn’t she?
• They have finished their homework,
haven’t they?
Add a negative question tag to a positive
statement
• We get too much homework, don’t we?
Add a positive question tag to a negative
statement.
• The police don’t have many clues, do
they?
The subject of the question tag must also
match the subject in the statement.
• Jack isn’t your brother, is he?
• Mabel lives in Central, doesn’t she?
• They have finished their homework,
haven’t they?
The form of the verb in the question tag
must be the same as that in the statement.
1) Question tags with verb “to be”
• You aren’t feeling well, are you?
• The police were investigating the murder,
weren’t they?
2) Question tags with verb to do
• Dennis saw Mr Wong yesterday, didn’t
he?
• The police don’t have many clues, do
they?
• Jimmy likes eating chocolate, doesn’t
him?
3) Question tags with modal verbs
• We should write our report today,
shouldn’t we?
• We can’t take pictures of the room, can
we?
• John mustn’t be late, must he?
(4) After an order or request with imperatives
• Close the door, will you?
• Don’t make so much noise, will you?
(5) After let’s, we use shall we? to make
suggestions
• Let’s go for a swim, shall we?
• Let’s get something to eat, shall we?
Answering tag questions
• You have coffee every morning, don’t you?
Agree
Disagree
Yes, I do.
No, I don’t.
• You don’t like classical music, do you?
Agree
Disagree
No, I don’t. Yes, I do.
Rising / falling tone?
Voice goes down: You are sure about the
answer and want the other person to
agree with you
• The weather is fine today, isn’t it?
Voice goes up: It’s a real question
• You haven’t seen my keys, have you?