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Question Tags

The document discusses question tags, which are used to ask someone to agree with a statement or confirm if something is true. Question tags take the form of an auxiliary verb plus subject, and either a negative or positive question tag is used depending on if the main clause is positive or negative. Certain verbs like "am", "is", and "are" form question tags differently than regular verbs.

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Question Tags

The document discusses question tags, which are used to ask someone to agree with a statement or confirm if something is true. Question tags take the form of an auxiliary verb plus subject, and either a negative or positive question tag is used depending on if the main clause is positive or negative. Certain verbs like "am", "is", and "are" form question tags differently than regular verbs.

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Question Tags

Question Tags
FORM:
SENTENCE , auxiliary verb + subject + ?
FUNCTION:
1) To ask someone to agree with us.
2) To confirm if something is true.
EXAMPLE:
1) The soup is terrible, isnt it?
2) Your dad bought it, didnt he?

Question Tags
NEGATIVE QUESTION TAG:
If the sentence is positive, the question tag is
negative:
You have seen that film, havent you?
POSITIVE QUESTION TAG:
If the sentence is negative, the question tag is
positive:
You havent seen that film, have you?
If the sentence contains a negative word
(never, hardly) the question tag is positive:

Question Tags
Some verbs form question tags differently:
I am arent I?
Im helpful, arent I?
There is isnt there?
There is a chemists near here, isnt there?
There are arent there?
There are many shops in the area, arent there?
This is / That is isnt it?
Thats your wife over there, isnt it?

Question Tags
Imperatives will/ wont/ can / cant / would/ could
you?
Keep quiet, cant you?
Negative imperative will you?
Dont forget, will you?
Lets shall we?
Lets go for a coffee, shall we?
hardly, never, no, nobody and little affirmative
question tag?
You never went there, did you?

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