TAG QUESTIONS








  • A tag question is a short question ( am I? don't you?) that follows a statement

    • She knows English, doesn't she?
    • You can carry that box, can't you ?
    • I'm wrong, aren't I?

  • Auxiliaries ( am, is, are, was, were, have, has, etc. ) used in the statements are repeated at the end followed by the subject pronoun.

    • Ali saw you at the park yesterday, didn't he?
    • Angela stayed in your house last night, didn't she?

  • Tag questions are also possible with there:

    • There will be a basketball match tomorrow, won't there?
    • There aren't any students in the classroom, are there?

  • Tags can be used after indefinite pronouns:

    • Nobody is at home, are they? ( are they? because "Nobody is at home" is negative)
    • Everyone is ready, aren't they?

  • this and that are replaced by it
    • This/That car is expensive, isn't it?

Examples:
  • Istanbul is a very beautiful city, isn’t it?
  • Mehmet wasn’t in the class yesterday, was he?
  • You haven’t been to Italy yet, have you?
  • Zeki isn’t going to go to the cinema tomorrow, is he?
  • You can buy a lot of interesting things in the Bazaar, can’t you?
  • You need to have a lot of money, needn’t you?
  • Zehra will finish university next year, won’t she?
  • Your family went to France for their summer holiday, didn’t they?
  • You must be quite in the library, mustn’t you?

EXERCISE 1:

Add tag questions to the following sentences.

e.g That’s your book, isn’t it ?

1. We’re going to the university now, ............ ............?

2. You finish working at 5:30, ............ ...........?

3. I'm not going with you, .......... .............?

4. You’re not reading a newspaper, .......... ...........?

5. They’ll solve Istanbul’s traffic problem, ................. ....................?


EXERCISE 2:

Add auxiliary verbs to tag questions.

e.g Özlem is playing tennis, isn’t she?

1. We must stop smoking, ……………….. we?

2. Mr. Red has dinner at seven o’clock every morning, ….. he?

3. You can’t swim, …… you?

4. Aslı hasn’t been to Istanbul yet, ………..she?

5. My computer doesn’t work, ………………it?


EXERCISE 3:

Add tag questions with DO (do, does, don’t, doesn’t, did, didn’t). Use the right verb form.

  • Your cat drinks milk every day, doesn’t it?
  • The boys don’t always play football in the playground, do they?
1. I passed chemistry, .............. I?

2. Ismail finishes working at 5:30, ............. he?

3. We go out for lunch at about 12:30, ............. we?

4. They didn’t go to work yesterday, ……….. they?

5. My sister doesn’t sleep late, …….. she?



EXERCISE 4:

Circle the correct answer as in the example.

We didn’t study maths last night, did we ?
a) did we
b) did they
c) do we
d) don’t we

1. You mustn’t smoke here, .................. ?
a) must they
b) do you
c) didn’t we
d) must you

2. My mother and my sister went to the cinema, ……………….?
a) didn’t they
b) did they
c) don’t they
d) aren’t they

3. Mr. Brown hasn’t been to Istanbul yet, ………………?
a) has she
b) hasn’t she
c) was he
d) has he

4. She usually has breakfast at 7:00, ………….......…….?
a) do we
b) do she
c) does she
d) doesn’t she

5. The children are drinking milk now, …………………?
a) are they
b) aren’t they
c) do they
d) don’t they




  • ANSWER KEY
EXERCISE 1
1. aren’t we
2. don’t you
3. am I
4. are you
5. won’t they
EXERCISE 2
1. mustn’t
2. doesn’t
3. can
4. has
5. does
EXERCISE 3
1. didn’t
2. doesn’t
3. don’t
4. did
5. does
EXERCISE 4
1. d
2. a
3. d
4. d
5. b

Anasayfa



kaynaklar:MEB



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