"TAG QUESTIONS"

"TAG QUESTIONS"

1. USE

   • The question tags are used in English: to ask the interlocutor to confirm what the speaker has stated
     • In the opposite, affirmative or negative sense, to the declarative sentence that precedes them

2. STRUCTURE

   • Structure: auxiliary (+ not) + pronoun Auxiliary verb (+ not) Pronouns

3. RULES OF TAG QUESTIONS

   • Analyze the verb tense in which you are going to say your prayer
     • Remember that your tag question must go in the opposite direction of your opening phrase.
       • Then you must remember that you must change the subject of the sentence, since you should not repeat the one you used at the beginning but the subject pronoun of English.
         • When pronouncing these phrases, you must raise your tone in the phrase auxiliary so that the listener understands that you are asking for confirmation of the information.

4. They are those short questions that are added at the end of the sentence when we are not sure of certain information or also when we ask a rhetorical question.

   • Are the so-called question tags

5. TEN EXAMPLES

   • Annie is the tallest in class, isn’t she?
     • That woman is our new boss, isn’t she?
       • I am your favorite student, aren’t I?
         • That restaurant opens at 8:00, doesn’t it?
           • My brother is washing the dishes, isn’t he?
             • We had already studied this topic, hadn’t we?
           • Daniela will come next year, won’t she?
         • Peter and Monica were playing rugby last week, weren’t they?
       • You liked the party, didn’t you?
     • Johnny was here a while ago, wasn’t he?

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