QUESTION TAGS

QUESTION TAGS

1. Changing intonation

   • When it is a real quesiton the intonation goes up,
     • The train arrives at 10 o´clock, doesn´t it?
   • When its not a real question the intonation goes down.
     • The train arrives at 10 o´clock, doesn´t it?

2. Making requests

   • We can use question tags to ask for help or information
     • Negative Sentence + Affirmative question tag
     • You haven´t seen my keys, have you?

3. Question Tags with imperatives

   • After an affirmative or negative imperative, we use will you? or would you? as the question tag.
     • Close the window, will you?
       • Close the window, would you?

4. Question tags with let´s

   • After let´s + verb, we use shall we? as the question tag.
     • Let´s go to the beach, shall we?
     • Let´s + verb is an imperative in the first person plural.

5. Using there as a subject

   • There is a problem, isn´t there?
   • We can use there as a subject in the sentence and question tag
   • There isn´t a problem, is there?

6. Question tags with nothing, everything, nobody, somebody or everybody

   • If nothing or everything is the subject, we use it in the question tag
     • Example, nothing was working, was it?
       • Example, everything is perfect, isn´t it?
     • If nobody, somebody or everybody is the subject, we use they in the question tag
       • Example, nobody was working, were they?
         • Example, everybody is late, aren´t they?
           • Example, somebody will help you, wont they?

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