TAG QUESTIONS

TAG QUESTIONS

1. We can add question tags like isn't it?, can you? or didn't they? to a statement to make it into a question. Question tags are more common in speaking than writing.

   • We often use question tags when we expect the listener to agree with our statement. In this case, when the statement is positive, we use a negative question tag.
     • She's a doctor, isn't she? Yesterday was so much fun, wasn't it?
       • If the statement is negative, we use a positive question tag. He isn't here, is he? The trains are never on time, are they? Nobody has called for me, have they?
     • Formation: If there is an auxiliary verb in the statement, we use it to form the question tag.
       • I don't need to finish this today, do I?
         • James is working on that, isn't he?
           • Your parents have retired, haven't they?
             • It was raining that day, wasn't it?

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