QUESTION TAGS

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Hello friends!

                   Today I am going to discuss with you one of the easiest topic of grammar that is question tags. Though it is easy for us, it is the most confusing part for our students. As we all know grammar is always confusing for the students. So, first tell your students what is the real life use of question tags. Question tags are simply an affirmation which we add at the end of the statement. It is just to know the listeners response in yes or no. So, let us discuss it in detail.

Question Tags

Question tags are short phrases (such as isn’t it, haven’t you, will you etc.) added to the end of a statement to turn it into a yes/no question. Look at the following examples:

·         You haven’t done the homework, have you?

·         She is coming, isn’t she?

·         You are not upset, are you?

·         She likes it, doesn’t she?

Use of question tags

a.       Question tags are used in the following situations:

i.                    To ask if something is true

ii.                  To ask somebody to agree with you

iii.                To request for something

 

b.      A negative tag is used with an affirmative sentence.

   affirmative sentence                       negative tag

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You know the answer,                        don’t you?

 

a.       A positive tag is used with a negative sentence.



   negative sentence                             positive tag 

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 She has not finished writing,                has she?

 

a.       If the main sentence has an auxiliary verb, the question tags take the same    auxiliary verb.

·         Mary can sing, can’t she?

·         She isn’t happy with the decision, is she?

·         They have been informed of it, haven’t they?


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