Self-Check

Answers to the previous exercise:

A: You’re French, aren’t you?

B: Yes, that’s right. I was born in the north of France.

Helen lives in a house, doesn’t she? 

You left early, didn’t you? 

Jack wasn’t born in Italy, was he? 

Don’t drive too fast, will you?

Let’s have a piece of cake, shall we?

Nobody has booked it yet, have they?

You agree with me, don’t you?

You don’t take sugar, do you?

 

 

Exercises

Complete with the correct tag:

  

A: You’re French, .................?

B: Yes, that’s right. I was born in the north of France.

Helen lives in a house, .................?
You left early, .................?

Jack wasn’t born in Italy, .................?

Don’t drive too fast, .................?

Let’s have a piece of cake, .................?

Nobody has booked it yet, .................?

You agree with me, .................?

You don’t take sugar, .................?

 

Purpose and Form

The questions have two main purposes:

a) To require the listener to provide information 

b) To request clarification 

Additional purposes:

c) To express surprise or interest. In this case both the main verb and the question tag are in the affirmative!

Tags are formed using auxiliaries.

(Afirmative Sentences. Negative Tag.)

(Negative Sentences. Afirmative Tag)

(See above. point C) 

Eg.

They play soccer, don’t they?

You stole the store, didn’t you?

Marina wasn’t a good person, was she?

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