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This document discusses question tags (QTs), which are short questions added to the end of statements. It provides the following information: - QTs are used to ask someone to agree with a statement or to check if something is true, with intonation going down or up respectively. - QTs are formed using the same subject as the statement but in pronoun form, and the corresponding affirmative or negative auxiliary verb depending on if the main verb is negative or affirmative. - Exceptions include using "shall we" after "Let's", "aren't I" after "I'm", and "will/would/could you" after imperatives. Negative words use a positive tag. Indefinite pronou

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QUESTION TAGS
QUESTION TAGSWHAT IS A QT AND WHAT IS IT USED FOR?A questiontagis a short question at theend of a sentenceusingthefollowingform: (SENTENCE) , auxiliaryverb + Subject?We use a questiontag:
Toasksomeonetoagreewithus. Intonationgoingdowne.g. Todayit’sextremelyhot, isn’tit?Tocheckifsomethingis true. Intonationgoing up e.g. You’reDan’ssister, aren’tyou?
QUESTION TAGSHOW DO WE FORM A QT?Auxiliaryverb: Ifthemainverb in thesentenceisnegative, toformthetagwe use thecorrespondingaffirmativeauxiliaryverb, and theotherway round.e.g. Theydidn’tagreewithus, didthey?e.g. Sueis living in Paris rightnow, isn’tshe?Subject:Thesubjectused in the QT isthesamethatwehave in thesentence, but in thepronounform. e.g. Lorna and Mattare happytogether, aren’tthey?
QUESTION TAGSSOME EXCEPTIONSLet’s……, shallwe?e.g. Let’ssunbathetoday, shallwe?I’m……., aren’t I?e.g. I’mgetting red, aren’t I?Imperative…….., will/would/couldyou?e.g. Pass me thesalt, willyou?Negativewords(no, never, hardly, nobody, little…) stand fornegativeverb, so weneed a positive tag. e.g. He never comes, does he?e.g. Thereis no reasonforleavingnow, isthere?There …..., ……. there?e.g. Thereis a lot of homeworktoday, isn’tthere?Indefinitepronouns as subjects(someone, everybody, anybody, nobody…) are substitutedby “they” in the QT. e.g. Someonewill come, won’tthey?Nothing and everythingare substitutedby“it” in the QT. e.g. Everythingis OK, isn’tit?After principal verb ”have”, QTs with ”have” and ”do” are often both possible. Note that “do” is more common in American English. e.g. They have a farm house, haven’t / don’t they?

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Question tags ppt

  • 2. QUESTION TAGSWHAT IS A QT AND WHAT IS IT USED FOR?A questiontagis a short question at theend of a sentenceusingthefollowingform: (SENTENCE) , auxiliaryverb + Subject?We use a questiontag:
  • 3. Toasksomeonetoagreewithus. Intonationgoingdowne.g. Todayit’sextremelyhot, isn’tit?Tocheckifsomethingis true. Intonationgoing up e.g. You’reDan’ssister, aren’tyou?
  • 4. QUESTION TAGSHOW DO WE FORM A QT?Auxiliaryverb: Ifthemainverb in thesentenceisnegative, toformthetagwe use thecorrespondingaffirmativeauxiliaryverb, and theotherway round.e.g. Theydidn’tagreewithus, didthey?e.g. Sueis living in Paris rightnow, isn’tshe?Subject:Thesubjectused in the QT isthesamethatwehave in thesentence, but in thepronounform. e.g. Lorna and Mattare happytogether, aren’tthey?
  • 5. QUESTION TAGSSOME EXCEPTIONSLet’s……, shallwe?e.g. Let’ssunbathetoday, shallwe?I’m……., aren’t I?e.g. I’mgetting red, aren’t I?Imperative…….., will/would/couldyou?e.g. Pass me thesalt, willyou?Negativewords(no, never, hardly, nobody, little…) stand fornegativeverb, so weneed a positive tag. e.g. He never comes, does he?e.g. Thereis no reasonforleavingnow, isthere?There …..., ……. there?e.g. Thereis a lot of homeworktoday, isn’tthere?Indefinitepronouns as subjects(someone, everybody, anybody, nobody…) are substitutedby “they” in the QT. e.g. Someonewill come, won’tthey?Nothing and everythingare substitutedby“it” in the QT. e.g. Everythingis OK, isn’tit?After principal verb ”have”, QTs with ”have” and ”do” are often both possible. Note that “do” is more common in American English. e.g. They have a farm house, haven’t / don’t they?