Anh 9 5 Tag Questions Tdn 2021 Trần Nguyễn Phương Thảo Ss

TAG QUESTIONS
Ms Tran Nguyen Phuong Thao

Tran Dai Nghia High School for The Gifted
TAG
QUESTIONS
You like studying English
grammar, don’t you? I
guess if you didn’t you
wouldn’t be here, would
you?
These two questions are called tag questions,

and are often used when you want to check
some information that you think is true.
Today, I am going to show you how to form tag
questions in English, the grammar rules about
tag questions, and some examples.
Situation:
Hey, I’m hungry. Let’s

Great idea! How about a pizza?
order something to eat!
You like pizza, don’t you?
 We can see that Mary assumes

that John likes pizza. She uses a
tag question in order to confirm
what she thinks is true.
John Mary
USE:
 Tag questions are very common in English.
 Tag questions are little questions that you add to the end of a sentence.
 We use tag questions to ask for confirmation.
Study the following examples of tag questions:

 Blair will go shopping with us, won’t she?
 Jack hasn’t called, has he?
 You work at ABC Bank, don’t you?
 You can play piano, can’t you?
 It shouldn’t rain tomorrow, should it?
FORM: The basic grammar rule is that a positive sentence has a negative tag
question and a negative sentence has a positive tag question.
- A positive statement has a negative tag, and vice versa.
E.g.: You agree with me, don’t you? (Positive sentence, negative tag)
You don’t take sugar, do you? (Negative sentence, positive tag)
- Tags are formed using auxiliaries (do, be, have or a modal)
and subjective pronouns (I, we, you, they, he, she, it) or there.
E.g.: We have paid all the bills, haven’t we?
Students should wear uniform to school, shouldn’t they?
There is some sugar in the jar, isn’t there?
Task 1: Complete the following tag
questions.
1. Mary is reading a book in her room, __________________?
2. His parents won’t buy him a new game, __________________?

3. You’ve just used the computer, __________________?
4. My sister has to make this room tidy, __________________?
5. Lan used to walk past the mosque on her way to primary school,
__________________?
6. Hung and I can eat those cakes, __________________?
7. He seldom drinks wine, __________________?
8. There are many religions in Malaysia, __________________?
KEY FOR TASK
1 ISN’T SHE
1. Mary is reading a book in her room, ______________?
WILL THEY
2. His parents won’t buy him a new game, ______________?
HAVEN’T YOU
3. You’ve just used the computer, ______________?
DOES SHE
4. My sister has to make this room tidy, ______________?
5. Lan used to walk past the mosque on her way to primary school,
DIDN’T SHE
______________?
CAN’T WE
6. Hung and I can eat those cakes, ______________?
DOES HE
7. He seldom drinks wine, ______________?
AREN’T THERE
8. There are many religions in Malaysia, ______________?
Exceptions:
- Tags with will are used after requests or commands.
E.g.: + Don’t drive too fast, will you?
+ Answer the phone for me, will you?
- Tags with won’t are used after offers.
E.g.: Have some bananas, won’t you?
- Subjects containing no-, any-, every-, or some- and
+ referring to humans are replaced by they in the tags
E.g.: Someone’s taken her book, haven’t they?
+ referring to things are replaced by it in the tags.
E.g.: Everything is still under control, isn’t it?
Exceptions:
- Let’s… has a tag formed with shall we.
E.g.: Let’s have a drink, shall we? (a suggestion)
- Let us… has a tag formed with will you.
E.g.: Let us finish the presentation first, will you? (a request)
- Statements with no, never, rarely, seldom, hardly, scarcely,
nothing, none, no one, nobody are considered negative and therefore
take positive tags.
E.g.: She is never angry, is she?
- Note the following tag questions:
+ I am still intelligent enough, aren’t I?
+ We shall read through the contract first, shan’t we?
+ One should be careful with one’s words, shouldn’t one?
Task 2: Complete the following tag questions.
1. Come and see me tomorrow, _______________?
2. I’d better go, _______________?
3. Let’s listen to the radio, _______________?
4. I’m late for the party, _______________?
5. Nothing could be done, _______________?
6. Nobody wrote poems yesterday, _______________?
7. Everything was OK, _______________?
8. Someone feels tired after the trip, _______________?
KEY FOR TASK 2
1. Come and see me tomorrow, WILL YOU?
2. I’d better go, HADN’T HE?
3. Let’s listen to the radio, SHALL WE?
4. I’m late for the party, AREN’T I?
5. Nothing could be done, COULD IT?
6. Nobody wrote poems yesterday, DID THEY?
7. Everything was OK, WASN’T IT?
8. Someone feels tired after the trip, DON’T THEY?
TRUE OR FALSE
1. Tag questions are rarely used in daily conversations. FALSE
2. Tag questions are little questions that you add to the beginning of a sentence. FALSE
3. Tag questions can be used when you think you know the other person’s answer, but you
just want to make sure. TRUE
4. The basic grammar rule is that a positive sentence has a positive tag question and a
negative sentence has a negative tag question. FALSE
5. Subjects like NO ONE, SOMEONE or EVERYONE are replaced by ‘they’ in the tags.
6. ‘Let’s…’ has a tag formed with ‘shall we’. FALSE
7. Tags are formed only using auxiliaries or a modal. FALSE
8. ‘She never lets her daughter go out alone at night, doesn’t she?’ The sentence is
grammatically correct. FALSE
 Can you think of some situations in which use can
use tag questions? Share your ideas with your
friends, will you?
This lesson has provided you with
the basic information about TAG
QUESTIONS, hasn’t it?
So tag questions are pretty easy,
aren’t they?
See you next time!

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TAG QUESTIONS

Ms Tran Nguyen Phuong Thao

These two questions are called tag questions,

Hey, I’m hungry. Let’s

 We can see that Mary assumes

Study the following examples of tag questions:

2. His parents won’t buy him a new game, __________________?

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