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Grammar Topic Question Tags

The document provides examples of positive and negative sentences with question tags for learning purposes. It includes 34 examples organized into 4 steps - the first 3 steps focus on specific structures using auxiliary verbs or no auxiliary verbs in the question tags, while the final step mixes the structures. The examples are meant to illustrate the use of question tags in different syntactic contexts for language learning.

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Grammar Topic Question Tags

The document provides examples of positive and negative sentences with question tags for learning purposes. It includes 34 examples organized into 4 steps - the first 3 steps focus on specific structures using auxiliary verbs or no auxiliary verbs in the question tags, while the final step mixes the structures. The examples are meant to illustrate the use of question tags in different syntactic contexts for language learning.

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Step 1: positive sentence, negative question tag – auxiliary verbs given!

1. The car is in the garage, ___________________?


2. You are John, ___________________?
3. My parents were in the library yesterday, ________________________?
4. He was very tired after the marathon, ________________________?
5. We could invite all our friends, ________________________?
6. Mr. Pritchard has been to Scotland recently, ____________________?
7. The children have finished all the exercises, _______________________ ?
8. These trips had been very expensive, ______________________?
9. He will tell her the truth, _________________________?

Step 2: negative sentence, positive question tag – auxiliary verbs given!

10. Your wife isn’t interested in volleyball, ____________________?


11. These boys aren’t good at singing, _____________________?
12. Columbus wasn’t afraid of the long journey, _____________________?
13. They weren’t able to conquer all of Europe, _____________________?
14. I couldn’t sell the tickets at that time, _____________________?
15. We haven’t read all his books, ________________________?
16. Your pen friend hasn’t answered for a long time, _________________?
17. The girls won’t go to that boring party, _____________________?
18. She hadn’t left the disco alone, ____________________?

Step 3: positive sentence, negative question tag – no auxiliary verbs given!

19. We visit our grandparents at the weekends, ____________________?


20. My sister writes thousands of SMS every month, ______________________?
21. I usually start learning a week before the test, _____________________?
22. The beautiful lady left the party too early, ______________________
23. Grandma worked on a huge farm during the war, _____________________?
24. The soldiers shot at the demonstrators without a warning,
_____________________?
25. Peter and I saw all the football matches on TV, _____________________?

Step 4:Question tags mixed for experts!

26. Columbus didn’t want to stay there any longer, ____________________?


27. The tiger will kill the boar in a minute, ____________________?
28. I am very happy at the moment, ____________________?
29. Peter and Tim are interested in cheap cameras, ___________________?
30. Helen is going to buy some new T-shirts and skirts, ____________________?
31. The expedition had reached the summit in time, ____________________?
32. Your uncle has lived in Canberra for more than 10 years,
________________________?
33. My cat won’t stay in that dog kennel any longer, ________________________?
34. Most pupils can use the question tag without any help, ______________________?

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