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    This document discusses tag questions in English. It explains that tag questions are statements followed by a mini-question, and are used to ask for confirmation like "Am I right?" or "Do you agree?". The basic structure is that a positive statement is followed by a negative tag, and a negative statement is followed by a positive tag. Examples of tag questions with different subjects, auxiliaries, and pronouns are provided, as well as special cases and mixed examples. Intonation is also covered, with rising intonation indicating a real question and falling intonation indicating a statement.

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    This document discusses tag questions in English. It explains that tag questions are statements followed by a mini-question, and are used to ask for confirmation like "Am I right?" or "Do you agree?". The basic structure is that a positive statement is followed by a negative tag, and a negative statement is followed by a positive tag. Examples of tag questions with different subjects, auxiliaries, and pronouns are provided, as well as special cases and mixed examples. Intonation is also covered, with rising intonation indicating a real question and falling intonation indicating a statement.

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    This document discusses tag questions in English. It explains that tag questions are statements followed by a mini-question, and are used to ask for confirmation like "Am I right?" or "Do you agree?". The basic structure is that a positive statement is followed by a negative tag, and a negative statement is followed by a positive tag. Examples of tag questions with different subjects, auxiliaries, and pronouns are provided, as well as special cases and mixed examples. Intonation is also covered, with rising intonation indicating a real question and falling intonation indicating a statement.

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    TAG Questions

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    Nuria Daza Saavedra
    This document discusses tag questions in English. It explains that tag questions are statements followed by a mini-question, and are used to ask for confirmation like "Am I right?" or "Do you agree?". The basic structure is that a positive statement is followed by a negative tag, and a negative statement is followed by a positive tag. Examples of tag questions with different subjects, auxiliaries, and pronouns are provided, as well as special cases and mixed examples. Intonation is also covered, with rising intonation indicating a real question and falling intonation indicating a statement.

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    TAG

    QUESTIONS
    TAG QUESTIONS
    •  Tag question is a special construction in
    English. It is a statement followed by a
    mini-question. The whole sentence is a
    "tag question", and the mini-question at
    the end is called a "question tag".
    TAG QUESTIONS
    • We use tag questions at the end of
    statements to ask for confirmation. They
    mean something like: "Am I right?" or "Do
    you agree?" They are very common in
    English.
    TAG QUESTIONS
    BASIC STRUCTURE

    + -
    Positive statement Negative tag?
    It is a great day, isn’t it?
    - +
    Negative statement Positive tag?
    You don’t know her, do you?
    TAG QUESTIONS
    Examples with positive statements
    Positive statement [ + ] Negative tag [ - ]
    Personal pronoun
    Subject Auxiliary Main verb Auxiliary Not
    (same as subject)
    She is cooking, is n’t she?
    You like ice-cream, do n’t you?
    They will stay home, wo n’t they?
    He can play chess, can n’t he?
    We should go home, should n’t we?
    Jenny was busy, was n’t she?
    You are French, are n’t you?
    They have finished have n’t they?
    Examples with positive statements
    Examples with negative statements
    Negative statement [ - ] Positive tag [ + ]
    Subject Auxiliary Main verb auxiliary Personal
    pronouns
    It is n’t snowing, is It?
    You have never been there have you?
    She does n’t like pork, does she?
    they did n’t practice today did they?
    he can n’t come, can he?
    We should n’t drink much, should we?
    They are n’t home, are they?
    Jane was n’t sick was she?
    Special cases

    I am right, aren't I? aren't I (not amn't I)


    You have to go, don't you? you (do) have to go...
    I have been answering, haven't I? use first auxiliary
    Nothing came in the post, did it? treat statements with nothing, nobody
    Nobody called me, did they? etc like negative statements
    Everyone/everybody came, didn’t they?
    Hardly
    I hardly check my email, do I?
    You never read books, do you?
    Let's go, shall we? let's = let us
    He'd better do it, hadn't he? he had better (no auxiliary)
    MIXED EXAMPLES
    • But you don't really love her, do you?
    • This will work, won't it?
    • Well, I couldn't help it, could I?
    • But you'll tell me if she calls, won't you?
    • We'd never have known, would we?
    • The weather's bad, isn't it?
    • You won't be late, will you?
    • Nobody knows, do they?
    INTONATION
    intonation
    rising real question
    You don't know where my wallet is, do you?

    falling not a real question


    It's a beautiful view, isn't it?

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