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    The document discusses tag questions, which are statements with short questions added to the end to seek confirmation. It provides examples of positive and negative tag questions and outlines five points about their formation, including that the subject of the tag is always a pronoun corresponding to the statement subject and the verb form depends on that in the statement.

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    The document discusses tag questions, which are statements with short questions added to the end to seek confirmation. It provides examples of positive and negative tag questions and outlines five points about their formation, including that the subject of the tag is always a pronoun corresponding to the statement subject and the verb form depends on that in the statement.

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    The document discusses tag questions, which are statements with short questions added to the end to seek confirmation. It provides examples of positive and negative tag questions and outlines five points about their formation, including that the subject of the tag is always a pronoun corresponding to the statement subject and the verb form depends on that in the statement.

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    Tag-Questions or

    Question Tags

    Prepared by : Kani Mohammad & Shapol Abdullah


    Supervised by : Mr. Hersh
     Statement Sentences with short questions at
    the end with a question mark ?
    Tag-Questions
     A ‘tag-question’ or ‘question tag’ is not a true
    question.

     A tag question is used at the end of a Statement Sentence to get the


    confirmation from the listener, or just to express one’s doubt.

     A question sentence, on the contrary, is used to get the answer.


    Tag-Questions

     You are my student. Statement Sentence positive


     You are not my student. Statement negative

     Are you my student? Question (interrogative)

     You are my student, aren’t you? Tag-question


    Tag-Questions

     Whose books are these? – a true question

     These are your books, aren’t they? Tag-question - Positive


     These are not your books, are they? Tag-question - Negative
    Tag-Questions

     Making a tag-question sentence:

     She is your friend, isn’t she ?


    A positive tag-question sentence!
    Tag-Questions

     There are five simple points we should follow when we


    use a Tag-question:
     Point 1
     A comma is used between the main sentence and the ‘tag’
    part, e.g.
     This is your book, isn’t it?
    Tag-Questions
     Point 2:

     Even if the subject of the main sentence is a noun – proper


    noun or common noun – the
    subject of the ‘tag’ part is always a corresponding
    PERSONAL PRONOUN. e.g.

    Mary isn’t your sister, is she?


    Tag-Questions

     Point 2 : (Continued)

     John has gone home, hasn’t he?


    ‘John’ – proper noun – male – singular
    ( he ) – pronoun – male – singular – subjective case
    Tag-Questions
     Point 3

     The verb in the ‘tag’ part depends on the verb in the


    main sentence:
     If the verb in the main sentence is in Present Tense, the
    verb in the ‘tag’ part will be in Present Tense; and the
    verb in the main sentence is in Past Tense, the verb in
    the ‘tag’ part will be in Past, and so on.
     If the verb in the main sentence is in Positive form, the
    verb in the ‘tag’ part will be in Negative form.
    Tag-Questions

     Point 3 (continued)

     Kate goes to school, doesn’t she?

    ‘goes’ – Simple present – POSITIVE

    ‘does not go’ – Simple present – NEGATIVE


    Tag-questions

     Point 3 (continued)

     James did not go to school, did he?

    ‘did not go’ – Simple past – NEGATIVE


    Tag-questions

    Point 4 :
    The negative form of the verb in the ‘tag’ part is always
    contracted:
    does not = doesn’t, has not = hasn’t, will not = won’t
    Tag-questions
    Point 5: ( Modal )
    AUXILIARY VERB + PRONOUN:
    I shouldn’t laugh, should I?
    We use the auxiliary verb that is used in the previous
    sentence. If there is no auxiliary verb, we use “do/does”
    (present tense) and “did” (past tense):
    You live near here, don’t you?
    You turned left, didn’t you?
    The pronoun refers to the subject of the previous sentence.
    Tag-questions
    Point 6: (Exception)
    Some verbs form question tags differently:
    I am  aren’t I?
    I’m helpful, aren’t I?
    There is  isn’t there?
    There is a chemist’s near here, isn’t there?
    There are  aren’t there?
    There are many shops in the area, aren’t there?
    This is / That is  isn’t it?
    That’s your wife over there, isn’t it?
    Exercise: (Make a correct tag questions of each sentence)

    1. This campus is so great,....................?


    2. He can speak Sundanese well, .....................?
    3. Students did their mid test a few months ago,..........?
    4. The price of petrol (BBM) has been decided, .........?
    5. Indonesia is not a part of East Asian, ..............?
    6. There are some factors to increase productivity,...........?
    7. You should obey the regulation of your campus,........?

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