Sentences - Tag questions

 

Tag questions, also called question tags, are short questions at the end of a sentence for asking someone if he/she thinks the samen.

Example: English is great, isn't it?

Example: Dave's not right, is he?

In the tag, you repeat the helping verb (see explanation about making questions); if there's no helping verb, you use do/does/did. You also use a personal pronoun (I, you/he/she/it etc)in the tag, even when the sentence uses a name. Final rule: if the sentence is affirmative, the tag is negative and vice versa.

Example: This food isn't teriible, is it? / This food is terrible, isn't it?

 

 

The assignment:

Step 1: Go to the Magister ELO and watch the video about "Tag questions" (video 11) on the ELO whilst taking notes in your notebook.

 

Step 2: Click on the links below and do the exercises you find there. Please write your scores below the notes on this subject in your notebook.

Tag questions 1

Tag questions 2

 

Step 3: Did you do well? Then continue with the "reported speech" page.

Didn't do so well? Do some extra practise on :

www.digischool.nl

www.englisch-hilfen.de

www.perfect-english-grammar.com