Page 134 - Oxford_Grammar_for_Schools_3_Student_Book_Neat (1)

Question tags

I can recognize and use question tags in conversation and to check information.

A positive statement has a negative
CThis is the right house, isn'tit? tag.

+ -

I can leaveithere, can'tI?
You'll like that, won't you?
She understands, doesn'tshe?
He toldyou the story, didn't he?
I'mright, aren'tI?

A question tag is a short question that we can add at the end of Note:I'mright,aren'tI?(amn'tl?)
a statement.We form it with the auxiliary verb + subject. A negative statement has a positive
tag.
The subject of the tag and the statement are the same.
The auxiliary verb inthe tag reflects the verb inthe statement. - +

You're coming with us, aren't you? You weren't angry, were you?
The film hasalready started, hasn't it? She couldn't do it, couldshe?
Gabrielspeaks Russian,doesn't he? Itisn't very nice, is it?

They stayeda longtime, didn't they? You've never met Lee, have you?

*1 ©24.1 What are the people in the picture *2 O 24.2 Choose the correct tag.Then listen,
saying? Match 1-6 with a-f.Then listen and check. check your answers and repeat the sentences.
ÿ She wasn't here,

0 was she? ÿ wasn't she?
1 It isn't easy,
i ÿ is it? ÿ isn't it?

2 Alice can't swim,

ÿ can she? ÿ can't she?
3 You like this music,
FINISH
ÿ do you? ÿ don't you?
4 He saw us,
ÿ did he? ÿ didn't he?

5 You've lost your ticket,

ÿ have you? ÿ haven't you?
6 You aren't going to do it,
1 He looks happy,doesn't he? O are you? O aren't you?
2 That was a big meal,wasn't it? 7 I'm fast,

3 It'scold today, isn't it?
ÿ ami? ÿ aren't I?
4 She's going to win, isn't she?
8 This has never happenedbefore,
5 He can't get it,can he?
6 We haven't met before, have we? ÿ has it? ÿ hasn't it?

132 Question tags