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E Read the comparisons of the two cities, and Check if the tags are correct. If they are not,
decide if they are true. If they are not, correct correct them.
them.
1. You live in the countryside, do you?
1. In Brumba, there are more people per square 2. Immigration causes overpopulation in big cities,
kilometre. isn't it?
2. In Brumba, fewer people live in slums. 3. The city will have to fi nd a solution to reduce
traffi c jams, won’t it?
3. People in Crystal earn less per day.
4. The lives of people in overcrowded cities are
4. More people in Crystal have enough food.
getting more diffi cult, aren't they?
5. In Brumba, fewer children over ten go to school. 5. Lower death rate is one reason for population
growth, is it?
Fill the sentences with more, less or fewer.
6. These narrow streets can’t support more traffi c,
can’t they?
It's not mine, is it?
It

1. February has ______ days than January.
Complete the interview with the tags in the
2. Overpopulation is causing ______ problems box.
than we can imagine.
3. Big cities suff er ______ pollution than the
countryside. is it can’t we
4. A teacher needs ______ calories than a farmer.
don’t they isn’t it
5. A healthy child requires _____ care than a sick one.
Tag questions Interviewer: Overcrowded places have a lot of
problems, (1)______?
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udy the examammmplplplplplplplplplplppppp
Guest speaker: Sure. Traffi c jams, pollution, noise …
You are Phuong,
aren‛t you? Yes, I am. Interviewer: Traffi c jam is the most serious
problem, (2)______?
And you play for Guest speaker: Not really. We can see homeless
our school football
team, don‛t you? people in many places in big cities,
No, I don‛t. (3)______? The city cannot build
enough houses for all of its people.
Interviewer: So they live wherever they can, under
a bridge, in a deserted house ...
Remember! emember!
R Guest speaker: Yes, and some of them become
A tag question is a short question. It It criminals.
follows a statement. It’s added at the Interviewer: This shortage of accommodation
end, after a comma. is not easy to solve, (4)______?
Guest speaker: No, it isn’t.
Overpopulation is a serious isn’t it?
problem,
You haven’t bought the ticket, have you?

Most children want to have the don’t they?
freedom to do what they want,

Note: A positive sentence has a negative tag.
A negative sentence has a positive tag.

62 Unit 12/An Overcrowded World