Luyện ngữ pháp - Destination B2 - (Unit 19: Grammar - Questions / question tags / indirect questions)


Question tags

Form
With be as a main verb You are Canadian, aren't you?
She is beautiful, isn't she?
With auxiliary verbs and modals You haven't lost my CD, have you?
We are having the lesson early tomorrow, aren't we?
People should recycle things, shouldn't they?
There will be lots of people there, won't there?
With have as a main verb Tom has a lovely voice, hasn't/doesn't he?
With other verbs You play the guitar, don't you?
Frank lives in Germany now, doesn't he?
Your friends really enjoyed themselves at the party, didn't they?
With Let's Let's get a DVD tonight, shall we?
With imperatives Pass me that book, will/ would/ could you?
Don't forget tonight, will you?

Use Example
To ask someone to agree with us (falling intonation) It's really hot, isn't it?
To check whether something is true (rising intonation) You're Spanish, aren't you?

Watch out!

• In sentences with I am, we use aren't I?as the question tag. In sentences with I am not, we use am I?
✓ I'm the best student in the class, aren't I?
✓ I'm not very tall, am I?

• With everyone, no one and someone, we use questions tags with a plural verb and they.
✓ Everyone's going to be there, aren't they?
✓ No one wants to come, do they?
✓ Someone's been in here, haven't they?

• Usually, when we have a positive verb in a sentence, we use a negative question tag.When we have a negative verb in a sentence, we use a positive question tag. In sentences with a negative word like no, little, never, nobody, no one, hardly, etc, we use a positive question tag.
✓ You have got no manners, have you?
✓ We never enjoy our holiday, do we?

• In sentences where the subject is there, we repeat there in the question tag.
✓ There's no point calling Tim now, is there?

US vs UK Grammar
n American English, a question tag with do can be used after a sentence with have got.This is not usually done in British English.
US: They've got a lot of money, don't they?
UK: They've got a lot of money, haven't they?

Form - Questions Form - Indirect questions


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