question tags

QUESTION TAGS : QUESTION TAGS A question tag is used at the end of a sentence, to ask for information or agreement. It is made up of auxiliary verb + personal pronoun. You don’t like fish , do you? Seetha can sing well, can’t she?

Slide 2 : If the main clause has an auxiliary, question tag has the same auxiliary. You are the new secretary, aren’t you? Ravi has finished the work , hasn’t he? But the question tag for I am is aren’t I? I’m very lucky, aren’t I?

Slide 3 : If the main clause does not have an auxiliary verb, do (do, does ,did) is used in the question tag. He sleeps, doesn’t he ? They sleep, don’t they ? We slept, didn’t we ?

Slide 4 : A positive sentence has a negative tag and a negative sentence has a positive tag. He is an Indian, isn’t he? He is not an Indian , is he? Semi negative words, like -little , few, hardly, scarcely, rarely, seldom are treated as negatives and take a positive tag . Few people knew the answer, did they? We seldom go out now a days, do we?

Slide 5 : Somebody, someone, everybody, &everyone are followed by tags with they. Everyone has completed the work, haven’t they? Question tag for used to is didn’t She used to dance well, didn’t she? Need and dare are treated as full verbs. You need to go quickly, don’t you?

Tags for Imperatives : Tags for Imperatives If imperatives are simple requests , the tag is always will you? Please lend your pen, will you? Don’t go away, will you? Won’t you suggests urgency and used with entreaties or requests. Remember to lock the door, won’t you? Be careful when you cross the road, won’t you?

Slide 7 : THANK YOU