QUESTION TAGS

USOS

1. Formular una pregunta, cuya respuesta desconocemos. En ese caso la entonación de la

pregunta es ascendente, y esperamos respuesta.

e.g.: Karim: Sandra is French, isn’t she? (Sandra es francesa, ¿no?)

Anna: No, she was born in Geneva. (No, nació en Ginebra)

2. Que confirmen nuestra opinión sobre algo o alguien. En ese caso la entonación de la
pregunta es descendente, y puede que nos respondan o no.

e.g.: That was a boring programme, wasn’t it? (Ese programa era aburrido,
¿verdad?)

FORMAS

FRASE AFIRMATIVA QUESTION TAG NEGATIVA

I am Am not I?
You are Aren’ t you?
He/she/it is Isn’t he/she/it?
I was Wasn’t I/he/she/it?
You were Weren’t you/we/they?
I have haven’t I/you/we/they?
He has hasn’t he/she/it?
I like don’t I/you/we/they?
He likes doesn’t he/she/it?
You liked did you/I/he/she/they/we?
I can can’t I/you/he/she/we?
We had hadn’t I/we/you?
You will Won’t you?

e.g.: They were friends, weren’t they?

You are having dinner with us, aren’t you?
She lives in France, doesn’t she?
You passed your exams, didn’t you?

FRASE NEGATIVA QUESTION TAG AFIRMATIVA

I’m not Am I?
She isn’t Is she?
They aren’t Are they?
He wasn’t Was he?
You weren’t Were you?
You haven’t Have you?
She hasn’t Has she?
I hadn’t Had I?
She doesn’t like Does she?
We didn’t go Did we?
You won’t play Will you?
EXERCISES
1. Complete these sentences with a Tag Question.
1. It’s a nice day, .............?
2. these flowers are nice,.......................?
3. Anne was at the party,.........................
4. You’ve been to Chile,.......................
5. You speak Thai,..............................
6. Bill looks tired,..............................
7. You’ll help me,.......................................
8. You haven’t eaten yet,.........................
9. You aren’t tired,,......................
10. Mary is a very nice person,.........................
11. You can play the piano,..........................
12. You don’t know Mike’s sister,.........................
13. John went to college,..............................
14. The movie wasn’t very good,..............................
15. Anne lives near you,,...........................
16. You won’t tell her what I said,................................
17. Peter has gone to the cinema,.........................
18. My mother is making a cake,.............................
19. Arthur doesn’t like chocolate,.......................................
20. They didn’t close the windows,.................................
21. Karen will be here soon,...........................
22. We aren’t interested in politics,..................................
23. My brother found 100 Euros,.................................
24. Helen works as a journalist,..............................
25. I don’t know your address,....................................