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QUESTION TAGS

WE USE QUESTION TAGS TO:


FIND OUT IF SOMETHING IS TRUE
LOOK FOR APPROVAL

ES NUESTRO: VERDAD? NO?

POSITIVE STATEMENT NEGATIVE QUESTION TAG NEGATIVE STATEMENT POSITIVE QUESTION TAG
YOU ARE HAPPY, AREN'T YOU? YOU AREN'T HAPPY, ARE YOU?
I AM SMART, AREN'T I? **EXCEPTION I AM NOT SMART, AM I?
SHE IS BEAUTIFUL, ISN'T SHE? SHE ISN'T BEAUTIFUL, IS SHE?
BE HE WAS ANGRY, WASN'T HE? BE HE WASN'T ANGRY, WAS HE?
THEY WERE LATE, WEREN'T THEY? THEY WEREN'T LATE, WERE THEY?
SHE IS SLEEPING, ISN'T SHE? SHE ISN'T SLEEPING, IS SHE?
HE WAS WORKING, WASN'T HE? HE WASN'T WORKING, WAS HE?

POSITIVE STATEMENT NEGATIVE QUESTION TAG NEGATIVE STATEMENT POSITIVE QUESTION TAG
YOU HAVE BEEN DRINKING, HAVEN'T YOU? SHE HASN'T ARRIVED YET, HAS SHE?
HAVE HAVE
AUXILIARY THEY HAD BEEN WORKING, HADN'T THEY? AUXILIARY THEY HADN'T BEEN WAITING US, HAD THEY?
SHE HAS HAD A COLD, HASN'T SHE? YOU HAVEN'T DRUNK, HAVE YOU?

POSITIVE STATEMENT NEGATIVE QUESTION TAG NEGATIVE STATEMENT POSITIVE QUESTION TAG
YOU CAN DRIVE, CAN'T YOU? YOU CAN'T COOK CAN YOU?
SHE WILL COME, WON'T SHE? THEY WON'T COME WILL THEY?
MODALS THEY MUST STUDY, MUSTN'T THEY? MODALS SHE MUST STUDY MUSTN'T SHE?
HE SHOULD PHONE, SHOUDN'T HE? WE SHOULDN'T BE LATE SHOUD WE?
YOU COULD SWIM. COULDN'T YOU? YOU COULDN'T SPEAK FRENCH, COULD YOU?

POSITIVE STATEMENT NEGATIVE QUESTION TAG NEGATIVE STATEMENT POSITIVE QUESTION TAG
YOU LIVE IN ORCA DON'T YOU? THEY DON'T WORK HERE, DO THEY?
OTHER YOU HATE PEAS DON'T YOU? OTHER SHE DOESN'T HAVE A CAT, DOES SHE?
VERBS YOU HAVE A DOG DON'T YU VERBS YOU DIDN'T SEE THE MOVIE, DID YOU?
(USE DO) SHE WORKED YESTERDAY DIDN'T SHE? (USE DO) HE DOESN'T LIVE IN MADRID, DOES HE?
YOU SAW THE FILM, DIDN'T YOU? THEY DIDN'T STEAL THE MONEY, DID THEY?

LET'S… SHAL WE QUESTION TAG NEGATIVE STATEMENT POSITIVE QUESTION TAG

LET'S = SHALL
LET'S GO OUT, SHALL WE? YOU HAVE NO MONEY, DO YOU?
WE? LET'S WATCH A MOVIE, SHALL WE? NEGATIVE THEY NEVER CAME HERE, DID THEY?
PARTICLES NOBODY KNOWS IT, DO THEY?
NEGATIVE OR POSITIVE IMPERATIVE WILL YOU QUESTION TAG THERE'S NO POINT IN WAITING, IS THERE?
IMPERATIVES
BRING ME A GLASS, WILL YOU?
DON'T LOSE THE MONEY, WILL YOU?

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