It's fun, isn't it? Agreeing and disagreeing tones Football's so boring isnt it? Yeah, | know. | hate it | mean, it's just 22 people cunning after a ball Yeah, how can that be interesting? No, golf's much more fun, isn’t it? eres QR Note: The expression isnt it?s called a question tag. When we use question tags to tell someone our ‘opinion, the voice goes down at the end. ht | suppose ‘sound very sure. guess 'm not really a sporting person, you know. AA Niote: The expression don’t you? fs a question tag. When we use question tags to check information, the voice goes up at the end. ((mportant 7 (ror ister AA: t's too hot, isn't it? (opinion) A: We sometimes have snow in Morocco. B: Yeah, let's open the window! B: But it’s too hot, isn’t it? (check question} A: No, not in the mountains 126 English Pronunciation in UseSection © Conversation Exercises Listen. Are these the speakers’ real opinions, or can you ‘hear’ a but? Write a () or (, but...) after each line. Examete I like tennis Pet. fF RR tae 6 He does... 2 We're quite good —___. 7 She likes you 3 Yes, itis __. 8 They're friendly 4 Tdom’t know 9 Not bad —__ Ses oe Follow up: Record yourself saying these senterices. Use your recording to do this exercise again in about Listen to the four short conversations about the things in the pictures. Are the speakers agrecing or disagreeing? Write agreeing or disogreeing under each picture. EXAMPLE, 1 2 a gt ING a Se sat oes - Complete each sentence with an ending from the box. Then decide if they are opinions or check questions and draw lines in the boxes. Then listen and check. isit? jsn'tic? is she? isn'the? are you? aren't they? was it? wasn'the? don'tyou? doesn’t it? have you? Exampte You aren't hungry, youl. BG 1 How's your headache? I isn’t gerting worse, 2 Those flowers are lovely, —____ 3 You haven't seen my glasses anywhere, 4 Torsen’s a great players $ Pm not sure. He was from Brazil, 6 I can't quite remember. You need 40 points to win, — 7 Tennis is so boring, 8 She isn’t a very good swimmer, 9 Pm not sure. It starts at nine, 10 It wasn’t a very interesting game, English Pronunciation in Use 127