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Question tags are mini questions that follow a positive or a negative statement

to as if the other person agrees with us. They are essentially not questions, but
rather a way to get feedback from the person we are speaking to. Question tags
are used in spoken English and not written English and more in informal than
formal situations.
Rules:
If a statement is positive, the tag will be negative. If the statement is negative,
the tag will be positive.
Use the first auxiliary/helping verb in the statement in the tag and invert the
auxiliary/helping verb and add the subject.
If there is no auxiliary, use do/does in present tense and did in the past tense.
Look at these examples which illustrate these points:
You are studying English, aren't you?
It is a beautiful day, isn’t it?
They are going to the church today, aren’t they?
Sania is a clever girl, isn’t she?
1 Neeru was sad after losing the match,

Reveal Answer

wasn’t she?

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2 The meeting was last week,

Reveal Answer

wasn’t it?

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3 She lives in India,

Reveal Answer

doesn’t she?

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4 Sania is a clever girl,

Reveal Answer

isn’t she?

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5 He is still at the park,

Reveal Answer

isn’t he?

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6 They were at the party yesterday,

Reveal Answer

weren’t they?

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7 Simran was winning,

Reveal Answer

wasn’t she?

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8 There are a few people at the cinema today,

Reveal Answer

aren’t there?

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9 You can’t go to the airport,

Reveal Answer

can you?

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10 We shouldn’t laugh,

Reveal Answer

should we?

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11 They are going to the church today,

Reveal Answer

aren’t they?

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12 You don’t play football,

Reveal Answer

do you?

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13 They couldn’t get into the car,

Reveal Answer

could they?

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14 You can’t go to the airport,

Reveal Answer

can you?

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15 You are studying English,

Reveal Answer

aren’t you?

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