Question Tags
1. When the statement is in positive,
Question tags for opinion
● Television should show more
educational programs,
shouldn’t it?
● There are a lot of crimes,
aren’t there?
● She can hardly see us without
her glasses, can she?
● I am wrong, aren’t I?
● Many people don’t care about
our town, do they?
the tag should be in …negative
2. When the statement is in negative,
the tag should be in …
positive
3. Subject from the preceding
statement is repeated with its …
in the tag.
pronoun
4. Statement containing words
such as never, seldom, rarely,
barely, hardly, few, little, are
considered as …
negative
statements, so the tag should be in
…
positive
Question Tags
The short questions
that we put on the
end of sentences
The Function

Asking
Checking
Confirming
 How to Form

+ Statement , - question tag ?

- Statement , + question tag ?

 How to Form

+ Statement , - tag ?

● He is a doctor, isn’t he?

● You work in a bank, don’t you?
 How to Form

- Statement , + tag ?

● You haven’t met him, have you?

● She isn’t coming, is she?
 With auxiliary verbs

● This isn’t working, is it?

be ● They weren’t here, were they?
have ● They’ve gone away for a few days,
haven’t they?
● He had met him before, hadn’t he?
 Without auxiliary verbs

● You don’t recognise me, do you?

do ● She eats meat, doesn’t she?
● I said that, didn’t I?
 With modal verbs

● They couldn’t hear me,

could could they?
will ● You won’t tell anyone, will
would
you?
 With ‘I am’

I’m the fastest, aren’t I?

aren’t
 IMPERATIVE (Do/Don’t)

● Be quiet! Could you?

could
would
will
 LET

● Let me help you, will you?

will
you
 LET’S

● Let’s check the answer

shall together! Shall we?
we
 THERE

● There’s no hope, is there?

there
 SOME- / EVERY- / NOBODY

● Somebody wants me to win,

don’t they?
they
 SOME- / EVERY- / NOTHING

● Something went wrong,

didn’t it?
it
 How to Form Question Tags

+ Statement , - tag ?

- Statement , + tag ?