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Tag questions are short questions added to statements to check or confirm information. They use an auxiliary verb and subject pronoun matching the main clause. If the main clause is positive, the tag question is negative, and vice versa. There is one exception - the tag question after "I am" uses "aren't I". Tag questions are useful for checking facts that are assumed to be true. The document provides examples of positive and negative statements paired with their corresponding negative and positive tag questions using various verb tenses.

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Question Tags

Tag questions are short questions added to statements to check or confirm information. They use an auxiliary verb and subject pronoun matching the main clause. If the main clause is positive, the tag question is negative, and vice versa. There is one exception - the tag question after "I am" uses "aren't I". Tag questions are useful for checking facts that are assumed to be true. The document provides examples of positive and negative statements paired with their corresponding negative and positive tag questions using various verb tenses.

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QUESTION TAGS

Tag questions (or question tags) turn a statement into a question. They are often
used for checking information that we think we know is true.
Tag questions are made using an auxiliary verb (for example: be or have) and a
subject pronoun (for example: I, you, she). Negative question tags are usually
contracted: It's warm today, isn't it (not 'is it not')
Usually if the main clause is positive, the question tag is negative, and if the
main clause is negative, it's positive. For example: It's cold (positive), isn't it
(negative)? And: It isn't cold (negative), is it (positive)?
If the main clause has an auxiliary verb in it, you use the same verb in the tag
question. If there is no auxiliary verb (in the present simple and past simple) use
do / does / did (just like when you make a normal question).
There is one wierd exception: the question tag after I am is aren't I.
For example: I'm in charge of the food, aren't I?
Postive sentences, with negative tags

Present simple 'be'

She's Italian, isn't she?

Present simple other


verbs

They live in London, don't they?

Present continuous

We're working tomorrow, aren't we?

Past simple 'be'

It was cold yesterday, wasn't it?

Past simple other verbs

He went to the party last night, didn't


he?

Past continuous

We were waiting at the station, weren't


we?

Present perfect

They've been to Japan, haven't they?

Present perfect
continuous

She's been studying a lot


recently, hasn't she?

Past perfect

He had forgotten his wallet, hadn't he?

Past perfect continuous

We'd been working, hadn't we?

Future simple

She'll come at six, won't she?

Future continuous

They'll be arriving soon, won't they?

Future perfect

They'll have finished before nine, won't


they?

Future perfect
continuous

She'll have been cooking all day, won't


she?

Modals

He can help, can't he?

Modals

John must stay, mustn't he?

Negative sentences, with positive tags

Present simple 'be'

We aren't late, are we?

Present simple other


verbs

She doesn't have any children, does


she?

Present continuous

The bus isn't coming, is it?

Past simple 'be'

She wasn't at home yesterday, was she?

Past simple other verbs

They didn't go out last Sunday, did


they?

Past continuous

You weren't sleeping, were you?

Present perfect

She hasn't eaten all the cake, has she?

Present perfect
continuous

He hasn't been running in this


weather, has he?

Past perfect

We hadn't been to London before, had


we?

Past perfect continuous

You hadn't been sleeping, had you?

Future simple

They won't be late, will they?

Future continuous

He'll be studying tonight, won't he?

Future perfect

She won't have left work before six, will


she?

Future perfect
continuous

He won't have been travelling all


day, will he?

Modals

She can't speak Arabic, can she?

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