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Question Tags by: Rina Indriyani, S.Pd.

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Question Tags

by: Rina Indriyani, S.Pd.

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Question Tag and Its definition.

Question Tags’ Formula

Rules and Examples

Some Exceptional in Question Tags

Evaluation 1

Evaluation 2

Key Answer 1

Key Answer 2

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What is question tag?

It is a question added at the end of a sentence.

What is the function of question tag?

Speaker uses question tag chiefly to make sure their information is correct or to seek agreement.

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Question Tags’ Formula

Statement + Tag - ?Ali is here isn’t he?

Statement - Tag + ?

Ali isn’t here is he?

Command Will you?Stop that noise Will you?

Let’s……… Shall we?Let’s go Shall we?

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Rules and Examples

You like tea

Statement +

You are a student

They have left

They were busy

You will leave

Tag - ?

aren’t you?

don’t you?

haven’t they?

weren’t they?

won’t you?

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Statement - Tag + ?

You are not a student

are you?

You don’t like tea do you?

They haven’t left have they?

They were not busy were they?

You won’t leave will you?

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Imperative and Prohibition Sentences.

Come tomorrow, will you? For imperative and Prohibition sentence, its tag uses “will you”.Be careful, will you?

Request Sentence

Let’s read a loud, shall we?Let’s study, shall we?

Let’s …………. shall we?

Let me have a look, shall I? will you? won’t you?

Let me ………. shall I. will you. won’t you.

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To be

Auxiliaries

am, is, are, was, were

Can – could, shall – should, will – would, may – might, do / does – did, have / has – had.

They are sick, aren’t they?I am not stupid, am I?I am clever, aren’t I?I am……… aren’t I.

He did not go, did he?

He won’t go, will he?

He will go, won’t he?

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Verb

You write a letter every week

He writes a letter every week

He wrote a letter last night

He has his breakfast at nine o’clock

We have to hurry

Ali had a swim yesterday

Verbal sentences use don’t, doesn’t, didn’t .

don’t you?

doesn’t he?

didn’t he?

doesn’t he?

don’t we?

didn’t he?

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Pronouns

Ida is at home

There is a party tonight

Those are your pens

These books are new

Personal Pronouns.

isn’t she?

isn’t there?

aren’t they?

aren’t they?

There

Those and These are plural changed by They

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Some Exceptional in Question Tags

Declarative sentences that use : never, seldom, none, hardly, nobody, neither, nothing, their tag must be in positive.

You never used to wear a hat

Nobody is ready

Ali seldom goes to school

There is nothing to do now

did you?

are they?

does he?

is there?

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Some Exceptional in Question Tags

The statement is singular, but the tag must be in plural or “they” if the statements contents with words : everybody, everyone, none, someone, nobody, neither.

Everybody is ready

Neither of them cried

Nobody is absent

aren’t they?

did they?

are they?

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Please answer the questions below!

1. Their teacher plans to give them an exam next week, ……….?

2. There have been a lot of students in the classroom, …………?

3. The climbers got lost in the mountain, ……………………?

4. Come to the meeting on time, ……………………?

5. Let’s go shopping down town, …………………….?

6. Ann was very busy yesterday, …………………………?

7. You don’t need to wait for her too long, ………………………….?

8. I’m the one who has lost the wallet, ………………………..?

9. Iwan has completed the test before the time is over, ……….?

10.Everybody came to the seminar in time, ………………….?

Test 1

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Please answer the questions below!

1. Don’t cheat during the exam, ……….?

2. Sinta and Ana used to go camping last month, …………?

3. The price will keep increasing, ……………..?

4. One of the banks has been liquidated, ……………..?

5. They have never come late for the class, ………….?

6. Tomorrow is a national holiday, ……………..?

7. Nobody likes that kind of music, …………….?

8. We can find people who are jobless, ………….?

9. I am doing this because you need me to do so, ……….?

10.Don’t ever go out for a drive, …………….?

Test 2

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The answer of the questions below is

1. Their teacher plans to give them an exam next week,

doesn’t he / she?

2. There have been a lot of students in the classroom, haven’t

there?

3. The climbers got lost in the mountain, didn’t they?

4. Come to the meeting on time, will you?

5. Let’s go shopping down town, shall we?

6. Ann was very busy yesterday, wasn’t she?

7. You don’t need to wait for her too long, do you?

Key 1

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8. I’m the one who has lost the wallet, ………………………..?

9. Iwan has completed the test before the time is over,

……….?

10. Everybody came to the seminar in time, ………………….?

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