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QUESTION TAGS
Question tags are short answers added to an affirmative or negative statement. They are used to ask for confirmation or agreement.
Intonation
When the speaker is quite sure that what he/she is saying is true, and is asking for confirmation, the question tag is said with a rising intonation.
 He comes from Portugal, doesn’t he?
When the speaker doesn’t need information and just wants others to agree with what he/she is saying, the question tag is said with a falling intonation.
 You didn’t see him, did you?
· Question tags are formed with an auxiliary verb and the appropriate personal pronoun. They take the same auxiliary as in the statement, if there is one. or they take do/does (Present Simple) or did (Past Simple).
You couldn’t understand her, could you?
He lives in Oxford, doesn’t he?
She went to the ballet, didn’t she?
· After affirmative statements we use a negative interrogative tag.
They are clever, aren’t they?
She bought a new car, didn’t she?
· After negative statements we use an ordinary interrogative tag.
You haven’t been to New York, have you?
He isn’t coming with us, is he?
Note:
· Let’s has the tag shall we
Let’s watch a film, shall we?
· Let me/him etc has the tag will you/won’t you
Let him help you, will you?
· I have (=possess) has the tag haven’t I
She has a pet, hasn’t she?
· I have (used idiomatically) has the tag don’t I
He had dinner, didn’t he?
· This/That is has the tag isn’t it
That’s your cat, isn’t it?
· I am has the tag aren’t I
I’m smart, aren’t I?
· Imperatives has the tag will you
Don’t disturb him, will you?
· With words like everybody, somebody, nobody we use theyin the tag
Nobody passed the test, did they?
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