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Warm-up

Provide the missing question tags.
1. Peter works in the shop, __________________?

2. She is collecting stickers, __________________?
3. I’m clever, __________________?

4. Akshat played handball yesterday, __________________?
5. Rahul and Tiya don’t like maths, __________________?

Question Tags

Questions tags are short questions added at the end of sentences. Most often they are used to
ensure that the person you’re talking to has understood what you mean. It is also used for checking
the information that we think we know to be true. For example:

You like swimming, don’t you?
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In the above sentence, don’t you is a question tag.

Types of Question Tags

There are two types of question tags.
l Positive question tag l Negative question tag

When the main clause is negative, the question tag is positive.
l You have not met Julie, have you? l She isn’t coming, is she?

In the above sentences, have you and is she are positive question tags.

When the main clause is positive, the question tag is negative.
l He has crossed the river, hasn’t he? l You teach in that college, don’t you?

In the above sentences, hasn’t he and don’t you are negative question tags.

Question Tags with Auxiliary Verbs
A question tag uses the same verb as the main verb of the sentence. If it is an auxiliary verb (have,
be), then the question tag is made using the auxiliary verb.

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