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Provide the missing question tags. One has been done for you.
1. Peter works in the shop, doesn’t he?

2. She is collecting stickers, _______________ ?

3. I’m clever, _______________ ?
4. Akshat played handball yesterday, _______________ ?

5. Rahul and Tiya don’t like maths, _______________ ?

Let’s Learn 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.

Let’s Learn Types of Question Tags

There are two types of question tags.

Positive question tag Negative question tag
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When the main clause is negative, the question tag is positive. For example:
You have not met Julie, have you? She isn’t coming, is she?
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In the above sentences, have you and is she are positive question tags.

When the main clause is positive, the question tag is negative. For example:

He has crossed the river, hasn’t he? You teach in that college, don’t you?
O O
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 part of the sentence. If it is an auxiliary verb
(have, be), then the question tag is made using the auxiliary verb. For example:
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