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Question tags are short questions added to the end of statements to seek confirmation or approval from the listener about something the speaker said. They are used when the speaker wants to check if the information they conveyed is true or not. There are guidelines for constructing question tags depending on whether the original statement is affirmative, negative, a command, or invitation. Practicing example sentences demonstrate how to correctly use question tags.
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- 2. Question Tag is often mentioned as affirming question. short questions (a linking verb "be" / auxiliary + / - not + pronoun) were added at the end of a sentence to ask for information or for approving. Question Tags generally serves to request confirmation from listeners about something that has not been so convincing speaker or can be said to seek approval from the audience spoken statement. If you think your information is correct use falling intonation in your question If you are not sure of your information use rising intonation in your question
- 3. A. Affirmative (+) Ali is here A. Affirmative (+) isn’t he? B. Negative (-) Ali isn’t here B. Negative (-) is he? C. Command Stop that noise C. Command will you? D. Invitation (Let’s…) Let’s go D. Invitation (Let’s…) shall we?
- 4. 1. You like tea, …………………..…? 1. Don’t you? 2. Be careful, ………………..…..…? 2. Will you? 3. He writes a letter, ……….…..….? 3. Doesn’t he? 4. He wrote a letter, ………….….…? 4. Didn’t he? 5. Let me have a look, …………….? 5. Shall I? 6. I am lost, ……………………...….? 6. Aren’t I? 7. I am not cool, ……………………? 7. Am I? 8. There is nothing to do now, ….? 8. Is there? 9. Nobody is absent, ……………...? 9. Are they? 10. He’d worked over time, ………..? 10. Wouldn’t/hadn’t he? 11. You won’t leave, …………………? 11. Will you??
- 5. Question tag is to check that the information we convey true or not. There are some basic provisions concerning the use of question tag like in the examples and practicing sentences (EXCEPTION)