Tag Question Mini Lesson
- 1. Grammar Mini Lesson: Tag Questions Katie Kresge Wilkes University
- 2. Lesson Objectives What are tag questions? How do I form them and use them correctly? How do I respond to them?
- 3. What are tag questions? Question at the end of a statement used by the speaker to: Comment on something Ask for more information Check information they know/believe to be true Example: English is fun to learn, isn’t it? In this example, isn’t it? is our tag question. English is fun to learn, isn’t it? Statement Tag question
- 4. How do we form tag questions? Affirmative Statements: Statement +Negative BE/Auxiliary Verb + Subject Pronoun OR there +? Examples: That class is easy, isn’t it ? There’s a lot of work to do, isn’t there ?
- 5. Common Affirmative Tag Questions isn’t there? doesn’t it? isn’t he? didn’t they? wasn’t she? hasn’t she? weren’t there? shouldn’t we? hadn’t they? can’t they? right?* aren’t I?* Did you catch the pattern? Affirmative statements create negative tag questions!
- 6. Affirmative Activity You love to travel, __________? Tag questions are exciting, _________? They moved to London, __________? It looks like it’s going to rain, __________? We should study more, ____________? don’t you aren’t they didn’t they doesn’t it shouldn’t we
- 7. How do we form tag questions? Negative Statements: Statement +Affirmative BE/Auxiliary Verb + Subject Pronoun OR there +? Example: This isn’t easy, is it ?
- 8. Common Negative Tag Questions is there? does it? is he? did they? was she? has she? were there? should we? had they? can they? right?* am I?* Negative statements produce affirmative tag questions!
- 9. Negative Activity He isn’t from here, ___________? She wasn’t happy, ___________? There weren’t too many people, ___________? This doesn’t seem good, _____________? She can’t go to the party, ______________? is he was she were there does it can she
- 10. Exceptions You have watched this before, haven’t you? He has a new car, doesn’t he? You have watched – present perfect – have is past participle He has a new car – simple present – need to use the verb do
- 11. Responses Yes, no, I don’t know Commenting on a situation: It wasn’t nice out yesterday, was it? Looking for more information/Checking information That is Eric, isn’t it?
- 12. Review Tag questions are used to comment on information, find out more information, or check information. Negative statements produce affirmative tags. Positive statements produce negative tags. Intonation is important!
- 14. Resources http://www.eslcafe.com/grammar/tag_questio ns01.html http://www.eslcafe.com/grammar/tag_questio ns02.html http://www.eslcafe.com/grammar/tag_questio ns03.html http://www.eslgamesplus.com/tag-questions- game/