Week10 day1-tag questions
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The document discusses tag questions and how to form them. Tag questions are questions placed at the end of statements to request confirmation. A positive statement is followed by a negative tag, and vice versa. There are some special cases like questions beginning with "I" using "aren't I?" instead of "am I not?". The document provides examples of common tag questions and then prompts the reader to practice forming tag questions by completing sentences.
Week10 day1-tag questions
- 1. Tag questions/ Question tags
- 2. Why do we use tag questions? We use tag questions at the end of statements to ask for confirmation. •"Am I right?" • "Do you agree?"
- 3. Forming the tag question: Positive statement, negative tag (+) (-) You live in the USA, don’t you? Negative statement, positive tag (-) (+) Toronto isn’t the capital of Canada, is it?
- 4. Special cases in forming the question tag: • I am right, aren’t I? (x am not I?) •You have to go, don’t you? (you do have to go) •I have been answering, haven’t I? •Nothing came in the post, did it? (nothing, nobody, etc=negative) •Let’s go, shall we? •He’d better do it, hadn’t he?
- 5. Let’s apply what you have learned… •Drill- write an incomplete Tag question and somebody to give the question tag. Example: Mia went home, answer?
- 6. Seatwork: Write the question tag to complete the following. 1.He is still sleeping, _____________? 2.You go to school, ____________? 3.Let’s go for a walk, ____________? 4.We won’t be late, _____________? 5.Nobody called, ___________? 6.They will wash the car,_____________? 7.We must lock the doors, _____________? 8.I’m correct, ____________? 9.So you bought a car, _____________? 10.You wouldn’t want to invite my Dad, _____________?
- 7. Seatwork: Write the question tag to complete the following. 1.He is still sleeping, _____________? 2.You go to school, ____________? 3.Let’s go for a walk, ____________? 4.We won’t be late, _____________? 5.Nobody called, ___________? 6.They will wash the car,_____________? 7.We must lock the doors, _____________? 8.I’m correct, ____________? 9.So you bought a car, _____________? 10.You wouldn’t want to invite my Dad, _____________?