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Question Tags
Korte vraagjes

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Question tags (korte vraagjes)
At the end of this lesson you will know how to recognize and use question tags properly in a sentence.

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What is a question tag?
Question tags are the short questions that we put on the end of sentences particularly in spoken English.

example:
She's Italian, isn't she?

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How do you form a question tag? 

 if the main clause is positive, the question tag is negative
[Na een bevestigende zin (+) is de tag ontkennend (-) ]

if the main clause is negative, the question tag is positive
[Na een ontkennende zin (-) is de tag bevestigend (+)]

  Negative question tags are usually contracted: It's warm today, isn't it (not 'is it not')

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How do you form a question tag? 

Tag questions are made using an modal (hulpwerkwoord) verb from the main statement  or do 
+
 a subject pronoun  (persoonlijk voornaamwoord)
 for example: I, you, she 




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Examples

They are working hard.

the auxiliary is :  

The subject pronoun is : 

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Examples

They are working hard.

They are working hard, aren't they?

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Examples

The students need to study this for the test.

The auxiliary is : do
the subject pronoun is: the students -> they

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Examples

The students need to study this for the test.

The students need to study this for the test, don't they?

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Question tags
She plays the piano quite well, doesn't she?  
Karen is quite a good singer, isn't she? 
They aren't at home, are they?  
A  stray cat drank all the milk, didn't it? 
Brad and Brenda are married, aren't they? 
Carl didn't come home last night, did he?

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Examples
There is one weird exception: 
the question tag after I am is aren't I.

For example: I'm in charge of the food, aren't I?

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Let's practise
choose the right answer

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He is a good singer, …………?
A
is he
B
isn't he
C
he is
D
he isn't

Slide 13 - Quiz

You're a big fan,.....?
A
are you
B
aren't you
C
you are
D
you aren't

Slide 14 - Quiz

You walk an hour every day, ……?
A
do you
B
don't you
C
walk you
D
walken't you

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Exercise 2
write the correct tag question

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Open your book! 
CB page 94

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You aren't family, …….?

Slide 18 - Open question

Miss Noé explains the grammar, …….?

Slide 19 - Open question

Gerard isn't a big football fan, ………?

Slide 20 - Open question

The cat isn't drinking the milk, ……..?

Slide 21 - Open question

Homework
Do: WB page 28 exercise 33
Are you finished go to readtheory.org in silence.

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Slide 23 - Link