ag Question
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We can add question tags like isn't it?, can you? or didn't they? to a statement to make it into a question. Question tags are more common in speaking than writing.
๐ We often use question tags when we expect the listener to agree with our statement. In this case, when the statement is positive, we use a negative question tag.
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Question tagแ แ แฅแแต แจแแแ แญแแ
แ แแแแซแฝแ แแญ แฅแแ แแแแแแข แจแแแแซแ แฐแ แ แฅแ แแณแฅ แฅแแฐแฐแตแแ แฅแ แฅแแณแแฐแตแแ แแแแ
แจแแแ แญแ
แ แต แแแแต แแแข
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แฅแซแ แตแแ แญแ
แแแแซแฝแ (statement) แ แแแณแ(positive) แจแแ แจแแแ แแแ แ แแณแ(Negative) question tag แแแข แ แแญแแญ แ แแณแ แฅแแแแจแฐแ:-
#Example1
1. She is a doctor, isn't she?
แฐแแแจแฑ๐
She is a doctor. แฅแท แถแญแฐแญ แแตแข แ แแณแ(Positive) statement แแแข แตแแแ
แจแแแ แแแ Negative(แ แแณแ) question tag แญแแแแข Isn't she?
She is a doctor, isn't she?
แฅแท แถแญแฐแญ แแตแข แ แญแฐแแฝแ?
2. Yesterday was so much fun, wasn't it?
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If the statement is negative, we use a positive question tag.
แจแแญ แซแจแแ แ แฐแแซแ Statement แ แแณแ(Negative) แจแแ แจแแแ แแแ question tag positive แญแแแ ๐
#Example2
1. You don't study English, do you?
๐Negative statement ๐positive question tag
2. He can't read this book, can he?
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If there is an auxiliary verb in the statement, we use it to form the question tag.
แ แ แจแแฐ แแแซแฝแ แแญ Auxiliary verb แซแ Question tag แแแแตแจแต แฅแฑแ แฅแแ แแแแ๐
#Example3
1. I don't need to finish this today, do I?
I Don't ๐ do I
2. James is working on that, isn't he?
James is ๐ isn't he
๐Positive ๐negative
3. Your mum hadn't met him before, had she?
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Sometimes there is no auxiliary verb already in the statement. For example, when:
... the verb in the statement is present simple or past simple and is positive. Here we use don't, doesn't or didn't:
แ แ แจแแฐ แแแซแฝแ แแญ auxiliary verb แจแแแ Statementu present simple or past simple แแ positive statement แจแแ don't, doesn't แฅแ didn't แ แฅแแ แแแแแข
#Example4
1. Jenni eats cheese, doesn't she?
๐ Present simple positive statement แตแแ แจแแแแแ present simple negative question tag แแแข doesn't she?
2. I said that already, didn't I?
๐Past simple positive statement แตแแแ
แจแแแแแแ Past simple negative question tag แแแข didn't I?
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the verb in the statement is a modal verb. Here we use the modal verb to make the question tag:
แ statementu แแตแฅ Modal verb (Could, would ....) แซแ Question tag แแแแตแจแต แฅแฑแ แฅแแ แแแแแข
#Example5
1. They could hear me, couldn't they?
2. You won't tell anyone, will you?
SOME EXCEPTIONS
โ๏ธ Lets ๐ shall we?
e.g. Let's sunbathe today, shall we?
Let's แจแแ แซแแ Shallแ แฅแแ แแแแ
โ๏ธ I'm ๐ aren't I?
e.g. 1. I'm getting red, aren't I?
แ แแ
แแ am I แ แแ แแแแข แแญแแซแฑแ แ แจแแฐ แแแฉ Positive statement แฐแแแ Negative tag question แแ แจแแแ แแแแข แตแแแ
แจ "I am " negative tag แฐแแ Aren't แแแข Amn't แ แญแฃแแ!
2. I'm never on time, am I?
แญแ
Statement Negative แจแแ แตแญแแ แตแแแ แจแแแ แแแ tag question positive แญแแแ แแแต แแแข แตแแแ
แจ "I am" positive tag question แฐแแ "am I" แแแข
โ๏ธ Imperative, will/would/could you?
e.g. Pass me the salt, will you?
โ๏ธ Negative words (no, never, hardly, nobody, little, ...) which
stand for negative verb need a positive tag. แฅแแแ
แแแต แ แแณแ(Negative) แจแแ แตแญแแ แแ แซแแธแแข
e.g. 1. He never comes, does he?
Never ๐ negative meaning แตแแแ positive question tag แฅแแ แแแแแข
2. There is no reason for leaving now, is there?