LoginTags For Intermediate learners
In this lesson we learn about tag questions and sentences, exploring nuanced usage, inversion rules, and their role in formal and informal contexts. Clear explanations and practice exercises to help you learn.
Tag Questions
A tag question is a short question that is added to the end of a statement to confirm information or to seek agreement or disagreement. For example:
They are here, aren't they?
He can drive, can't he?
Structure
To form a tag question, you can use the following structure:
Statement + Auxiliary + Personal Pronoun + question mark (?)
Tip!
When the statement is positive the tag is negative, and when the statement is negative the tag is positive.
They will accept, won't they?
My mother isn't here, is she?
How to Choose the Right Auxiliary?
If there is an auxiliary verb in the statement, you should use it in the tag question too. But if the sentence only contains a main verb, you should use the auxiliary do (did/does) in the tag question. Here are the examples:
You want a cup of tea, don't you?
She isn't your mom, is she?
Review
Tag questions are used to make sure about the information that we already know. Here is the general rule:
Negative sentence, positive tag?
Positive sentence, negative tag?
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