TAG QUETIONS

TAG-QUESTIONS:
Qui tắc:
- Phần đầu và phần đuôi luôn ở hình thức trái ngược nhau, phần đầu ở hình
thức phủ đònh thì phần đuôi ở hình thức khẳng đònh và ngược lại.

+ -
Positive statement,
nagative
tag?
Ex: Snow is white, isn't it?
Peter helped you, didn't he?
Mary will come, won't she?
The weather should be
bad, shouldn't it?
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Negative statement
positive
tag?
Ex : There wasn’t enough
time, was there?
But he can't swim, can he?
We'd never have known, would we?
This won't work, will it?
- Phần đuôi ở hình thức phủ đònh luôn được viết tắt.
- Chủ ngữ phần đuôi luôn ở hình thức đại từ nhân xưng: he, she,it, you,we ,I
,they….
Eg: Hien likes playing badminton, doesn’t she?
Hien didn’t hate cats, did she?
-Khi động từ ở phần đầu là động từ to be hoặc đọâng từ khiếm khuyết như : am,
is, are, was, were, can, could, will, would, shall, should, may, might, must, … hay
thì hiện tại / quá khứ hoàn thành ( have / has / had + pp ) thì phần đuôi ta giữ

lại những động từ này rồi chuyển thể.
-Khi động từ ở phần đầu là động từ thường thì phần đuôi ta mượn trợ động từ do
/ does hoặc did
Ex: You can swim, can’t you?
She told a lie, didn’t she? ( tell – told – told )
He hasn’t got any money, has he?
Một số trường hợp đặc biệt :
1 . Câu mệnh lệnh :thì phần đuôi là “will you”
Ex: Close the window for me, will you?
Don’t make noise, will you?
2 . Câu mời, rủ: Let’s + V phần đuôi là SHALL WE
Ex: Let’s go to the theatre tonight, shall we?
3 . Chủ ngữ chỉ vật: everything, something, anything, nothing phần đuôi ta thay
bằng it Ex: Something happened with this TV, didn’t it?
4 . Chủ ngữ chỉ người: everyone/ everybody, somebody/ someone, anybody/
anyone, nobody/ no one phần đuôi được thay bằng they
Ex: Someone will visit us this morning, won’t they?
5 . Khi phần đầu có những từ mang nghóa phủ đònh như: seldom, hardly, never,
nobody/ no one / nothing thì phần đuôi phải ở hình thức khẳng đònh.
Ex: Nobody likes the meeting, do they?
6 . Khi phần đầu bắt đầu là : This / That/ These / Those thì đại từ ở phần đuôi ta
dựa theo danh từ phía sau mà nó đề cập đến: Ex: This is your bag, isn’t it ?
These are your books, aren’t they?
That isn’t your sister, is she?
7 . Khi phần đầu bắt đầu là I am phần đuôi là aren’t I
Ex: Iam black , aren’t I ?
8 . Khi phần đầu bắt đầu làthere is / there are thì phần đuôi dung ngay cau truc
do de cau tao phan lay
Ex : There aren’t any students in the class , are there?
DRILL: Complete these sentences , using Tag-Question:

1.Thanh will go to the cinema. àThanh will go to the cinema, won’t he?
2.You’ ve already done your homework,……………………….?
3.They don’t walk regularly,………………………………?
4.Ngoc hasn’t finished her study in England,………………………………?
5.Quan asked you how to get to the post office,…………………………… ?
6.Your classmates are going to have a picnic,……………………………… ?
7.I have to come there at 5p.m.,……………………… ?
8.We must all work very hard,………………………………?
9.Mr. Smith has kindly provided a picnic lunch for us,……………………………?
10.He was a pilot, ……………………….?
11.They disappeared too long,……………………….?
12.He shouldn’t play video games too much,…………………………?
13.You aren’t at home now,…………………… ?
14.There are rivers and lakes on the moon,………………………….?
15.One day on the moon lasts for two weeks,…………………………….?
16.Nam had to buy some match boxes,……………………… ?
17.Hanh is preparing for her next examination,……………………… ?
18.I am a new comer,……………………… ?
19.Mary likes watching TV,…………………………….?
20.Let’s go shopping, ………………………….?
21 . Joe used to be a lot fatter than he is now ?
22 . They never go to the theater , ?
23.There are nothing in the room , ?
24 . I’m late for the party , ?
25 . Get out your books ?
26 . Nobody is going to the mosque , ?
27 . Nothing has been done about unemployment , ?
28 . This is Mr Johnson , ?
29 . Those are your cases here , ?
30 . He hardly ever makes a mistake , ?

31. There won’t be any good news for you ?
Key
2 . haven’t you 17 . isn’t she
3 . do they 18 . aren’t I
4 . has she 19 . doesn’t she
5 . did n’t he 20 . shall we
6 . aren’t they 21 . didn’t he
7 . don’t I 22 . do they
8 . mustn’t we 23 . are there
9 . hasn’t he 24 . aren’t I
10 . wasn’t he 25 . will you
11 . didn’t they 26. are they
12 . should he 27 . has it
13 . are you 28 . isn’t
14 . aren’t there 29 . aren’t they
15 . doesn’t it 30 . does he
16 . didn’t he 31 . will there
Multiple choice
1. Lan enjoys watching television after dinner , ?
A . does she B . doesn’t she C . did she
2 . Tam didn’t go to school yesterday , ?
A . did he B . didn’t he C . does he
3 . They will buy a new computer , ?
A . will they B . don’t they C . won’t they
4 . She can drink a lot of tomato juice everyday, ?
A . doesn’t she B . can’t she C . could she
5 . Your children don’t watch Tvthree hours a day , ?
A . don’t they B . do they C . won’t they
6 . That boy delivers newspapers in this block , ?
A . can’t he B . does he C . doesn’t he

7 . Her father works for TUOI TRE newspaper , ?
A . doesn’t he B . does he C . will he
8 . They don’t like foreign films , ?
A . don’t they B . do they C . will they
9 . Britney Spears is the most famous singer this year ,
A . doesn’t she B . isn’t she C . is she
10 . My classmates have seen that cartoon twice , ?
A . have they B . do they C . haven’t they
11 . She has learned English for four years , ?
A . has she B . hasn’t she C. does she
12 . That house has been built since January , ?
A . doesn’t it B . hasn’t it C . isn’t it
13 . Shakepeare’s plays have been performed everywhere , ?
A . don’t they B . haven’t they C . have they
14 . They are talking about their performance ,
A . do they B . aren’t they C . don’t they
15 . Thu was practicing her music lesson at 4 o’clock yesterday , ?
A. did she B . was she C . wasn’t she
16 . Tam and Ba are playing sports now , ?
A . do they B. are they C . aren’t they
17 . Phong and Kien were doing their reseach when we came , ?
A . were they B . weren’t they C . didn’t they
18 . Let’s go somewhere for a drink , ?
A . shallwe B . shan’t we C . aren’t we
19 . I am late for the appointment , ?
A . am I B . amnot I C . aren’t I
20 . These weren’t your parents over there , ?
A . were these B . werethey C . weren’t they
21 . He’s never met you before , ?
A . is he B . has he C . hasn’t he

22 . Something is wrong with Jane today , ?
A . isn’t it B . aren’t they C. is it
23 . Post this letter for me , ?
A . will you B . do you C . are you
24 . Don’t be late , ?
A . shall we B . will you C . do you
25 . She met nobody there , ?
. A . didn’t she B . did she C . doesn’t she
26 . We will eat nothing , ?
A . won’t we B . will we C. are we
27 . That was Ann on the phone , ?
A . wasn’t that B . wasn’t it C . was it
28 . There used to be too much noise in this neighborhood , ?
A . usednot there B . didn’t there C . didn’t they
29 . They cut the flowers yesterday , ?
A . didn’t they B . don’t they C . did they
30 . Your mother has read these fairy tales for you many times, ?
A . hasn’t she B . has she C . your mother hasn’t
Key
1 . B 16 . C
2 .A 17 . B
3 . C 18 . A
4 . B 19 . C
5 . B 20 . B
6 . C 21 . B
7 . A 22 . A
8 . B 23. A
9 . B 24 . B
10. C 25 . B
11. B 26 . B

12 . B 27 . B
13 . B 28 . B
14. B 29 A
15 . B 30 . A