8517 tag questions

SOME SPECIAL CASES
THE BASIC STRUCTURE IS

Positive statementnegative tag?This rose
is freshisn’t it?Negative statementpositive
tag?You don’t like tennisdo you?

I am right, aren’t I? (not amn’t I)
You have to go, don’t you? (= You (do) have to go…)
It has been raining, hasn’t it? (use first auxiliary)
Nothing happened, did it? (negative statement)
Let’s go for a walk, shall we? (let’s = let us)
He’d better do it, hadn’t he? (= He had better…)

QUESTION TAGS WITH IMPERATIVES
Take a seat, won’t you? (invitation, polite)
Help me, can you? (invitation, quite friendly)
Help me, can’t you? (invitation, quite friendly but some irritation)
Close the door, would you? (order, quite polite)
Do it now, will you? (order, less polite)
Don’t forget, will you? (order, with negative imperatives only will is
possible)

COMPLETE BELOW SENTENCES
WITH THE RIGHT QUESTION TAG
COMPLETE BELOW SENTENCES WITH THE
1. You are coming to the
party,QUESTION
________? TAG (harder)
RIGHT
2. We have finished

the work,
1. Nobody
knows_________?
about the bad news, __________?
3. It won’t rain
tomorrow,
2. Carry
these bags for me, _______________?
_____________?
3. Let’s go out for a drink tonight, _____________?
4. I can come there alone,
4. I am going to write a letter to her, ____________?
______________?
Give
me a hand, _________________?
5. We mustn’t5.tell
her,
________________?
6. People used to believe the earth is flat, ________?
6. She does like
iced haven’t
tea, ______________?
7. You
got $20 to lend me, _____________?
7. They have 8.
ever
seentouch
that, the
__________?
Don’t

table, ________________?
8. He shouldn’t
drive
so fast,
__________?
9. He
thinks
elephants
live in Europe, __________?
9. You will help
10. him,
Have some more tea, ______________?
__________________?
11. I am pregnant, _____________?
10. They were playing tennis, _________?
12. Nothing has been found, _______________?
11. Everybody was there,
13. She said her son is ten years old, ___________?
______________?
14. You don’t know where my hat is, ___________?
12. John has to get up early, __________?
15. But you’ll tell me if she calls, ______________?
13. Susan is wearing red hat, _________?
16. Don’t stay up late, _________________?
14. We had had dinner before, ________?
17. She’d better finish it right now, ____________?
15. They used to live here, _____________