Grammar

Question Tags

Question tags are short questions added to the end of statements to check information or invite agreement. A positive statement takes a negative tag, and a negative statement takes a positive tag.

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Level B1 Questions

Summary

Question tags are short questions added to the end of statements to check information or invite agreement. A positive statement takes a negative tag, and a negative statement takes a positive tag.

Structure

positive statement, + negative tag? | negative statement, + positive tag?

Examples

Common mistakes

• Matching the polarity, e.g. 'You're coming, are you?' instead of 'aren't you?'.
• Using the wrong auxiliary, e.g. 'She sings well, isn't she?' instead of 'doesn't she?'.

Related

Yes/No Questions

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Question Words A1

Question words (who, what, where, when, why, how, which, whose) start information questions. They come before the auxiliary verb and subject.

Yes/No Questions A1

Yes/no questions ask whether something is true and expect a yes or no answer. Form them by putting the auxiliary or 'be' before the subject.

Subject vs Object Questions B1

When the question word is the subject (who or what does the action), no auxiliary is needed and word order stays like a statement. When it is the object, the usual question form with an auxiliary applies.

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