Posts Tagged ‘question tags’

Question tags exercise

May 10th, 2011 in English Quiz

Add appropriate question tags to the following statements.

1. That’s the postman, …………………?

2. Not a very good novel, ………………?

3. They promised to repay us within two months ……………….?

Question tags – advanced points

June 11th, 2010 in English Grammar, English Learning

Aren’t I?

The question tag for I am is aren’t I, not amn’t I.

I am late, aren’t I? (NOT I am late, amn’t I?)

Imperative sentences

Question Tags Quiz 1

January 28th, 2010 in English Quiz

Add question tags to the following statements.

1.    It is raining, —————–?

a)    Is it
b)    Isn’t it
c)    Does it
d)    Doesn’t it

2.    He knows her, ——————-?

Question Tags and Short Answers Part II

January 28th, 2010 in English Grammar, English Learning

Disagreements with affirmative sentences are made with ‘no + pronoun + auxiliary + n’t/not’.

He is drunk. No, he isn’t.
You are joking. No, I am not.
I think she knows him. No, she doesn’t.

Question Tags and Short Answers Part I

January 28th, 2010 in English Grammar, English Learning

During conversation it is common to make a statement and then ask for confirmation. For example, in the sentence ‘It is very hot, isn’t it?’ we make a statement and then ask for confirmation. Here the later part (isn’t it?) is called a question tag.

Anomalous Finites – Part II

November 26th, 2009 in English Grammar, English Learning, ESL, Improve English

Verbs in the simple present and simple past tense do not consist of auxiliary verbs. Their negatives are made by the addition of the anomalous finites do not, does not or did not before the main verb.