Tag question concludes an auxiliary which is suitable to the tense (before the comma), negative word “Not” or not and a personal pronoun that matches to the Subject of the [r]
(1)1 Com: MA Thanh Trung, Nguyen
TAG QUESTION
(CÂU HỎI ĐUÔI) I DEFINITION
Tag question is a very common question in English Although its answer is the same as Yes/No question but Tag question conveys the special feature in meaning
II STRUCTURE
Tag question is constructed after a statement or negative sentence, is separated by the comma (,); the speaker, therefore, has their own answer but they, often, are not sure about that so there are case expressed by intonation:
If they are sure Fall their tone down If they are not sure Rise their tone up
Tag question concludes an auxiliary which is suitable to the tense (before the comma), negative word “Not” or not and a personal pronoun that matches to the Subject of the utterance before the comma S + V + O , [ ] + pronoun?
Eg: _ You are afraid, ……… ?
_ You didn’t your homework, ……… ?
III FORMING _General principle
+If the sentence before the comma is negative, tag question is positive +If the sentence before the comma is positive, tag question is negative
_Specific forms
_Notes
+To structure of “used to”: She used to live here, ………? +To some fix forms such as: He’d better stay, ………?
You’d rather you did not tell her, ……… ? +Special Subjects: Nobody, no one, everyone, everybody, someone,…
Nobody likes this, ………… ?
+Demand: Go out with me,……….? Do not refuse,……… ? +Affirmative, Affirmative: Can I work next Tuesday, ………? +Imperative:
Tense Forming Examples
Simple present To be Am/ is/ are (not)? I’m right, ……….*? I’m not guilty, …… ? Ordinal Verb Do/ does (not)? They like me, ………?
Simple Past To be Was/ were (not)? She was friendly, ……….? Ordinal Verb Did (not)? He didn’t come here, ………? Present perfect/
Present Perfect Continuous
Have/has+ PP Have/has being + PP
Have/ has (not)?
They have left, ………? The rain has stopped, ……… ?
Past perfect/ Past Perfect Continuous
Had+ PP Had being + PP
Had (not)?
She had met you before, ……… ? I had not died, ……….?
You had not being waited for her,……… ? Simple Future Will/shall+ Inf Will/shall (not)? It will rain, ……….?
(2)2 Com: MA Thanh Trung, Nguyen EXERCISES
1 I wish to receive your love,………? What a beautiful house, ………?
3 They must show their loyalty as a necessary requirement, ………? You must not betray the true love, ………?
5 He must be a very intelligent student, ………? My bike must have been stolen, ………? Let me help you, ………?
8 Let us use the phone, ………? Let me have some drink, ………? 10 Let’s go out, ………?
11 He hopes to be passed your recruitment, ………? 12 What an intelligent boy, ………?
13 I think (figure, assume, fancy, imagine, reckon, expect, seem, feel) it is true, ………? 14 I don’t belive you can that, ………?
15 They suppose we shall be back in an hour, ………? 16 It’s seems that you love me, ………?
17 Few people knew the answer, ………? 18 No one came, ………?
19 He’s excited to that, ………? 20 Have some drink, ………?
21 Very little progress has been made, ………? 22 Open the door, ………?
23 One can love and be loved,………?
24 People eat to live, they don’t live to eat, ………?
25 There was something wrong for us not to figure out any clues, ………? 26 It makes no sense, ………?
27 There are only five students present, ………? 28 Do you want a cup of coffee, ………? 29 What you have said is not wrong, ………? 30 You seldom see them, ………?