question tag 01

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QUESTION TAG- 01.

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Sometimes we finish what they are saying with a short question. Because we want to know if the person they are speaking to agrees with them. This short question is called a question tag. Look at the following sentence.The weather is lovely today, isn’t it?The main part of the sentence is positive, but the question tag is negative.You know Ram, don’t you?He went home, didn’t he?I’m your best friend, aren’t I? We use a helping verb and the subject of the sentence to make thequestion tag. Notice that the subject has been replaced by a pronoun

You expect the answer to a negative question tag to be ‘yes’. For example:“The weather is lovely today, isn’t it?” “Yes, it is.”.

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If the main part of the sentence is negative, the question tag is positive.These questions aren’t very difficult, are they?You haven’t read this book, have you?Peter isn’t as tall as I am, is he?She isn’t eight yet, is she?There aren’t many clouds in the sky, are there?There isn’t much wind today, is there?There weren’t any emails for me, were there?

We expect the answer to a positive question tag to be ’no’.Tomorrow is not a holiday, is it? No it isn’t.

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