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• Identify and use question tags.• Identify difference in meaning of tag

questions. (Pronunciation)• Reading and speaking skills practice

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Make Small Talk

Tag QuestionsUse:-to ask the other person to agree with you.

-to make a question

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Tag Questions: Structure1. Identify the auxiliary of the sentenceHe bought a present for me. (as the verb is in past, the auxiliary is ‘did’).2. Identify the subject of the sentenceHe bought a present for me.3. Identify if the sentence is positive or negativeHe bought a present for me. (It’s positive)4. If it’s positive the auxiliary of the question tag goes in negativeHe bought a present for me, didn’t he?5. If it’s negative the auxiliary of the question tag goes in positive

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Make Small Talk

Examples

1. They like us, 2. She wasn’t very angry,3. He is playing the piano, 4. Ann will be here soon, 5. Tom should pass his exams, 6. You haven’t seen him,

Activity: Grammar practice. Finish the sentences using the correct tag questions. Write the answers in your notebook and share them with the class.

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Make Small Talk

Difference in meaning

To ask the other person to agree with you.

A:‘Tom doesn’t look very well today, does he?’

B: ‘No, he looks awful’

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Make Small Talk

Difference in meaning

To ask a real question

• You haven’t seen Ann today, have you?

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Exercise: Tag questions

• http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/questions/question_tags3.htm

Activity: Grammar practice. Complete the sentences with the correct question tag. Write the answers in your notebook and share with the class.

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