Question Tags

A small piece of paper,

cloth, plastic, etc.

attached to sth to identify

it or give information

about it

What Is a Tag?

►You will have an English quiz next Sunday, won’t you?

► Rahmah didn’t come today, did she?

► Ibrahim has done well lately, hasn’t he?

► Abdur-Rahman comes early, doesn’t he?

► Yaseen couldn’t stop laughing, could he?

What Are Question Tags?

1. An auxiliary (helping) verb + the appropriate pronoun

2. They take the same auxiliary verb as in the statement

3. They take “do” or “does” or “did” if there isn’t an auxiliary verb in the statement

4. After Affirmative, we use Negative

5. After Negative, we use Affirmative

How Do We Form Question Tags?

1. Let’s has the tag shall we

Let’s have a quiz,

2. Let me / him have the tag will you / won’t you

You’ll let me help you,

3. have (possession) has the tag haven’t

Mahmoud has a blue car,

4. have (idiomatically) has the tag don’t

Leena has a terrible headache,

have to (idiomatically) has the tag don’t

Hajar had to take the exam,

5. I am has the tag aren’t I

I am proud of you all,

There are few exceptions, aren’t there?

shall we?

won’t you? / will you?

hasn’t he? (possession)

doesn’t she? (idiomatically)

didn’t she? (idiomatically)

aren’t I?

6. This / That - These / Those have the tag isn’t it - aren’t they

This article is very good,

7. There is / There are have the tag isn’t there / aren’t there

There are some books on the table,

8. Negative imperative has the tag will you

Don’t come late tomorrow,

9. Affirmative imperative has the tag will you / won’t you

Open your books,

10. Pronouns like ‘Nobody’ has the tag ‘they’ in the affirmative

Nobody has arrived yet,

Everybody is coming,

11. Nothing has the tag ‘it’ in the affirmative

Nothing has happened,

There are few exceptions, aren’t there?

isn’t it?

aren’t there?

will you?

will you? / won’t you?

have they?

aren’t they?

has it?

1. Let’s has the tag shall we

Let’s have a quiz,

2. Let me / him have the tag will you / won’t you

You’ll let me help you,

3. have (possession) has the tag haven’t

Mahmoud has a blue car,

4. have (idiomatically) has the tag don’t

Leena has a terrible headache,

have to (idiomatically) has the tag don’t

Hajar had to take the exam,

5. I am has the tag aren’t I

I am proud of you all,

6. This / That - These / Those have the tag isn’t it - aren’t they

This article is very good,

7. There is / There are have the tag isn’t there / aren’t there

There are some books on the table,

8. Negative imperative has the tag will you

Don’t come late tomorrow,

9. Affirmative imperative has the tag will you / won’t you

Open your books,

10. Pronouns like ‘Nobody’ has the tag ‘they’ in the affirmative

Nobody has arrived yet,

Everybody is coming,

11. Nothing has the tag ‘it’ in the affirmative

Nothing has happened,

Few Exceptions!

shall we?

won’t you? / will you?

hasn’t he? (possession)

doesn’t she? (idiomatically)

didn’t she? (idiomatically)

aren’t I?

isn’t it?

aren’t there?

will you?

will you? / won’t you?

have they?

aren’t they?

has it?