YES, YOU CAN!

YES, YOU CAN, CAN’T YOU?

QUESTION TAGRegra geral:

Se a declaração for afirmativa, a questiontag será interrogativa/negativa.You can, can´t you?

Se a declaração for negativa, a questiontag será interrogativa/afirmativa.You can’t, can you?

Afirmativa...,inter/negativa

They work here, don’t they?

She is beautiful, isn’t she?

You can play, can’t you?

Negativa....inter/afirmativa

You don’t like vegetables, do you?

Belinda doens’t love me, does she?

They aren’t paying attention, are they?

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Há que se distinguir, inicialmente, dois tipos de sentenças:

1. Com verbo auxiliar;

2. Sem verbo auxiliar.

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1. Em sentenças formadas com verboauxiliar (am, are, is, was, will, would, could,etc.) a Question Tag é feita com os própriosauxiliares.

2. Em sentenças sem o verbo auxiliar, aQuestion Tag será iniciada pelos verbosauxiliares do, does ou did, dependendo dotempo do verbo da declaração feita.

Sem verbo auxiliar

They Work don’t they?

She works here doesn’t she?

We worked didn’t we?

You don’t work do you?

Mike doesn’t live in London does he?

They didn’t arrive yet did they?

Question Tag – special cases

I am tall, ..............?

I am tall, aren’t I?

I am not short, ......?

I am not short, am I?

Question Tag – special cases

No imperativo, temos duas possibilidades:

Let’s go to the movies, ...........?Let’s go to the movies, shall we?

Stop talking, ...........?Stop talking, will you?

Question Tag – special cases

Uso do ‘that’ e do ‘this’.

That is the doctor, .............?That is the doctor, isn’t it?

This is your brother,isn’t it?

Question Tag – special cases

Never, hardly, scarcely, nothing, nobody, no one,little, etc. tornam a sentença negativa,consequentemente, a question tag ficaráafirmativa.

They will never pass, will they?

It has hardly rained this winter, has it?

There’s little we can do about it, is there?

Question Tag – special cases

Quando o sujeito for ‘Nothing’ e ‘No’ o pronome docaso reto (it) será utilizado na question tag.

Nothing can happen, can it?

No salt is allowed, is it?

Question Tag – special cases

Everybody, somebody, someone, nobody, etc.

Somebody wanted a drink, ............?Somebody wanted a drink, didn’ they?

Everyone has read the text, ..................?Everyone has read the text, haven’t they?

Question Tag – special cases

Com a expressão ‘have got’.

She’s got a nice voice, ..............?

She’s got a nice voice, hasn’t she?

Exercises

She’s gone to Miami, _________? She’s gone to Miami, hasn’t she?

Chimpanzees like bananas, __________? Chimpanzees like bananas, don’t they?

Don’t drop the ball, __________? Don’t drop the ball, will you?

Exercises

Do me a favor, _________? Do me a favor, will you?

She hadn’t done the right thing, ________? She hadn’t done the right thing, had she?

You never complete you work, _________? You never complete you work, do you?

FMU - SP

Choose the right alternative: She’d never talked to you before, _______?

A - did sheB - had sheC - didn’t sheD - hadn’t sheE - would she

FMU - SP

Choose the right alternative: She’d never talked to you before, _______?

A - did sheB - had sheC - didn’t sheD - hadn’t sheE - would she

ACAFE - SC

Select the correct question tag to complete the following sentence: Chimpanzees likebananas, _________?

A - aren’t they;B - doesn’t he;C - do they;D - don’t they;E - didn’t he.

ACAFE - SC

Select the correct question tag to complete the following sentence: Chimpanzees likebananas, _________?

A - aren’t they;B - doesn’t he;C - do they;D - don’t they;E - didn’t he.

UES - RJ

Complete with the correct question tag: Pass me the butter, ___________?

A - will you;B - don’t you;C - do you;D - have you;E - won’t you.

UES - RJ

Complete with the correct question tag: Pass me the butter, ___________?

A - will you;B - don’t you;C - do you;D - have you;E - won’t you.

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Explicação – inglês B

Páginas 148 e 149.

Exercícios

Páginas 150, 151 e 152.

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You know what you have to do, DON’TYOU?

SO.....