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== '''Question Tags''' ==
Shyam an 18 year old college student sees a beautiful girl on the first day of college. He tries to talk to her. She avoids him.
{| class="wikitable"
|The next day, Shyam over hears the girl’s friend say ‘Bye Geetha’ to her.
Shyam : You are Geetha, '''aren’t you?'''
Geetha : ''(surprised)'' Yes.
Shyam : ''(looks at the science book in her hand)''
You are a science student, '''aren’t you?'''
Geetha : Yes, of course
Shyam : ''(looks at the tennis racket in her bag)''
You play tennis, '''don’t you?'''
Geetha : ''(very surprised)'' Yes, indeed.
Shyam : You’ll join me for a cup of coffee, '''won’t you?'''
Geetha : ''(laughs)'' Yes.
|}
In the conversation given above, the boy, Shyam wants Geetha to confirm the statements made by him. To get her confirmation, he uses constructions like the following
You are Geetha, '''aren’t you?'''
You play tennis, '''don’t you?'''
These constructions are called Question Tags. They are like yes/no questions. In speech, a speaker often expects the person addressed to agree with him/her. In such situations, a question tag is used.
A question tag always contains the auxiliary and the subject of the main sentence.
Geetha is beautiful, '''isn’t she?'''
If the main sentence is positive, the tag will be negative.
e.g. It is raining, '''isn’t it?'''
If the main sentence is negative, the tag will be positive.
e.g. It isn’t raining, '''is it?'''
We use different auxiliaries to form question tags depending upon the form or tense of the main sentence.
We use tag questions just to confirm somebody’s agreement or to confirm if you’re right.
This depends on how we say the tag sentence.
If our voice goes down, we call it falling tone. This is used to make a statement or comment on something/somebody. We are sure about something and simply want somebody’s agreement.
Teaching is rewarding, '''isn’t it?'''
If our voice goes up, we call it rising tone. This means we are asking a question and would like an answer. We are not sure.
You’re a teacher, '''aren’t you?'''
Most of the time we use question tags with a falling tone.
=== '''Question Tags - Worksheet''' ===
==== '''Present tense''' ====
You’re from Mysore, '''__________'''
She isn’t Indian, '''__________'''
Ram works in this college, '''___________'''
Children don’t like animals, '''___________'''
They’re playing cricket, '''___________'''
You’re not listening to me, '''___________'''
Police have not yet arrested the suspect, __________
Veena has been living in Bangalore for 5 years, '''___________'''
==== '''Past tense''' ====
You were here last night, '''__________'''
Sam worked in this company, '''___________'''
He was jogging yesterday evening, '''___________'''
Geetha hadn’t arrived, '''__________'''
==== '''Future tense''' ====
You won’t be there when we come there, '''__________'''
She’ll come, '''__________'''
==== '''Other forms''' ====
You can speak Hindi, '''____________'''
He wouldn’t help us, '''___________'''
I’m late, '''___________'''
Let’s go to a movie, '''___________'''
Open the door''', ___________'''
Everyone is dancing, '''___________'''
There are problems, ____________
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