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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. |
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| + | |The next day, Shyam over hears the girl’s friend say ‘Bye Geetha’ to her. |
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| + | Shyam : You are Geetha, '''aren’t you?''' |
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| + | Geetha : ''(surprised)'' Yes. |
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| + | Shyam : ''(looks at the science book in her hand)'' |
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| + | You are a science student, '''aren’t you?''' |
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| + | Geetha : Yes, of course |
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| + | Shyam : ''(looks at the tennis racket in her bag)'' |
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| + | You play tennis, '''don’t you?''' |
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| + | Geetha : ''(very surprised)'' Yes, indeed. |
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| + | Shyam : You’ll join me for a cup of coffee, '''won’t you?''' |
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| + | Geetha : ''(laughs)'' Yes. |
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| + | 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 |
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| + | You are Geetha, '''aren’t you?''' |
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| + | You play tennis, '''don’t you?''' |
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| + | 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. |
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| + | A question tag always contains the auxiliary and the subject of the main sentence. |
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| + | Geetha is beautiful, '''isn’t she?''' |
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| + | If the main sentence is positive, the tag will be negative. |
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| + | e.g. It is raining, '''isn’t it?''' |
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| + | If the main sentence is negative, the tag will be positive. |
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| + | e.g. It isn’t raining, '''is it?''' |
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| + | We use different auxiliaries to form question tags depending upon the form or tense of the main sentence. |
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| + | We use tag questions just to confirm somebody’s agreement or to confirm if you’re right. |
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| + | This depends on how we say the tag sentence. |
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| + | 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. |
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| + | Teaching is rewarding, '''isn’t it?''' |
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| + | 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. |
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| + | You’re a teacher, '''aren’t you?''' |
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| + | Most of the time we use question tags with a falling tone. |
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| + | === '''Question Tags - Worksheet''' === |
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| + | ==== '''Present tense''' ==== |
| + | You’re from Mysore, '''__________''' |
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| + | She isn’t Indian, '''__________''' |
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| + | Ram works in this college, '''___________''' |
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| + | Children don’t like animals, '''___________''' |
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| + | They’re playing cricket, '''___________''' |
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| + | You’re not listening to me, '''___________''' |
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| + | Police have not yet arrested the suspect, __________ |
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| + | Veena has been living in Bangalore for 5 years, '''___________''' |
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| + | ==== '''Past tense''' ==== |
| + | You were here last night, '''__________''' |
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| + | Sam worked in this company, '''___________''' |
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| + | He was jogging yesterday evening, '''___________''' |
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| + | Geetha hadn’t arrived, '''__________''' |
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| + | ==== '''Future tense''' ==== |
| + | You won’t be there when we come there, '''__________''' |
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| + | She’ll come, '''__________''' |
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| + | ==== '''Other forms''' ==== |
| + | You can speak Hindi, '''____________''' |
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| + | He wouldn’t help us, '''___________''' |
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| + | I’m late, '''___________''' |
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| + | Let’s go to a movie, '''___________''' |
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| + | Open the door''', ___________''' |
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| + | Everyone is dancing, '''___________''' |
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| + | There are problems, ____________ |
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| [[Category:Te Language Work]] | | [[Category:Te Language Work]] |
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