QUESTION TAGS

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QUESTION TAGS

• NAME 1.NURUL FITRIYANI (19)
• 2.SITI FATIMAH (26)
• GRADE XI AK 2

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WHAT IS QUESTION TAGS?

• Question tags are short questions at the end of
  statements.

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They are mainly used in speech when we want to
a. confirm that something is true or not,
or b. to encourage a reply from the person we
are speaking to.

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• Form
• Positive Statement ? negative question tag
• Negative statement ? positive question tag

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• The statement have raising intonations at end of
  the sentences.
• The auxiliaries (is, am, are, has, do, does, did)
  are repeated in the tags.
• for example
• a. They aren't funny, are they?
• b. Jack is from Spain, isn't he?

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• Other verbs use dont/ doesnt / didnt on the
  tags.
• for example
• a. You play the guitar, don't you?
• b. They went to the cinema, didn't
  they?

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Some verbs / expressions have different question
tags.

• For example
• I am - I am attractive, aren't I?
• Positive imperative - Stop daydreaming, will /
  won't you?
• Negative imperative - Don't stop singing, will
  you?
• Let's - Let's go to the beach, shall we?
• Have got (possession) - He has got a car, hasn't
  he?
• There is / are - There aren't any spiders in the
  bedroom, are there?
• This / that is - This is Paul's pen, isn't it?

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practice

• Eka Onci plays the guitar well, doesnt he ?
• Rino Yes, he does / No, he doesnt.
• Dina Mr Majid does his work excellenty, doesnt
  he?
• Rara Yes, he does / No, he doesnt.
  
  
  

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• Thanks for you are attention