Do you know what ‘Question Tags’ are? If you do, how often you use them in your speech? And, are you pretty sure that you’ve been using them correctly?
On the other hand, if you don’t know how exactly they should be used, don’t worry!
The following videos will teach you everything about question tags!
To my dismay, I often hear people using "..., is it?" as the question tagwith the main
sentences of all formsandtenses! For example...
He didn't.invite you to his birthday party, is it? (It should be... did he?)
You are going to Canada alone next week, is it? (It should be... aren't you?)
The.children haven't heard you singing, is it? (It should be... have they?)
[The term "question tag" is generally preferred by British grammarians, while their
American counterparts prefer "tag question".]
Video 1:Question Tags
Video 2:Exercise 1
Video 3:Exercise 2
Note: If you feel like doing the exercises given in the above videos, you can leave
your answers (not here). at our EC video gallery where I’ve posted all the above
Complete each sentence with the correct question tag!
IT’S TIME FOR A GAME
Now, I want you to have some fun! This is your chance to put the ‘Question Tags’
into practice! Let me set the the ball rolling with my ‘starter’.
.
Mine : Your brother owns a restaurant, doesn’t he?
Yours: …………………………………….., is she?
Here’s what exactly I want you to do:
1. Fill in the blank with your own words to round out the question tag.
2. Write a new question tagwithout the statement for the next visitor.
He/she will pick from where you left, and this goes on!
Rules of the game:
1. If the person before you left a ‘negative tag’, you MUST leave behind
a ‘non-negative tag’ or vice versa.
...,don't you?. - negative tag
..., do you? - non-negative tag
2. If you come again for a second try, you Mustn't give a question tag that you
already have left here before. HAVE FUN!
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.SCOREBOARD
Name of ParticipantTotal Question Tags
1. Scarlett ..51 Winner of the 150th Question Tag!
2. Asma .36
2. Hani .31
4. Charos ..26 Winner of Supplementary Task#3
5. Prostomolotova Galina ...18
6. Marik .18 Winner of Supplementary Task#2
7. Arif Saeed .17
8. Sakshi ...13
9. Ha Nguyen 11 Winner of Supplementary Task #4
10. Anau.4
11. Rajesh .3 Winner of Supplementary Task#1
12. Bright-Rubies .3
13. Deepa ..3
14. Hala .2
15. Ayushi .. 1
16. Gabriel Sowrian ..53
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Total290
Our sweetCharossuggested through one of herquestion tagswhy not I postanother excitingblogonce we have50pagesof comments on this blog. Actually, I already havesomething in the pipe-
line. That blog, if the truth is told, is going to bemorechallenging, a greatfunandabsolutely
educational.So, guys, let yourquestion tagskeep coming in! The moment we hit50pages, the
blog that Ijust mentioned will be posted. How about that?!Thank you Charosfor believing in me!
Our Target=50 Pages
Yahoo! We hit the 50th Page today, December 7th. 2012
Dear Gabriel, thank you for rising its importance, actually these tags should be still practiced for a fluent conversation, although it seems easy grammatically.
:)))....The music here recalls my memories of our great party last night :) I just want to dance again, again and again....:) miss you guys so much!! See you at the next party!!
My dear Gabriel, Let's make a deal for the next one, shall we ? ;-)
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Comments
OMG! It's really wonderful cuz I learned a big lesson! huge thx my teacher...
MR SOWRIAN TEACHES ENGLISH IN A GREAT WAY, DOESN'T HE? (please read the question tag with a falling intonation)
Hi Gab, Have you ever discussed this issue ?
Am I not ? or Aren't I ? The link
Dear Gabriel, thank you for rising its importance, actually these tags should be still practiced for a fluent conversation, although it seems easy grammatically.
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Oops!!! haha... Dear Gabriel, Yeah, I guess so. It looks like after a big war of food, beer and music... but, how should I do? still sooooo sleepy ;)
Mine : You wouldn't recommend her about my bad cooking, would you?
Yours : ...................................................................., shouldn't he?
@ Rajesh,
Thanks anyway! But, you should be here at the party! we were missing such a professional dancer like you...lol... :D
Congratulations all! This is one of the most successful blog ever! :)
My big thanks to our teacher G for everything he is doing for us!
Mine.: Scarlett, you helped her with the cooking, didn’t you?
Yours: ……………………………………………....., would you?
Mine : We didn't have to make the "tag" for our party last night, did we?
Yours :........................dance...................................................., didn't you?
hehe...
Hello my friends!! How are you today?
Me fine, just a little bit like:
My dear Gabriel, Let's make a deal for the next one, shall we ? ;-)
Have a good time for all!
Mine .: You've attented similar parties before, haven't you?
for making the evening worth remembering for days to come!
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