Questions tags

Question Tags

The 2 main rules for forming question tags are:

 
1- When the sentence is affirmative, the question is negative.
Ex: She is an artist, isn't she?
They re your school mates, aren't they?

You are the new employee, aren't you?
 

2-When the sentence is negative, the question is affirmative.
Ex: My wallet isn't here, is it?
He doesn't work here, does he?

We don't drink wine, do we? 

Ex: You haven't seen this film, have you?
Your sister lives in Spain, doesn't she?
He can't drive, can she?
She is a doctor, isn't she?
Yesterday was so much fun, wasn't it?
The trains are never on time, are they?
Nobody has called for me, have they? 
 

· If there is an auxiliary verb in the statement, we use it to form the question tag.
Ex: I don't need to finish this today, do I?
Laura is working on that, isn't she?
Your brothers have retired, haven't they?
The phone didn't ring, did it?
It was raining that day, wasn't it?
Your sister hadn't met him before, had she?
 

· Sometimes there is no auxiliary verb already in the statement.
 
When the verb in the statement is present simple or past simple and is positive, we use don't, doesn't or didn't. 
 
Ex: Laura eats cheese, doesn't she?

I said that already, didn't it? 

· When the verb in the statement is to be in the present or past simple we use to be to make the question tags:
Ex: The bus stops over there , isn't it?
None of those customers were happy, where they?
 

· When the verb in the statement is a modal verb we use the modal verb to make the question tag:
Ex: They could hear me, couldn't they?

You won't fell anymore, will you? 

· If the main verb or auxiliary verb in the
statement is am, the positive questions is
am I? but the negative question tag is
usually aren't I?
 
Ex: I'm never on time, am I?

I'm going to get an email with the details, aren't I? 

Question tags sentences 

- You are the smartest, aren’t you?

- We will go to your house, won’t we?

- Lisa lives in rome, doesn't she?

- He doesn't work during the afternoon, does he?

- Emma was watching a movie, wasn't she?

- She can't cook that much, can she?

- Nancy and Tom were dating, weren't they?

- She did her part of the job, didn't she?

- Harry couldn't have done that, could he?

- You were on the basketball team, weren't you?