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    This document discusses question tags that are used with statements and imperatives in English. It provides examples of positive and negative statements followed by question tags, as well as special cases involving imperatives. The document then lists incomplete sentences for the reader to complete with the appropriate question tag.

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    This document discusses question tags that are used with statements and imperatives in English. It provides examples of positive and negative statements followed by question tags, as well as special cases involving imperatives. The document then lists incomplete sentences for the reader to complete with the appropriate question tag.

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    This document discusses question tags that are used with statements and imperatives in English. It provides examples of positive and negative statements followed by question tags, as well as special cases involving imperatives. The document then lists incomplete sentences for the reader to complete with the appropriate question tag.

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    SOME SPECIAL CASES

    I am right, aren’t I? (not amn’t I)


    THE BASIC STRUCTURE IS
    Positive statementnegative tag?This rose You have to go, don’t you? (= You (do) have to go…)
    is freshisn’t it?Negative statementpositive It has been raining, hasn’t it? (use first auxiliary)
    tag?You don’t like tennisdo you? Nothing happened, did it? (negative statement)

    Let’s go for a walk, shall we? (let’s = let us)

    He’d better do it, hadn’t he? (= He had better…)

    QUESTION TAGS WITH IMPERATIVES


    Take a seat, won’t you? (invitation, polite)
    Help me, can you? (invitation, quite friendly)
    Help me, can’t you? (invitation, quite friendly but some irritation)
    Close the door, would you? (order, quite polite)
    Do it now, will you? (order, less polite)
    Don’t forget, will you? (order, with negative imperatives only will is
    possible)

    COMPLETE BELOW SENTENCES


    WITH THE RIGHT QUESTION TAG
    1. You are coming to the party, ________?
    2. We have finished the work, _________?
    3. It won’t rain tomorrow,
    _____________?
    4. I can come there alone,
    ______________?
    5. We mustn’t tell her, ________________?
    6. She does like iced tea, ______________?
    7. They have ever seen that, __________?
    8. He shouldn’t drive so fast, __________?
    9. You will help him,
    __________________?
    10. They were playing tennis, _________?
    11. Everybody was there,
    ______________?
    12. John has to get up early, __________?
    13. Susan is wearing red hat, _________?
    14. We had had dinner before, ________?
    15. They used to live here, _____________

    ______________?

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