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Questions Tags: Answers:
1. He lives in Tokyo now, ___________
a. lives he? - Make a question tag with the auxiliary verb ‘does’ not with the main verb ‘lives’. b. doesn’t he? - Make a question tag with the negative auxiliary verb ‘doesn’t’ and make a question word order. Correct c. does he? - Make a question tag with the negative auxiliary verb ‘doesn’t’ d. he does? - Make a question tag with the negative auxiliary verb ‘doesn’t’ and make a question word order.
2. You should be on holiday, _________ you?
a. couldn’t - Use the same modal verb in the statement and the question tag. b. wouldn’t - Use the same modal verb in the statement and the question tag. c. shouldn’t - Use the same modal verb in the statement and the question tag. Correct d. can’t - Use the same modal verb in the statement and the question tag.
3. You’re from Beijing, ___________
a. aren’t you - ‘aren’t you’ is the correct question tag, but remember to use a ‘?’ at the end. b. aren’t you? - ‘aren’t you?’ is the correct answer – change you’re to are you and make it negative. Correct c. you aren’t? - Remember to change the you’re into a question – aren’t you? d. isn’t it? - The verb must stay the same i.e. You’re cannot change to isn’t it?
4. You couldn’t give me a cigarette, ___________
a. you could? - Use a positive question tag after a negative statement, & change the order of the subject and verb. b. you couldn’t? - Change the order of the subject and verb to make a question word order. c. could you? - Use a positive question tag after a negative statement, & use a question word order. Correct d. couldn’t you? - Use a positive question tag after a negative statement.
5. Get the phone, ____________
a. get you? - Don’t use the main verb in the question tag. b. do you? - Requests that are like commands use an irregular tag. c. you will? - Requests that are like commands use the question tag ‘will’, but remember to change the word order. d. will you? - Requests that are like commands use the question tag ‘will’. Correct
6. You worked with Jill in the post-office, ____________
a. didn’t you? - Use the negative auxiliary verb, and change the word order - ‘didn’t you’. Correct b. did you? - Use a negative question tag after a positive statement. c. worked you? - Use an auxiliary verb ‘did’, not a main verb ‘work’ d. isn’t it? - If you have a main verb in the statement ‘work’ you must use the auxiliary verb ‘do’ in the tag.