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    Question tags are short phrases like "isn't it" or "don't you" that are added to statements to check for agreement or information. There are several rules for forming question tags based on the tense, pronoun, possession, or idea in the original statement. Common question tags are formed using auxiliary verbs like "do", "did", "have" followed by a subject pronoun like "I", "you", "she".

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    Question tags are short phrases like "isn't it" or "don't you" that are added to statements to check for agreement or information. There are several rules for forming question tags based on the tense, pronoun, possession, or idea in the original statement. Common question tags are formed using auxiliary verbs like "do", "did", "have" followed by a subject pronoun like "I", "you", "she".

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    Question tags are short phrases like "isn't it" or "don't you" that are added to statements to check for agreement or information. There are several rules for forming question tags based on the tense, pronoun, possession, or idea in the original statement. Common question tags are formed using auxiliary verbs like "do", "did", "have" followed by a subject pronoun like "I", "you", "she".

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    Question Tags

    a short phrase such as "isn't it" or "don't you" that is


    added to the end of a sentence to check information
    or to ask if someone agrees with you:
    EXCEPTIONS :
    1. I am late, aren’t I? (verb be “am”)
    2. Let’s go home, shall we? (shall we)
    3. Don’t litter, will you? (command => will you/
    can you)
    4. For the phrase “you know that" the question
    tag is don’t you?
    1. You did your homework, didn’t you? (Tense)
    2. You didn’t do your homework, did you? (Form of sentence)
    3. Pam did her homework, didn’t she? (Pronoun)
    4. Pam has two dogs, doesn’t she/hasn’t she? (Possession)
    5. Pam seldom does her homework, does she? (Negative idea – no one,
    nothing, seldom, rarely, never, etc )
    6. Somebody knocks my door, don’t they Indefinite pronoun (person) =>
    they
    7. Everything is okay, isn’t it. (Indefinite pronoun-thing)=> it
    8. This is my car, isn’t it (Demonstrative pronoun - this/that) => it
    9. These were her collections, weren’t they. (Demonstrative pronoun -
    these/those)
    10. I think Jessica is a nice student, isn’t she (Introductory phrase
    aren’t I
    1. I’m right, ____________?
    can you / will you
    2. Shut up, _________________?
    will you
    3. Don’t forget, ______________?
    would you / will you / can you

    4. Move a bit, _______________?


    shall we
    5. Let’s go for a walk, _________?
    6. That
    isn’t it is my mom’s car, _______?
    do they
    7. Nobody likes me, __________?
    8. You never clean your room__________? do you
    Isn’t there
    9. There is little we can do about it, __________?
    didn’t they
    10. Somebody wanted a pizza, __________?
    hasn’t he / doesn’t he
    11. He has a daughter, _______________? were there
    12. There weren’t any issues, __________? doesn’t he
    didn’t she
    13. Ravi wants to be an actor, __________?
    14. Julia
    don’t youvisited you yesterday, __________?
    15. You know that she is a famous singer, __________?
    aren’t you
    16. She thinks you are fabulous, _________? can’t you
    17. I don’t believe you can do this to me, _________?
    You
    3th person

    1. can’t you
    I don’t believe you can help me, _________?
    2. You don’t believe I can help you, ______?do you
    3. She doesn’t believe you can help me, _______? can’t you
    4. She doesn’t believe I can help you, _______?
    does she

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