TAG QUETIONS , BAI TAP , DAP AN

TAG QUESTIONS

AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCE + NEGATIVE TAG - > AFFIRMATIVE ANSWER EXPECTED
Mary is here , isn’t she ? Yes , she is.
You like tea , don’t you ? Yes , I do .
They have left , haven’t they ? Yes , they have.


NEGATIVE SENTENCE + AFFIRMATIVE TAG - > NEGATIVE ANSWER EXPECTED
Mary isn’t here , is she ? No , she isn’t.
You don’t like tea , do you ? No, I don’t .
They haven’t left , have they ? No , they haven’t.


The tag pronoun for “ this / that” = it
The tag pronoun for “ these / those ” =they

This / that is your book , isn’t it ?
These / those are your books , aren’t they ?

In sentences with “ There + be ” -> “ there ” is used in the tag.
There is a meeting tonight , isn’t there ?

“ everyone , everybody , someone , no one somebody , nobody, none , neither ” -> they
Everyone took the test , didn’t they ?

“ everything , nothing , something - > it
Everything is okey , isn’t it ?


Sentences with negative words take affirmative tags.
“ no, no one , nobody, none , neither , nothing , hardly , hardly ever , seldom ”
Nothing is wrong , is it ?
Nobody called on the phone , did they ?
Nothing matters , does it ?
Neither of them offered to help me , did they ?
Not many people understand his ideas , do they?
None of them wrote to him , did they ?
Peter hardly ever goes to the parties , does he?


Let’s……. -> shall we ?
Let’s go out for a walk , shall we ?


Imperative “ V1 / Don’t…..” - > will you ?
Open the door , will you ?
Don’t be late , will you ?

I am -> aren’t I ?
I am supposed to be here , aren’t I ?
* to be supposed + to inf : được định là

Không lặp lại danh từ trong mệnh đề chính ở câu hỏi đuôi .Chủ ngữ của câu hỏi đuôi là đại từ nhân xưng ( I ,you , he ,she….) tương ứng với danh từ làm chủ ngữ trong mệnh đề chính
Peter doesn’t feel well , does he ?
The train is late , isn’t it ?

Động từ , trợ đông từ ở câu hỏi đuôi luôn viết tắt ( không viết dạng đầy đủ )
isn’t , aren’t , wasn’t , weren’t , won’t, don’t , doesn’t , didn’t , can’t , …..
You like beer , don’t you ? ( không dùng do not you?)



I . Add tag questions to the following
1. They want to come , ………………………………………………..?
2. Elizabeth is a dentist , ………………………………………………..?
3. They won’t be here , ………………………………………………..?
4. There aren’t any problems, ………………………………………………..?
5. That is your umbrella, ………………………………………………..?
6. George is a student , ………………………………………………..?
7. He’s learned a lot in the last couple of years, ………………………………………………..?
8. He has a bicycle , ………………………………………………..?
9. Joan can’t come with us , ………………………………………………..?
10. She’ll help us late , ………………………………………………..?
11. Peggy would like to come with us to the party, ………………………………………………..?
12. Those aren’t Fred’s books, ………………………………………………..?
13. You’ve never been to Paris , ………………………………………………..?
14. Something is wrong with Jane today , ………………………………………………..?
15. Everyone can learn how to swim, ………………………………………………..?
16. Nobody cheated on the exam , ………………………………………………..?
17. Nothing went wrong while I was gone, ………………………………………………..?
18. I am invited , ………………………………………………..?
II . Add tag questions to the following
1.Your name is Thanh , ……………………………….. ?
2. Today is Sunday , ……………………………….. ?
3. John doesn’t agree with me about the plan , ……………………………….. ?
4. There’s a bus comimg , ……………………………….. ?
5. Everybody was saying their prayers in the church when I cane in, ……………………………….. ?
6. He makes a lot of mistakes in pronunciation , ……………………………….. ?
7. The traffic was heavy yesterday , ……………………………….. ?
8. Both men won’t surf the Internet for a chat any more , ……………………………….. ?
9. A lot of students don’t think studying grammar is interesting , ……………………………….. ?
10. We haven’t done this homework yet , ……………………………….. ?
11. Jack’s enrolled on this course , ……………………………….. ?
12. Helen’s got fashionable clothes to wear on this important occasion , ……………………………?
13. The Smiths have got a computer , a CD player and two motorbikes , …………………………… ?
14. The children have many computer games to play , ……………………………….. ?
15. Your brother has the chance to speak English outside the classroom , ………………………… ?
16. David and Kate aren’t going to pay their school fees tomorrow , ……………………………….. ?
17. There weren’t any well- qualified teachers at this school , ……………………………….. ?
18. This boy could use