اللغة الإنجليزية — Grammar: Question Tags (Formation and Usage) — 2 ثانوي — شعبة آداب — بكالوريا — المنهاج الجزائري

اللغة الإنجليزية — Grammar: Question Tags (Formation and Usage) — 2 ثانوي — شعبة آداب — بكالوريا — المنهاج الجزائري

Question tags are short questions at the end of a sentence. They are used to confirm information or ask for agreement. The auxiliary verb in the tag depends on the main sentence.

Formation Rules

• If the sentence is positive, the tag is negative: You are a student, aren’t you?
• If the sentence is negative, the tag is positive: You aren’t tired, are you?

Examples with Different Tenses

• Present Simple (be): She is nice, isn’t she? They are here, aren’t they? He isn’t late, is he?
• Present Simple (other verbs): You like coffee, don’t you? He plays football, doesn’t he? They don’t know, do they?
• Past Simple (be): You were at home, weren’t you? She wasn’t there, was she?
• Past Simple (other verbs): They arrived early, didn’t they? He didn’t call, did he?
• Present Perfect: She has finished, hasn’t she? They haven’t come, have they?
• Modal verbs: He can swim, can’t he? You should study, shouldn’t you?

Special Cases

• I am: I am right, aren’t I? (not amn’t I)
• Let’s: Let’s go, shall we?
• Imperatives: Open the door, will you? Don’t be late, will you?
• Nothing/Everything: Nothing is perfect, is it? Everything is fine, isn’t it?
• Nobody/Everybody: Nobody came, did they? Everybody is happy, aren’t they?

Intonation

• Falling intonation: asking for agreement (I confirm).
• Rising intonation: asking for information (I doubt).

Exercises

1. Add question tags: You are Algerian, ___? He doesn’t like tea, ___?
2. Correct: She is coming, isn’t she? / She is coming, doesn’t she?
3. Complete: Let’s go to the cinema, ___? I am late, ___?

روابط ذات صلة

للاستزادة: Present Simple vs Present Continuous و Question Words.

📍 دروس مشابهة

📘 Past Simple vs Past Continuous
📘 So do I / Neither do I