Tag questions
*Tag questions are questions at the end of a sentence to be sure about information.
*We make the question tag by using (be or modal + pronoun).We must contract the negative and the nouns change into pronouns.
* If the main clause is positive, the question tag is negative, and If the main clause is negative, the question tag is positive.
*If there isn't a helping verb in the main clause , we use (don't/doesn't) If the verb is present and we use (didn't) If the verb is past .
*Examples:
He is a teacher,isn't he?
They like English,don't they?
We are playing now,aren't we?
She was reading,wasn't she?
He went to the club last week,didn't he?
We were drinking tea,weren't we?
I have cooked fish,haven't I?
I had done my homework,hadn't I?
She can swim,can't she?
I must go now,mustn't I?
*Here the main clauses are positive so the question tags are negative:
He isn't a teacher,is it?They don't like English,do they?
We aren't ready now,are we?
She wasn't reading,was she?
He didn't go to the club last week,did he?
We weren't drinking tea,were we?
I haven't cooked fish,have I?
I hadn't done my homework,had I?
She can't swim,can she?
I mustn't go now,must I?
Notice: there are some exceptions as follows:
I am ill,aren't I?
Let's go to the cinema,shall we?
Open the window,will you?
Don't close the door,will you?