1. AND NEGATIVE
QUESTIONS
ARE SHORT QUESTIONS
WHICH WE PUT AT THE
BEGINNING/END OF A
SENTENCE
WHEN THE STATEMENT
IS NEGATIVE, WE USE A
POSITIVE TAG
QUESTION.
THEY ARE FORMED WITH AN
AUXILIARY / A MAIN VERB (am,
is, are, was, were, do, does, did,
have, has, can, could, will, etc) and
a subject personal pronoun (I,
you, he, she, etc)
WHEN THE STATEMENT
IS AFFIRMATIVE, WE USE
A NEGATIVE TAG
QUESTION
ARE USED TO EXPRESS
EMOTIONS (surprise, anger,
annoyance) TO ASK FOR
CONFIRMATION, TO EXPRESS
OPINION POLITELY, WHEN A
POSITIVE ANSWER IS
EXPECTED, ETC.
HAVEN’T YOU BEEN DOWNTOWN
BEFORE?
DON’T YOU WANT TO COME WITH US?
CAN’T YOU DO ANYTHING RIGHT?
AUXILIARY VERB + N’T +
SUBJECT + MAIN VERB
WE REPLY TO NEGATIVE
QUESTIONS THE SAME
WAY WE REPLY TO
REGULAR QUESTIONS.
WHAT ARE TAG
QUESTIONS?
SHE HASN’T SEEN THE
DOCTOR YET, HAS SHE?STRUCTURE THE BOYS ARE AT
SCHOOL, AREN’T THEY?
NEGATIVE
QUESTIONS EXAMPLESTRUCTURE REPLY
RULES
AND
EXAMPLES
TAG
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