2. What Is a Tag?
A small piece of
paper, cloth, plastic,
etc. attached to sth to
identify it or give
information about it
3. What Are Question Tags?
►You will have an English quiz next Sunday, won’t you?
► Rahmah didn’t come today, did she?
► Ibrahim has done well lately, hasn’t he?
► Abdur-Rahman comes early, doesn’t he?
► Yaseen couldn’t stop laughing, could he?
4. How Do We Form Question Tags?
1. An auxiliary (helping) verb + the appropriate pronoun
2. They take the same auxiliary verb as in the statement
3. They take “do” or “does” or “did” if there isn’t an auxiliary verb in the
statement
4. After Affirmative, we use Negative
5. After Negative, we use Affirmative
5. There are few exceptions, aren’t there?
1. Let’s has the tag shall we
Let’s have a quiz,
shall we?
2. Let me / him have the tag will you / won’t you
You’ll let me help you,
3. have (possession) has the tag haven’t
Mahmoud has a blue car,
4. have (idiomatically) has the tag don’t
Leena has a terrible headache,
have to (idiomatically) has the tag don’t
Hajar had to take the exam,
5. I am has the tag aren’t I
I am proud of you all,
won’t you? / will you?
hasn’t he? (possession)
doesn’t she? (idiomatically)
didn’t she? (idiomatically)
aren’t I?
6. There are few exceptions, aren’t there?
6. This / That - These / Those have the tag isn’t it - aren’t they
This article is very good,
7. There is / There are have the tag isn’t there / aren’t there
There are some books on the table,
8. Negative imperative has the tag will you
Don’t come late tomorrow,
9. Affirmative imperative has the tag will you / won’t you
Open your books,
10. Pronouns like ‘Nobody’ has the tag ‘they’ in the affirmative
Nobody has arrived yet,
Everybody is coming,
11. Nothing has the tag ‘it’ in the affirmative
Nothing has happened,
isn’t it?
aren’t there?
will you?
will you? / won’t you?
have they?
aren’t they?
has it?
7. Few Exceptions!
1. Let’s has the tag shall we
Let’s have a quiz,
shall we?
2. Let me / him have the tag will you / won’t you
You’ll let me help you,
won’t you? / will you?
3. have (possession) has the tag haven’t
Mahmoud has a blue car,
4. have (idiomatically) has the tag don’t
Leena has a terrible headache,
have to (idiomatically) has the tag don’t
Hajar had to take the exam,
5. I am has the tag aren’t I
I am proud of you all,
6. This / That - These / Those have the tag isn’t it - aren’t they
This article is very good,
hasn’t he? (possession)
doesn’t she? (idiomatically)
didn’t she? (idiomatically)
aren’t I?
isn’t it?
