Question tags are short question phrases added to the end of statements. They are used to check information or seek agreement. To form a question tag, identify the verb in the statement and use the opposite auxiliary verb or pronoun. For example, with a positive statement like "It's windy today", the matching question tag is "isn't it?". Question tags follow the subject of the statement and use pronouns like "she", "it", or "they" accordingly. The intonation when saying a question tag indicates whether the speaker is sure of the answer or wants to check information.

1. Question tags

2. What is a question tag?
It is a sentence with a question phrase
connected at the end.
Example:
It’s windy today, isn’t it?
Sentence part Tag

3. Forming Question
Tags
1. Identify the verb in the sentence
– Check the type of verb (auxiliary verb, main verb,
etc)
– Check the tense (present, past).
– Is it negative or affirmative? Use the opposite.
1. Use the pronoun that refers to the subject
Sergio likes to eat at buffets, ______ ______?
verb

4. A positive statement is followed by a negative
question tag, and vice versa.
– They live in Barcelona, don’t they?
– She doesn’t walk to work, does she?
When the sentence contains a word with a
negative meaning like never, hardly, seldom or
rarely the question tag is positive.
– He never wakes up before 10 o’clock, does he?

5. Pronoun in the question tag
agrees with the subject
e.g. She hasn’t done her homework, has she?
subject ‘this/ that’ in the statement it
subject ‘these/ those’ in the statement
they
e.g. That was an interesting book,wasn’t it?
Those weren’t Amy’s books, were they?

6. Subject ‘everyone, someone, anyone, no
one’  they
e.g. Everybody loves the film, don’t they?
Someone didn’t hand in the project,
did they?

7. statement begins with ‘Let’s’  shall
e.g. Let’s have some tea,shall we?
After imperatives will you/ won’t you?
– E.g. Open the door, will you?
Open the door, won’t you?
Negative imperatives  will you?
e.g. Don’t lie to me, will you?

8. I am -> aren’t I? E.g. I am older than you, aren’t I?
Imperative  will/won’t you? (to invite people to do things)
– Open the windows, won’t you?
Negative imperative will you?
– Don’t make any noise, will you?
Let’s  shall we? E.g. Let’s have a party, shall we?
I have (got)  haven’t it?
– They have got an Alsatian, haven’t they?
I have  don’t I?
– You have some free time, don’t you?
There is/are  isn’t/aren’t there?
– These is some milk in the carton, isn’t there?
This/That is  isn’t it? E.g. This is your umbrella, isn’t
it?
Everyone/Someone/Anyone/No one  … they?
– Someone is knocking at the door, aren’t they?
Nothing  … it? E.g. Nothing is solved, is it?

9. Note: When we are sure of the answer and
expect agreement, our voice goes down in
the question tag.
He is not in Florida, is he?
When we aren’t sure and want to check
information the voice goes up.
You have read this, haven’t you?