1. QUESTION TAGS
Question tags
Question tags are the short questions that we put on the end of sentences –
particularly in spoken English. There are lots of different question tags but the
rules are not difficult to learn.
Positive/negative
If the main part of the sentence is positive, the question tag is negative ….
 He’s a doctor, isn’t he?
 You work in a bank, don’t you?
 He is drinking coffee, isn’t he?
 She teaches English, doesn’t she?
 They can swim, can’t they?
 She went to the cinema yesterday. Didn’t she?
 We will go to the beach tomorrow, won’t we?
 She was reading a book, wasn’t she?
... and if the main part of the sentence is negative, the question tag is positive.
 He isn’t a doctor, is he?
 You don’t work in a bank, do you?
 He isn’t drinking coffee, is he?
 She doesn’t teach English, does she?
 They can’t swim, can they?
 She didn’t go to the cinema yesterday, did she?
 We won’t (will not) go to the beach tomorrow, will we?
 She wasn’t reading a book, was she?
 With ‘I am’
Be careful with question tags with sentences that start ‘I am’. The question tag
for ‘I am’ is ‘aren’t I?’
 I’m the fastest, aren’t I?

2. EXERCISES
Complete the sentences with the correct question tags.
1. Mr McGuinness is from Ireland, _______________?
2. The car isn't in the garage, ___________________?
3. You are John, _____________________?
4. She went to the library yesterday, ____________________?
5. He didn't recognize me, ____________________?
6. Cars pollute the environment,
7. The trip is very expensive, __________________?
8. He won't tell her, _________________?
9. Hugh had a red car, _______________?
10. You are Indian, _______________________________
11. Peggy didn't use the pencil,___________________________?
12. The boy is from Turkey, ___________________?
13. Sue wasn't listening, _____________________?
14. Andrew isn't sleeping, _______________________?
15. Tom and Maria will arrive at Heathrow, ________________?
16. Dogs like meat, _______________________?
17. He sometimes reads the newspaper___________________?
18. You are Indian, _______________________________?
19. Peggy didn't use the pencil,___________________________?
20.Mary answered the teacher's question, _________________?
21. I'm late, ________________?
22. She’s collecting stickers, ________________?
23. John and Max don’t like Maths, _________________?