TAG QUESTIONS AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCE + NEGATIVE TAG - > AFFIRMATIVE ANSWER EXPECTED Mary is here , isn’t she ? Yes , she is. You like tea , don’t you ? Yes , I do . They have left , haven’t they ? Yes , they have. NEGATIVE SENTENCE + AFFIRMATIVE TAG - > NEGATIVE ANSWER EXPECTED Mary isn’t here , is she ? No , she isn’t. You don’t like tea , do you ? No, I don’t . They haven’t left , have they ? No , they haven’t. The tag pronoun for “ this / that” = it The tag pronoun for “ these / those ” =they This / that is your book , isn’t it ? These / those are your books , aren’t they ? In sentences with “ There + be ” -> “ there ” is used in the tag. There is a meeting tonight , isn’t there ? “ everyone , everybody , someone , no one somebody , nobody, none , neither ” -> they Everyone took the test , didn’t they ? “ everything , nothing , something - > it Everything is okey , isn’t it ? Sentences with negative words take affirmative tags. “ no, no one , nobody, none , neither , nothing , hardly , hardly ever , seldom ” Nothing is wrong , is it ? Nobody called on the phone , did they ? Nothing matters , does it ? Neither of them offered to help me , did they ? Not many people understand his ideas , do they? None of them wrote to him , did they ? Peter hardly ever goes to the parties , does he? Let’s……. -> shall we ? Let’s go out for a walk , shall we ? Imperative “ V1 / Don’t… ” - > will you ? Open the door , will you ? Don’t be late , will you ? I am -> aren’t I ? I am supposed to be here , aren’t I ? * to be supposed + to inf : được định là Không lặp lại danh từ trong mệnh đề chính ở câu hỏi đuôi .Chủ ngữ của câu hỏi đuôi là đại từ nhân xưng ( I ,you , he ,she….) tương ứng với danh từ làm chủ ngữ trong mệnh đề chính Peter doesn’t feel well , does he ? The train is late , isn’t it ? Động từ , trợ đông từ ở câu hỏi đuôi luôn viết tắt ( không viết dạng đầy đủ ) isn’t , aren’t , wasn’t , weren’t , won’t, don’t , doesn’t , didn’t , can’t , … You like beer , don’t you ? ( không dùng do not you?) I . Add tag questions to the following 1. They want to come , ……………………………………………… ? 2. Elizabeth is a dentist , ……………………………………………… ? 3. They won’t be here , ……………………………………………… ? 4. There aren’t any problems, ……………………………………………… ? 1 5. That is your umbrella, ……………………………………………… ? 6. George is a student , ……………………………………………… ? 7. He’s learned a lot in the last couple of years, ……………………………………………… ? 8. He has a bicycle , ……………………………………………… ? 9. Joan can’t come with us , ……………………………………………… ? 10. She’ll help us late , ……………………………………………… ? 11. Peggy would like to come with us to the party, ……………………………………………… ? 12. Those aren’t Fred’s books, ……………………………………………… ? 13. You’ve never been to Paris , ……………………………………………… ? 14. Something is wrong with Jane today , ……………………………………………… ? 15. Everyone can learn how to swim, ……………………………………………… ? 16. Nobody cheated on the exam , ……………………………………………… ? 17. Nothing went wrong while I was gone, ……………………………………………… ? 18. I am invited , ……………………………………………… ? II . Add tag questions to the following 1.Your name is Thanh , ……………………………… ? 2. Today is Sunday , ……………………………… ? 3. John doesn’t agree with me about the plan , ……………………………… ? 4. There’s a bus comimg , ……………………………… ? 5. Everybody was saying their prayers in the church when I cane in, ……………………………… ? 6. He makes a lot of mistakes in pronunciation , ……………………………… ? 7. The traffic was heavy yesterday , ……………………………… ? 8. Both men won’t surf the Internet for a chat any more , ……………………………… ? 9. A lot of students don’t think studying grammar is interesting , ……………………………… ? 10. We haven’t done this homework yet , ……………………………… ? 11. Jack’s enrolled on this course , ……………………………… ? 12. Helen’s got fashionable clothes to wear on this important occasion , ……………………………? 13. The Smiths have got a computer , a CD player and two motorbikes , …………………………… ? 14. The children have many computer games to play , ……………………………… ? 15. Your brother has the chance to speak English outside the classroom , ………………………… ? 16. David and Kate aren’t going to pay their school fees tomorrow , ……………………………… ? 17. There weren’t any well- qualified teachers at this school , ……………………………… ? 18. This boy could use a computer at the age of 5 , ……………………………… ? 19. MY father put an advertisement in the Times to sell his house , ……………………………… ? 20. It is expensive for you to access the Internet , ……………………………… ? 21. Jim really shouldn’t spend most of his time wandering on the Internet , ………………………… ? 22. People don’t know which website is useful to them , ……………………………… ? 23. Students have to wear uniforms in Vietnam , ……………………………… ? 24. Email is good way for people to communicate , ……………………………… ? 25. The garbage can be taken out everyday , ……………………………… ? 26. We must send this message by email , ……………………………… ? 27. You wouldn’t like another drink , ……………………………… ? 28. Vinh would rather listen to English programs on the radio , ……………………………… ? 29. You had better not go out in the cold weather , ……………………………… ? 30. Ba ought to join her family on a day trip to her hometown , ……………………………… ? 31. My sister might like writing email , ……………………………… ? 32. You should attend the opening ceremony , ……………………………… ? 33. You wouldn’t mind helping me with this , ……………………………… ? 34. I needn’t say anything to you about it , ……………………………… ? 35. Your aunt needs to grow rice on his farm , ……………………………… ? 36. This is Mr. Johnson , ……………………………… ? 2 37. That was Ann on the phone , ……………………………… ? 38. Those weren’t your parents over there , ……………………………… ? 39. These are your cases here , ……………………………… ? 40. The Chinese invented paper in AD 105 , ……………………………… ? 41. The English don’t like tea , ……………………………… ? 42. The rich usually live in big houses , ……………………………… ? 43. There won’t be any good news for you , ……………………………… ? 44. Joe used to be a lot faster than he is now , ……………………………… ? 45. There used to be too much noise in this neighborhood , ……………………………… ? 46. He has no chance of finding a cheap flat in the city centre , ……………………………… ? 47. He’s never met you before , ……………………………… ? 48. They really went swimming when they were your age , ……………………………… ? 49. Helen seldom smiles at me whenever she passes me in the street , ……………………………….? 50. He hardly ever makes a mistake , ……………………………… ? 51. There’s scarcely enough time for our project , ……………………………… ? 52. Cactuses need little water , ……………………………… ? 53. Unfiendly people have few friends , ……………………………… ? 54. It’s unpleasant to be alone in a strange country , ……………………………… ? 55. It’s no good , ……………………………… ? 56. No smoking is allowed in this compartment , ……………………………… ? 57. We carried no cash with us , ……………………………… ? 58. We have received no information yet , ……………………………… ? 59. Not many people understand his ideas , ……………………………… ? 60. Something is wrong with Jane today , ……………………………… ? 61. Everything seems to be OK with you , Dad , ……………………………… ? 62. Nothing matters , ……………………………… ? 63. Nothing has been done about unemployment , ……………………………… ? 64. Neither of them offered to help me , ……………………………… ? 65. None of them wrote to him , ……………………………… ? 66. Nobody is going to the mosque , ……………………………… ? 67. Somebody has recognized you by your funny hat , ……………………………… ? 68. Everyone was impressed by her beauty , ……………………………… ? 69. One should always try to be friendly to the environment , ……………………………… ? 70. I’m not supposed to be here on time , ……………………………… ? 71. I’m expected to do well in my schooling , ……………………………… ? 72. Let’s go out for a meal together one day , ……………………………… ? 73. Don’t be late , ……………………………… ? 74. Help yourself to this soup , ……………………………… ? 75. Pass me the salt , ……………………………… ? 76. Don’t forget to keep in touch with us , ……………………………… ? 77. Post this letter for me , ……………………………… ? 78. Have some more coffee , ……………………………… ? 79. Get out your books , ……………………………… ? 80. Have a nice holiday , ……………………………… ? 3 ANSWER KEYS I . Add tag questions to the following( page 435 E. Gr – New ) 1. don’t they 2. isn’t she 3. will they 4. are there 5. isn’t it 6. isn’t he 7. hasn’t he 8. doesn’t he / hasn’t he 9. can 10. won’t she 11. wouldn’t she 12. are they 13. have you 14. isn’t it 15. can’t they 16. did they 17. did it 18. aren’t I / am I not II . Add tag questions to the following( page 26 luyện tập TA9 – Phùng Cảnh Thành) 1. isn’t it 2. isn’t it 3. does he 4. isn’t there 5. weren’t they 6. doesn’t he 7. wasn’t it 8. will they 9. do they 10. have we 11. hasn’t he 12. hasn’t she 13. haven’t they 14. don’t they 15. doesn’t he 16. are they 17. were there 18. couldn’t he 19. didn’t he 20. isn’t it 21. should he 22. do they 23. don’t they 24. isn’t it 25. can’t it 26. mustn’t we 27. would you 28. wouldn’t he 29. had you 30. oughtn’t he 31. mightn’t she 32. shouldn’t you 33. would you 34. need I 35. doesn’t she 36. isn’t it 37. wasn’t it 38. were they 39. aren’t they 40. didn’t they 41. do they 42. don’t they 43. will there 44. didn’t he 45. didn’t there 46. does he 47. has he 48. did they 49. does she 50. does he 51. is there 52. do they 53. do they 54. isn’t it 55. is it 56. is it 57. did we 58. have we 59. do they 60. isn’t it 61. doesn’t it 62. does it 63. has it 64. did they 65. did they 66. are they 67. haven’t they 68. weren’t they 69. shouldn’t one 70. am I 71. aren’t I 72. shall we 73. will you 74. will you 75. will 76. will you 77. will 78. will you 79. will 80. will you 4 . , aren’t , wasn’t , weren’t , won’t, don’t , doesn’t , didn’t , can’t , … You like beer , don’t you ? ( không dùng do not you?) I . Add tag questions to the following 1. They want to come ,. nothing , something - > it Everything is okey , isn’t it ? Sentences with negative words take affirmative tags. “ no, no one , nobody, none , neither , nothing , hardly , hardly ever , seldom. tag. There is a meeting tonight , isn’t there ? “ everyone , everybody , someone , no one somebody , nobody, none , neither ” -> they Everyone took the test , didn’t they ? “ everything ,