Add appropriate question tags to the following statements.
1. We must leave now, …………………………?
If the main sentence has an auxiliary verb, it is repeated in the question tag.
2. The children were playing outside, …………………………..?
Negative tags are used after affirmative statements.
3. The wise man can solve our problem, ………………………….?
Negative tags are used after affirmative statements.
4. I am working hard, …………………………….?
The question tag for I am is aren’t I?
5. You are the winner of the prize, ……………………………..?
6. One picture is worth a thousand words, ………………………….?
7. Nothing can happen, ……………………………?
Nothing is a negative word; hence an affirmative tag is used after it. In tags, we use it to refer to nothing.
8. Somebody wanted a drink, ……………………………?
In tags we use they to refer to somebody/anybody.
9. It is quite good, ………………………….?
10. She has a sister, …………………………..?
When have refers to a state, question tags with have and do are both possible.
11. Shut up, …………………………..?
After imperatives, we use will/would/can/can’t/could you? to ask people to do things.
12. She works here, ………………………….?
When the given sentence is in the simple present tense, we use do/does in the tag.
Answers
1. We must leave now, mustn’t we?
2. The children were playing outside, weren’t they?
3. The wise man can solve our problem, can’t he?
4. I am working hard, aren’t I?
5. You are the winner of the prize, aren’t you?
6. One picture is worth a thousand words, isn’t it?
7. Nothing can happen, can it?
8. Somebody wanted a drink, didn’t they?
9. It is quite good, isn’t it?
10. She has a sister, hasn’t she / doesn’t she?
11. Shut up, can’t you / will you?
12. She works here, doesn’t she?
