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A Tag Question is a small question added to the
end of a statement.
Statement + Tag question
Tag Questions are use for two reasons:
 To
check for correctness
 To check for agreement
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Mr. Lee is our teacher.
(I know this is true).
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Mr. Lee is our teacher, isn’t he?
Tag Question
(I think he’s our teacher, I’m not sure)
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Mary runs every day.
(I know this)
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Mary runs every day, doesn’t she?
Tag Question
(I think she runs everyday, but I don’t know exactly)
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Sometimes when we make a statement we want to know if
you agree (동의하다) or disagree (동의하지 않는다).
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Here we can also use a tag question.
He’s cute,
isn’t he?
Statement
Helping verb
OR
Comma ( )
TO BE verb
isn’t
is
aren’t
are
wasn’t
was
weren’t
were
Pronoun
 If
the verb in the statement is POSITIVE(+)
 the tag verb will be NEGATIVE (-)
 Your mother is a doctor, isn’t she?
 If
the verb in the statement is NEGATIVE (-)
 the tag verb will be POSITIVE(+).
 Lazy students don’t like to study, do they?
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Statement
Verb
Pronoun
You speak Chinese,
don’t
you?
doesn’t
he?
didn’t
we?
o Do you speak Chinese?
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He plays the guitar,
o Does he play the guitar?
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We all passed the test,
o Did we all pass the test?
Some tag questions use have as the main verb
있어 / 없어 statements
Statement
You
have two sisters,
Verb
Pronoun
haven’t
don’t
you?
o Do you have two sisters ?
He
has a car,
doesn’t
he?
didn’t
she?
o Does he have a car?
Lisa
had long hair before,
o Did Lisa have long hair before?
Some tag questions are made differently (they are irregular):
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Statement
Verb
am cute,
aren’t
amn’t
o I’m right, aren’t I?
Pronoun
I?
o I’m lucky, aren’t I?
did
they?
 Nobody came here,
(Nobody is NEGATIVE subject, so the tag is POSITIVE).
o No one was hurt, were they?
 Everyone likes pizza,
doesn‘t
don‘t they?
o
referslike
to pizza?
many people as a single group.
Because our subject is
• Everyone
Does everyone
plural we need to use
o
a singular
verb.?
• So
Do italluses
the people
like pizza
a plural verb.
Agree
동의하다
OR
Disagree
동의하지않는다
Michelle went to VIPS last night, didn’t she?
Yes, she did.
OR
No, she didn’t.
 We should some drink alcohol, shouldn’t we?
Yes, we should. Lets party!
OR
No, we shouldn’t.
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(this person wants to drink alcohol)
That movie was so terrible, wasn’t it.
Yes, it was awful!
OR
(this person disagrees
and doesn’t want to drink)
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No, it wasn’t. I liked it.
In your groups, I will show you a picture.
One group, must make a statement about the picture.
The next group must make the TAG QUESTION to
complete the sentence.
Then the next group will make a new statement.
GroupsThe
must
make
3 statements for each picture
They
are in
test
The teacher
before He
we change
the picture.
is
taking
school,
looks she?
doesn’t
a test,
difficult,
isn’thappy,
he?
looks
doesn’t
isn’t
it?
aren’t
they?