Question tags

Question tags

Are grammatical elements that are placed at the end of a sentence in the form a short question and wose structure is in opposition to the previus sentence.

The main rules are :

• when the sentence is affirmative, the question is negative.
Example: he is an athlete, isn't he?
                  She is a good person, isn't she?
• When the sentences is negative, the question is affirmative.
Example: My backpack is not i'm the house, is it?
                  She doesn't her work, doesn't she?
                  We don't use the truck, do we?

* If there is an auxiliary verb in the statement, we use it to form the question tag. 
Example: i don't use your phone, do i?

* Sometimes there is no auxiliary verb already in the statement. When the verb in the statement is present or and is positive, we use don't, doesn't ora didn't. Example : she did enjoy, didn't she?

* When the verb in the statement is tobe i'm the present or past we use to be to make question tag. Example:  the car is in the parking lot, isn't it?

* When the verb in the statement is amodal verb we use the modal verb to make the question tag.
Example: they could to be artists, could'nt they?

* If the Main verb or auxiliary verb in the statement is AM, the positive question is AM i? But the negative question tag is usually aren'nt i?
Example:  i'm not a good student, am i?
  
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