D. Grammar Time
Tag Questions
We use tag questions to confirm information (You're dying to answer, aren't you?) or
to emphasize
a point (It wouldn't hurt once in a while
,
would
it?).
To make a statement into a tag question, the subject in the statement and the "tag"
need to correspond.
The verb tenses also need to
correspond.
That quitarist was amazing, wasn't he? You haven't got a very good memory,
have you?
What do you notice about the verbs in bold in the examples above? Complete
the rule below:
If the auxiliary verb in the statement is affirmative, it is
If the auxiliary verb in the statement is negative, it is
in the tag.
in the tag.
E. Match the halves.
1 We don't have any homework to do tonight,
haven't I?
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