Add appropriate questions to the following sentences.
1Give me a hand, ...............?
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
After an imperative request, "will you" and "could you" are natural question tags.
2There are some problems, ...............?
Wrong!
After the affirmative phrase "There are", the correct negative tag is "aren't there".
3Not a great film, ...............?
Wrong!
After a negative shortened statement, the correct positive past tag is "was it".
4You do take sugar in tea, ...............?
Wrong!
The auxiliary "do" in an affirmative statement takes the negative tag "don't you".
5They don't have meetings on Sundays, ...............?
Wrong!
After the negative statement "don't have", the correct positive tag is "do they".
6They won first prize, ...............?
Wrong!
A positive simple past statement takes the negative past tag "didn't they".
7She recognized him at once, ...............?
Wrong!
A positive simple past statement with "She" takes the negative tag "didn't she".
8You wouldn't like a puppy, ...............?
Wrong!
After the negative auxiliary "wouldn't", the correct positive tag is "would you".
9They promised to repay the money within two months, ...............?
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
A positive simple past statement can take the tag "didn't they" or the more formal "did they not".
10She wants to be an architect, ...............?
Wrong!
A positive simple present statement with "She" takes the negative tag "doesn't she".
11You like fish, ...............?
Wrong!
A positive simple present statement with "You" takes the negative tag "don't you".
12The meeting started at 6, ...............?
Wrong!
A tag uses a pronoun, so "The meeting" becomes "it" in "didn't it".
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- Give me a hand, will you / could you?
- There are some problems, aren’t there?
- Not a great film, was it?
- You do take sugar in tea, don’t you?
- They don’t have meetings on Sundays, do they?
- They won first prize, didn’t they?
- She recognized him at once, didn’t she?
- You wouldn’t like a puppy, would you?
- They promised to repay the money within two months, didn’t they / did they not?
- She wants to be an architect, doesn’t she?
- You like fish, don’t you?
- The meeting started at 6, didn’t it?
