Use of Tag questions.
A tag question is used to seek or ask for the
confirmation of what we already known. It requires a person to confirm for the
statement he/she has given. We form tag question by using some of the auxiliary
verbs. Auxiliary verbs are helping verbs. A verb is a doing word. It explain
what someone is doing.
These auxiliary verbs help the verb to tell what
someone is doing. For the affirmative form we use tag questions. If the statement
is not having a word “NOT” is called a POSITIVE STATEMENT.
Likewise if the statement is having a word “NOT” is
called a NEGATIVE STATEMENT.
If the statement is negative the tag question should
be positive and if the statement is positive tag question should be negative.
Examples of the Negative statement with the positive
tag question
1. You
didn’t come to play, did you?
2. I
am not your friend, am I?
3. A
lion did’nt catch the zebra, did it?
4. Audax
will not come next week, will he?
5. Mr.
Kuhaba is not a Prime Minister, is he?
6. They
were not here, were they?
7. You
are not a teacher, are you?
EXERCISE
Write the correct tag question of the following
statements.
1. Anna
is not our sister, ………….
2. Abdallah
is not coming today, ………
3. She
cannot cook properly, ………….
4. He
is not a good boy ,…………
5. Our
school is not dirty like yours,…………
6. It
will not rain today,…………
7. Jumanne
will not come to teach us,…………
Examples of the positive statements with the
negative tag question
1. We
have a new house, haven’t we?
2. Anna
is coming to seat, isn’t she?
3. Lowassa
is our new president, isn’t he?
4. Manase
is our teacher, isn’t he?
5. Mr.
Mujuni is my brother, isn’t he?
6. Manoti
is driving well, isn’t he?
You can form
short by omitting other letters or words.
|
can
not
|
can’t
|
|
will
not
|
won’t
|
|
is
not
|
isn’t
|
|
shall
not
|
shan’t
|
|
do
not
|
don’t
|
|
does
not
|
doesn’t
|
|
have
not
|
haven’t
|
|
has
not
|
hasn’t
|
EXERCISE
Choose the correct answer and write in the box
given.
1. I
am not escorting you to the wedding, ………….
A. am
I?
B. I
am?
C. won’t
I?
D. isn’t
it?
2. Neema
won’t go for the meeting, …………
A. won’t
she?
B. will
she?/
C. isn’t
it?
D. can
she?
3. Emmanuel
will teach us Geography, …………
A. won’t
he?
B. will
he?
C. does
he?
D. doesn’t
he?
4. Lydia
is our teacher, ………..
A. is
she?
B. isn’t
she?
C. does
she?
D. doesn’t
she?
5. It
won’t’ rain today, ………….
A. won’t
it?
B. will
it?
C. won’t
it?
D. isn’t
it?
6. She
doesn’t like the new teacher, …………..
A. doesn’t
she?
B. does
she?
C. she
does?
D. does
like?
7. Anna
is here, ……………….
A. she
is here?
B. she
haven’t?
C. isn’t
she?
D. is
he?
8. Our
English teacher can’t teach us today, …………….
A. can
he?
B. can’t
he?
C. is
he?
D. isn’t
he?
9. Kakuru
will come tomorrow to visit us, …………...
A. won’t
he?
B. will
he?
C. can
he?
D. does
he?
10. We
are not making noise, ……………
A. we
are?
B. are
we?
C. isn’t
we?
D. won’t
we?
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