🟦 Introduction

Hey champion learner! 👋
Have you ever said something like:
“It’s hot today, isn’t it?”
or
“You love football, don’t you?”

You were using Question Tags — tiny additions that turn a statement into a friendly question!

In this lesson, you’ll master:

• What Question Tags are

• How to form and use them correctly

• Rules for positive and negative tags

• Special cases and common mistakes

Let’s go — soon you’ll be tagging your sentences perfectly! ✨

🟩 Key Concepts and Explanations

1. What are Question Tags?

A Question Tag is a short question added to the end of a statement.
It checks, confirms, or encourages agreement.

Examples:

• You are coming, aren’t you?

• She can’t drive, can she?

🎯 Tip: In English conversation, question tags make speech softer and friendlier!

2. Structure of a Question Tag

Pattern:
✅ Statement + , + Auxiliary Verb + Subject Pronoun + ?

3. Basic Rules for Forming Question Tags

✅ Positive statement → Negative tag
✅ Negative statement → Positive tag

4. Choosing the Right Helping Verb

Use the same auxiliary (helping) verb from the statement in the tag.
If there’s no auxiliary verb (e.g., Present Simple, Past Simple), use do/does/did.

5. Changing Pronouns Correctly

🟩 Special Cases

a. Using “I am” in Question Tags

When the statement uses “I am”, the tag is “aren’t I” (not “amn’t I”).

Example:

• I’m late, aren’t I?

b. Imperatives with Question Tags

Commands or suggestions can use will you, won’t you, can you, can’t you, etc.

Examples:

• Close the door, will you?

• Let’s go, shall we?

c. Negative Words in Positive Sentences

Words like never, hardly, barely, seldom are treated as negatives.

Example:

• She hardly eats rice, does she?

🟩 Common Mistakes to Avoid

✅ Always match the tense and verb correctly!

🟨 Sample Problem Walkthroughs

Walkthrough 1:

Form the tag:
“She can swim.”

• Step 1: Positive statement → use negative tag.

• Step 2: Modal verb “can” → “can’t”.

• Step 3: Subject “she”.

✅ Answer: She can swim, can’t she?

Walkthrough 2:

Form the tag:
“You aren’t hungry.”

• Step 1: Negative statement → use positive tag.

• Step 2: Auxiliary verb “are”.

• Step 3: Subject “you”.

✅ Answer: You aren’t hungry, are you?

🟨 Practice Exercises

✏️ Exercise A: Add Correct Question Tags

1. It’s raining, ___________?

2. You don’t like fish, ___________?

3. They are going home, ___________?

4. John wasn’t at school, ___________?

5. She speaks French, ___________?

✏️ Exercise B: Correct the Mistakes

Find and fix the wrong tags:

1. He likes football, isn’t he?

2. We are late, isn’t we?

3. Mary doesn’t dance, does she?

4. I am your best friend, amn’t I?

5. Let’s visit Nana, won’t we?

✏️ Exercise C: Mixed Challenge

Change these statements into full sentences with correct tags:

1. The boys played well.

2. You have seen that movie.

3. The baby is crying.

4. She couldn’t attend the meeting.

5. The sun rises in the east.

✅ Answers and Explanations

Exercise A:

1. isn’t it?

2. do you?

3. aren’t they?

4. was he?

5. doesn’t she?

Exercise B:

1. isn’t he? → doesn’t he?

2. isn’t we? → aren’t we?

3. (Correct already)

4. amn’t I? → aren’t I?

5. won’t we? → shall we?

Exercise C:

1. The boys played well, didn’t they?

2. You have seen that movie, haven’t you?

3. The baby is crying, isn’t it?

4. She couldn’t attend the meeting, could she?

5. The sun rises in the east, doesn’t it?

🔁 Recap

Today you learned:

• How to form and use question and answer tags correctly.

• Positive sentences need negative tags, and vice versa.

• How to match tenses, verbs, and pronouns.

• Special cases like “aren’t I” and suggestions with “shall we”.

👉 Key Tip:
Speak smoothly and confidently by checking your verb and subject match before adding your tag!

🪞Reflection Prompt

Write two of your own sentences:

• One with a positive statement and negative tag.

• One with a negative statement and positive tag.

🌟 Example:

• Positive: You enjoy dancing, don’t you?

• Negative: She doesn’t live far, does she?