Question Tags

Sentences + A.V + S

No	Sentences	A.V	S
1 2 3 4 5	You came late yesterday, They will come to my house, He is rerely at home now, She never goes  with you, They have not come yet,	didn’t won’t is does have	you? they? he? she? they?

This pattern is also called Question Tags, and used to confirm a statement or sentence. If a positive sentence, so it use negative question tags (1,2) and if it’s negative sentence (5) or has negative meaning (3,4), so it use positive question tags. Auxiliary + not is written in the abbreviated form (didn’t, won’t, etc).

SHORT CONVERSATIONS:

A              : That new student is very nice and cute, isn’t she?

B             : Yes, she is. And you are interested with her, aren’t you?

A              : You didn’t come to school yesterday, did you?

B             : Yes, I did. I just came late.

A              : I am your good friend, amn’t I?

B             : I hope so.

A              : There isn’t test tomorrow, is there?

B             : No. But there is English homework.

A              : You will be going next Sunday, won’t you?

B             : Yes I will be going to my uncle’s house.

BAD HABIT

Jonathan               : You haven’t taken a shower, have you?

Fahmi                     : No, I haven’t.

Jonathan               : Speaking of that, you didn’t come to school yesterday, did you?

Fahmi                     : Of course I did.

Jonathan               : But you were late, weren’t you?

Fahmi                     : Yes, I was.

Jonathan               : That is bad habit.

Fahmi                     : Have you done  your home assignment?

Jonathan               : Yes, I have. You haven’t done it, have you?

Fahmi                     : I’ve done part of it.

Jonathan               : Do you have a lighter?

Fahmi                     : Yes, I do. And you have cigarette, haven’t you?

Jonathan               : No, I haven’t. I want to borrow your lighter  and ask for your cigarette.

Fahmi                     : Smoking is not good, is it?

Jonathan               : No, it isn’t. But we can not quit smoking, can we?

Fahmi                     : We must try to stop smoking for it is a bad habit.

Jonathan               : It can thteaten our life, can’t it?

Fahmi                     : Yes. From now on we must stop our bad habits.

Jonathan               : I agree with you.