QUESTION TAGS II

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Question tags are used to corroborate information

FALSE

TRUE

TRUE

We often use question tags when we expect the listener to agree with our statement.

Question tags are compounded by 2 negative clauses

FALSE

TRUE

FALSE

To create a question tag: we need a positive statement and a negative tag or viceversa: Negative statement and positive tag.

Question tags are more common in writing than in speaking

TRUE

FALSE

FALSE

Question tags are commonly used in speaking because we use contractions in a natural way when we interact through this skill.

Your sister lives in Spain,

don't she?

doesn't she?

doesn't she?

Remember when we have a sentence in present simple refering to the third person of the singular, it's not possible to use don't.

I'm going to get an e-mail with the details,

aren't I?

am I?

aren't I?

If the main verb or auxiliary verb in the statement is am, the positive question tag is am I? but the negative question tag is usually aren't I? because there is no contraction for am not.