Tag Questions

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Vocabulary

Grammar

Verbs related to environmental issues

Tag Questions

environmental issues

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Form

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practice

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Match the sentence halves

Complete the statements with a question tag.

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Positive actions

Positive actions

• attack
• damage
• destroy
• injure
• kill
• throw away
• waste

• protect
• recycle
• reduce
• reuse
• save
• support

1 Smoking can damage...

2 We should use less plastic and help protect the...

3 If there were fewer cars on the road, it would reduce...

4 Don't waste...

5 Give money to wildlife organizations and help support...

6 Switch off appliances when you are not using them and help...

7 Everyone should recycle old...

8 Don't throw away products like...

a ...their work.

b ...environment.

c ...clothes - give them to people who need them.

d ...your health.

e ...paper! Use the other side of it.

f ...save energy.

g ...glass, plastic, and paper. Recycle them instead.

h ...air pollution.

Tag Questions

Use a tag question after a statement.

Form a question tag with an auxiliary verb (be, do, have, can, etc.) and a pronoun. Use the same subject/pronoun and the same auxiliary verb as in the statement.

• You haven't been to Brazil, have you?
• Jane works at the university, doesn't she?
• You used to live in the UK, didn't you?
• Peter can drive, can't he?

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Tag Questions

Use a negative tag question after a positive statement.

• He is a teacher, isn't he?
• Anne can speak German, can't she?
• They arrived late, didn't they?

Use a positive tag question after a negative statement.

• You haven't talked to him, have you?
• Andrew isn't here yet, is he?

Note:

• after I'm... use aren't I?
• after let's... use shall we?

Tag Questions

We use a tag question:

• when we expect the listener to agree with our statement
• Yesterday was so much fun, wasn't it? (I think you agree)

• when we want to check a piece of information
• She's a doctor, isn't she? (Please confirm if the information is correct or not)

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