Tag Question
Tag question es un modo de habla, que se usa para cuando no se tiene Certeza ante un acontecimiento.
USE OF THE TAG QUESTIONS:
EXAMPLE: You speak English, don't you?
Una TAG QUESTION es una construcción especial en inglés. Es una oración seguida de una mini pregunta.
Usamos TAG QUESTION para pedir confirmación. Y tiene como significado: "¿Es eso correcto?" o "¿Estás de acuerdo?" “¿Cierto?” “¿No?” Son muy comunes en inglés.
The basic structure of a tag question is:
| positive statement | negative tag |
|---|---|
| He is angry, Él está enojado, |
isn't he? Cierto? |
| negative statement | positive tag |
| You don't like me, Yo no te gusto, |
do you? Verdad? |
Positive Statement Tag Questions
Mire estos ejemplos con oraciones positivas. Verá que la mayoría de las veces, el verbo auxiliar del enunciado positivo se repite en la TAG y cambia a negativo.
| (+) positive statement | (-) negative tag | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject | auxiliary | main verb | auxiliary | personal pronoun same as subject |
|
| You | are | coming, | Aren´t | you? | |
| We | have | finished, | Haven´t | we? | |
| They | will | help, | Won´t | they? | |
| I | can | come, ? | Can´t | I | |
| We | must | go, | Mustn´t | we? | |
| He | should | try | harder, | Shouldn´t | he? |
Negative Statement Tag Questions
Mire estos ejemplos con oraciones negativas. Observe que el verbo negativo en la oración original se cambia a positivo en la TAG.
| (-) negative statement | (+) positive tag | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject | auxiliary | verb | auxiliary | personal pronoun |
||
| It | Isn´t | raining, | is | it? | ||
| We | Have | never | seen | that, | have | we? |
| You | Don´t | like | coffee, | do | you? | |
| They | Won´t | help, | will | they? | ||
| They | Won´t | report | us, | will | they? | |
| I | can | never | do | it right, | can | I? |
| We | Mustn´t | tell | her, | must | we? | |
| He | Shouldn´t | drive | so fast, | should | he? | |
| You | Won´t | be | late, | will | you? | |
Tag Question Special Cases
Imperatives
A veces usamos TAG QUESTION con imperativos (invitaciones, órdenes), Este tipo de oraciones no cuentan con un sujeto explicito, por tanto el usado es (you).
| Imperative + question tag |
|---|
| Take a seat, don´t you? |
| Help me, don´t you? |
| Won´t close the door, will you? |
| Don't forget, Do you? |
Some more special cases
| example | notes |
|---|---|
| I am right, aren't I? | aren't I (not amn't I) |
| You have to go, don't you? | you (do) have to go... |
| I have been answering, haven't I? | use first auxiliary |
| Nothing came in the post, did it? | treat statements with nothing, nobody etc like negative statements |
| Let's go, shall we? | let's = let us |
| He'd better do it, had n't he? | he had better (no auxiliary) |
Examples of Tag Questions
- But you don't really love her, do you?
- This'll work, won't it?
- Well, I couldn't help it, could I?
- But you haven´t told me if she calls, have you?
- We'd never have known, would we?
- The weather's bad, isn't it?
- You won't be late, will you?
- She has cleaned home, hasn,t she?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZnfMvX1JrA (video quiz de practica)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpVLisPQzjY ( video 1 de practica)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_RlpOOT66w (video 2 de practica)
Taller :
Exercise: contruya la tag question para los siguientes ejercicios.
Haga la "tag" correcta para cada oración.
1. They are students, _______________________?
2. She is a teacher, _________________________?
3. We are ready, ___________________________?
4. He isn't from China, _________________________?
5. They aren't tall, ____________________________?
6. I'm not on the list, ___________________________?
7. I'm the winner, ___________________________?
8. She sings beautifully, ______________________________?
9. They live in France, _____________________________?
10. He doesn't like movies, ___________________________?
11. You don't cook well, ______________________________?
12. They moved, __________________________________?
13. She didn't leave, ______________________________?
14. You saw the show, _______________________________?
15. He has finished, __________________________________?
16. They haven't read the book, _____________________________?
17. You've gone there, ______________________________________?
18. She hasn't written the article, _________________________?
19. You will go to the party, ___________________________________?
20. They won't see her, _______________________________?