Learn English with Coffee Break English When to say 'is it?' at the end of a phrase - Question tags | The Coffee Break English Show 1.06
Nov 24, 2023
Learn about question tags, how to correctly use 'is it?' at the end of English phrases. Explore different types of question tags, their usage in various English tenses, and practice exercises.
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Question Tags Confirm Statements
- Question tags are short questions added to statements to check or confirm information.
- They invert the sentence polarity: negative statement takes a positive tag and vice versa.
Match The Verb And Subject
- Use the main verb and the same subject when forming a question tag for auxiliary verbs.
- Keep the verb form from the statement and flip its polarity for the tag.
Use Modal/auxiliary In Tags
- For modal and auxiliary verbs, form the tag using that same modal/auxiliary and change polarity.
- Example: "You can speak Spanish, can't you?" uses can → can't in the tag.