OXFORD PRACTICE GRAMMAR-42 sau đây là giáo trình lý thuyết tiếng anh và bài tập áp dụng từ cơ bản đến nâng cao , nhằm giúp các bạn có thể tự mình ôn tập và củng cố thêm về nền tảng kiến thức môn Anh văn , tự tin đạt kết quả tốt trong kỳ thi ngoại ngữ | OXFORD PRACTICE GRAMMAR 42 QUESTION TAGS . ISN T IT A Use Melanie It s a lovely day isn t it Harriet Beautiful. We re having a glorious summer aren t we Melanie You haven t heard a forecast for the weekend have you Harriet No I haven t but I think it s going to stay sunny. A question tag is a short question added on to a statement. When a tag is spoken the voice can go down or up. FALLING RISING It s a lovely day isn t it You haven t heard a forecast have you With a falling intonation the speaker thinks the With a rising intonation the speaker is less sure statement is true. Melanie knows that it is a lovely Melanie doesn t know if Harriet has heard a day and she is inviting Harriet to continue the weather forecast or not. The tag is more like a real conversation. The tag is not really a question. question. B Form POSITIVE STATEMENT NEGATIVE TAG NEGATIVE STATEMENT POSITIVE TAG It is very warm isn t it It isn t very warm is it A negative tag is an auxiliary verb n t A positive tag is an auxiliary verb pronoun pronoun. You ve played before haven tyou David hasn t got a car has he The children can swim can t they I shouldn t laugh should I It ll be dark soon won t it You aren t ill are you There was a mistake wasn t there The answer wasn t right was it The pronoun you he etc refers to the subject of the sentence . you David. In the present simple and past simple we use a form of do. You live near here don t you We don t have to pay do we This coat looks nice doesn t it The shower doesn t work does it I turned right didn t I Your horse didn t win did it The answer yes means that the positive is true and no means that the negative is true. Mark works for Zedco doesn t he Yes he does. He works for Zedco. Melanie doesn t eat meat does she Fes think she does. She eats meat. Claire is married isn t she No of course she isn t. She isn t married. Andrew hasn t got many friends has he No. He hasn t got many friends. C Requests and suggestions After a request with an .
