Tag questions are question phrases added to the end of statements. They are used to clarify information by seeking agreement or confirmation from the listener. There are two main purposes - to clarify information where the speaker expects an answer, or to agree with someone where the speaker does not expect an answer. The tag question will be the opposite polarity (positive or negative) of the statement. There are also some rules for tag questions involving pronouns like "I" and imperatives. Moving is a difficult process that requires disconnecting utilities, packing, hiring movers, and more, which is why the speaker notes that moving is hard at the end.

1. Tag Questions

2. Do you like Comic Strips?

5. What is a Tag Question?
It is a sentence with a question phrase
connected at the end.
Example:
It’s windy today, isn’t it?
Sentence part Tag

6. Tag questions have two purposes:
1. To clarify information
(the speaker expects an answer)
Example:
We study English, don’t we?
Rafa is singing at the party, isn’t he?
I’m your teacher, aren’t I?

7. 2. To agree with someone
(the speaker does not expect an answer)
Example:
You’re falling asleep, aren’t you?
The party was a lot of fun, wasn’t it?
I didn’t win the lottery, did I?

8. If the statement is positive, the TAG is negative:
That’s your sweater, isn’t it?
You study English, don’t you?
If the statement is negative, the TAG is positive:
Joel didn’t do his hwk, did he?
Cesar and Orlando aren’t paying attention, are they?

9. Important rules:
1. Be + I= are: I am your teacher, aren’t I?
2. With let’s, the TAG is ‘Shall we?’:
Let’s go to cyber, shall we?
3. With imperatives, the TAG is ‘will you’:
Sit down, will you?
4. With nobody, never, hardly, the TAG is positive:
Nobody understood, did they?

10. Tips!
• In replies to question tags we use short
answers.
You’ve been here before, haven’t you?
No, I haven’t, actually!
• Notice that when the information is not
correct people use actually after the short
answer.
• Notice the comma before the question tag.

11. 1. You’ve called the movers,
2. They’re coming tomorrow,
3. This isn’t going to be cheap,
4. You haven’t finished packing,
5. We don’t need any more boxes,
6. Pablo is going to help us,
7. We can put some things in storage,
8. Jack isn’t buying our bookcases,
9. We need to disconnect the phone,
10. The movers aren’t packing the books for us,
11. We can’t turn off the electricity yet,
12. Moving is hard,
a. can we?
b. do we?
c. is he?
d. isn’t it?
e. aren’t they?
f. have you?
g. isn’t he?
h. is it?
i. haven’t you?
j. don’t we?
k. can’t we?
l. are they?

12. Think about question tags for these statements:
1. I’m right,_____________?
2. You’ve been working late
again,_____________?
3. You haven’t got a pen by any
chance,____________?
4. Let’s have a break,_________?
5. Sit down a moment, ________?
6. You met your friend in Paris,___________?
7. We’re going to London on Saturday,
______________?
8. You haven’t broken that as well, ____________?

13. Let’s play…
1. Sarah can’t play the tamborine, ______?
2. Let’s go to Acoxpa, __________?
3. Stop playing with your cell, _________?
4. We won’t have a quiz today, ________?
5. No one did the homework, ________?
6. Tomorrow isn’t Halloween, ______?
7. I am not being fooled, _______?
8. There isn’t a pool here, _________?