Question:

• He slept before the little girl.

What to do?:

• Add question TAG in this sentence.

Answer:

• He slept before the little girl, didn’t he?

☯️More information to know:

✯ The word ‘tag’ means a short statement or a group of WORDS added to a statement to make a sense or to ask for confirmation. When the group of words (added to a sentence) helps to make a question, we call it ‘question tag’

☯Look at the following conversation:

• It is a sunny day today, isn't it?

Yes it is.

• You like mangoes, don't you?

Yes I do.

✯ Each of the above underlined sentences has two parts: A statement (It is a sunny day today) & a short question (isn't it?). This SORT question which is added to a statement is called question tag. We USE question tags to get a confirmationfor our statement.

☯️How to form question tags?:

• It is PLEASANT today, isn't it?

1️⃣ The question tag consists of only two words: isn't it? It has the same subject as the statement (it). We use a pronoun of the same person as the subject.

2️⃣ The tense remains the same

3️⃣ If the statement is positive, the question tag is Negative. If the statement is Negative, the question tag is positive.

Examples:

✨We are proud of her, aren't we?

个 个

(positive statement) (negative statement)

✨He haven't brought his box, have he?

个 个(negative statement) (positive statement)

4️⃣ We usually use short forms of the Negatives:

• Haven't
• aren't

☄️⚛️hope it helps⚛️☄️