tailieunhanh - Oxford practice grammar with answers part 12

42 Question tags, . isn't it? A Use Melanie: Harriet: Melanie: Harriet: It's a lovely day, isn't it? Beautiful. We're having a glorious summer, aren't we? You haven't heard a forecast for the weekend, have you? 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? With a falling intonation, the speaker thinks the statement is true. Melanie knows that it is a lovely day, and she is inviting Harriet to continue. | 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 With a falling intonation the speaker thinks the statement is true. Melanie knows that it is a lovely day and she is inviting Harriet to continue the conversation. The tag is not really a question. You haven t heard a forecast have you With a rising intonation the speaker is less sure Melanie doesn t know if Harriet has heard a weather forecast or not. The tag is more like a real question. B Form POSITIVE STATEMENT NEGATIVE TAG It is very warm isn t it A negative tag is an auxiliary verb n t pronoun. You ve played before haven t you The children can swim can t they It ll be dark soon won t it There was a mistake wasn t there NEGATIVE STATEMENT POSITIVE TAG It isn t very warm is it A positive tag is an auxiliary verb pronoun David hasn t got a car has he I shouldn t laugh should I You aren t ill are you 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 tyou This coat looks nice doesn t it I turned right didn t I We don t have to pay do we The shower doesn t work does it 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 imperative . Wait . we .