Tag Questions Examples
Tag questions are short phrases that are added to the end of a statement to turn it into a question. They are used to confirm or check the information stated in the statement. Tag questions are common in spoken English and can be used to express certainty or uncertainty, to seek agreement or disagreement, or to show politeness or interest. Here are some examples:
Positive statement with a negative tag question:
You like coffee, don’t you?
He’s a good singer, isn’t he? They’re coming to the party, aren’t they?
Negative statement with a positive tag question:
You don’t like coffee, do you?
He isn’t a good singer, is he?
They aren’t coming to the party, are they?
In general, the tag question takes the opposite form of the statement, and uses the appropriate auxiliary verb (do/does/did for present tense, and did/was/were for past tense).
Tag Questions Exercises
– Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d:
1. You don’t think she is ill, …………………………?
a. do you b. isn’t she c. is she d. you do
2. She could hardly carry out the difficult task, …………………….?
a. could she b. she could c. couldn’t she d. she couldn’t
3. Sorrowfully, no one does their task well, ………………………….?
a. do they b. don’t they c. does he d. doesn’t he
4. …………………………… has arrived on time, haven’t they?
a. Everyone b. No one c. Neither of them d. All of them
5. No one has invited her to the wedding party, …………………………..?
a. have they b. has he c. hasn’t he d. haven’t they
6. She is very punctual; she rarely comes late, ………………………..?
a. is she b. she doesn’t c. doesn’t she d. does she
7. He ……………………. silly mistakes, does he? (LM)
a. never made b. has c. never makes d. makes
8. Neither of the workers was happy with the new legislation, ………………..?
a. wasn’t they b. weren’t they c. was they d. were they
9. Everybody should visit him, ……………….?
a. shouldn’t they b. should they c. should we d. shouldn’t we
10. As far as I know Jim, he hates football and never plays it, …………………?
a. didn’t he b. will he c. does he d. don’t I
11. They had to provide some evidence to the court to clear him of the accusation, ……?
a. wouldn’t they b. hadn’t he c. hadn’t they d. didn’t they
12. It is the breaking news, Pass the remote control to me, ……………….?
a. isn’t it b. didn’t you c. shall we d. will you
13. Nobody in the family believes Carl has paid the heating bill, ………….?
a. do they b. has he c. doesn’t he d. did they
14. He had no practice in composing music, …………..?
a. didn’t he b. had he c. did he d. has he
15. You have a bad headache, ……………….?
a. isn’t it b. don’t you c. does it d. haven’t you
16. He never thought what might come out of it, ……………?
a. did he b. didn’t he c. does he d. won’t he
17. It would have been a more tactful decision to leave them alone, …………….?
a. shouldn’t we b. didn’t they c. wouldn’t it d. hasn’t it