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Negative Yes/No Questions and Tag Questions
This Isnt Dangerous, Is It?
Focus on Grammar 4 Part III, Unit 7 By Ruth Luman, Gabriele Steiner, and BJ Wells Copyright 2006. Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
This isnt dangerous, is it?
These parachutes work, dont they? You havent done this before, have you?
Isnt this fun? We wont get hurt, will we?
Use Use negative yes/no questions and tag questions to: check information you believe to be true OR comment on a situation. I pull the blue cord, dont I? Dont I pull the blue cord? Isnt the view great?
In both sentences the speaker is commenting on the view.
In both sentences the speaker believes that he should The view is great, pull the blue cord it? isnt and wants to check this information.
Negative Yes/No Questions
Like affirmative yes/no questions, negative yes/no questions begin with a form of be or an auxiliary verb, such as have, do, will, can, or should.
Havent you had lunch yet?
Cant you swim somewhere else? Didnt you see the shark warning sign?
Arent sharks vegetarians?
Tag Questions 1 Form tag questions with statement + tag. The statement expresses an assumption. The tag means Right? OR Isnt that true?
Tag
Its a long way down, isnt it?
Tag
Statement I went the wrong way, didnt I?
Statement
Tag Questions 2 If the statement verb is affirmative, the tag verb is negative. If the statement verb is negative, the tag verb is affirmative.
Negative
Affirmative
You wont talk for too This rope will hold me, long, wont it? will you? Affirmative Negative
Tag Questions 3 Form the tag with a form of be or an auxiliary verb, such as have, do, will, can, or should. Use the same auxiliary that is in the statement. You bought life insurance, didnt you? He has done He isnt this before, joking, is hasnt he? he?
Be Careful! In the tag, only use pronouns. When the subject of the statement is that, the subject of the tag is it. Tom isnt enjoying this, is he? Tom? That wasnt my parachute, was it?
Practice 1
Complete the tag questions with the correct tag.
Example: You can swim, cant you? 1. This is high enough, isnt it? 2. The rope wont break, will it?
3. We dont have enough food, do we?
4. He didnt bring the helmets, did he? 5. She hasnt given us the right parachutes, she? has 6. We should check the map, shouldnt we? 7. Our guide, Bob, does this all the time, doesnt he?
Intonation 1 Use tag questions in conversations when you expect the other person to agree with you. In this type of tag question, the voice falls on the tag.
Youre That hurts, doesnt it? right. I didnt wear a seat belt.
You didnt wear a seatbelt, did you?
This type of tag question is more like a statement than a question. The listener can just nod or say uh-huh to show that he or she is listening and agrees.
The speaker is checking information he believes is correct. He expects Uhthe listener to answer huh. (and agree).
Intonation 2 Tag questions can be used to get information. This type of tag question is more like a yes/no question. Like a yes/no question, the voice rises at the end, and you usually get an answer.
This isnt dangerous, Thats is it? they what told us in the skydiving class.
The speaker wants to confirm his information because he is not sure it is correct.
Well, Thissometimes parachute will open before there are we land, wont it? sharks.
Answers Answer negative yes/no questions and tag questions the same way you answer affirmative yes/no questions. The answer is no, if the information is Theres not correct.
a hospital nearby, isnt there? Yes, there is.
The answer is yes, if the information is correct.
No, it doesnt. Doesnt your parachute work?
Practice 2 Example: No, we dont. We just like to hug.
Write dialogues for each picture using tag questions or negative yes/no questions, and answers for each picture.
Eels dont bite, do they?
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