By the end of this exercise, you can form question tags in every tense — and you know exactly when the tag is negative, when it is positive, and what happens with I am and let's.
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Read the dialogue and choose the correct question tag for each gap.
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How it works: a positive sentence gets a negative tag — "You are Jo, aren't you?" A negative sentence gets a positive tag — "You aren't Jo, are you?"
1 Mia: Hi! You are in my English class, I'm Mia.
2 Tom: That's right. You moved here last year,
3 Mia: Yes. The bus is late again,
4 Tom: It will probably be here soon,
5 Mia: You have missed this bus before,
6 Tom: Too often! We could walk to school together tomorrow,
Eight sentences, eight tenses — only the auxiliary in the tag changes.
1 You are coming to the party,
2 She finished the report,
3 They have never been to Rome,
4 He can swim really well,
5 We will meet at six,
6 It rained all weekend,
7 There is a problem,
8 You would help me,
Six sentences where the usual rule needs a second look.
1 I am late,
2 Let's go home,
3 Nobody came to the meeting,
4 You have to leave now,
5 Nothing really matters,
6 Don't be late,
Write a short dialogue — with at least four question tags.
You and a partner are planning a class trip to the seaside. Write your dialogue (6-8 lines): discuss the bus, the weather, the food and the meeting point. Use at least four question tags — and one tricky case from Exercise C if you can.
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