Tag Questions
Complete each of these statements with a little request for confirmation.
Tag questions are those little questions such as aren’t I? or wouldn’t you? that we attach to the end of a statement in the hope of confirmation. See if you can dream up tags for these sentences.
These examples are taken from English literature, and in some cases more than one answer is possible, which is part of the game.
1. “But the whole thing seems rather suggestive, doesn’t it?”
2. “You have a goddaughter, haven’t you?”
3. “I might have seen him and not known it was him, mightn’t I?”
4. “And anyway,” Bundle ended, somewhat obscurely, “one must be a sport, mustn’t one?”
5. “She’s not been kidnapped, has she?”
6. “You'll notify the proper people, won’t you?”
Idon’t I? IIaren’t I? IIImightn’t he? IVaren’t you? Visn’t she? VIshouldn’t he? VIIcan’t you? VIIIdoesn’t she?