Tag Questions

Complete each of these statements with a little request for confirmation.

Introduction

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. “I might have seen him and not known it was him, mightn’t I?”

2. “That would make four, wouldn’t it?”

3. “Saunders gave you a pair of boots, didn’t he?”

4. “You won’t forget the names, will you?

5. “I suppose you got tied up with that awful woman, didn’t you?”

6. “Dogs don’t drink beer, do they?”

See if you can make up your own sentences for these tag questions.

Idon’t I? IIam I? IIIdoes it? IVmustn’t I? Vis it? VIaren’t you? VIIwon’t we? VIIIcould we?

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