Tag Questions

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

19. “It’s made of water — clean water — I made it myself, so I bet I ought to know, oughtn’t I?”

20. “You’ve grown a lot thinner, haven’t you?

21. “And anyway,” Bundle ended, somewhat obscurely, “one must be a sport, mustn’t one?”

22. “Life is full of trials, isn’t it?”

23. “Dogs don’t drink beer, do they?”

24. “So we can’t go and ask the dog, can we?”

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

Iwill it? IIaren’t I? IIIisn’t he? IVmight he? Vdon’t I? VIoughtn’t we? VIIdoesn’t she? VIIIaren’t they?