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. “Never a hog for regular work, were you?”
2. “You are Captain Hastings, aren’t you?”
3. “You’ve grown a lot thinner, haven’t you?
4. “You won’t forget the names, will you?
5. “They keep it in the Tower, don’t they?”
6. “And anyway,” Bundle ended, somewhat obscurely, “one must be a sport, mustn’t one?”
Iis he? IIought he? IIIaren’t I? IVdoesn’t she? Varen’t they? VIdo I? VIIcan’t they? VIIIcouldn’t we?