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. “Dogs don’t drink beer, do they?”
2. “That would make four, wouldn’t it?”
3. “Did you mean to warn me against Mrs Vandemeyer? You did, didn’t you?”
4. “Not got away again, has he?”
5. “They keep it in the Tower, don’t they?”
6. “Sit down, won’t you?”
Iisn’t he? IIwill he? IIIdoesn’t it? IVoughtn’t she? Varen’t we? VIaren’t I? VIIwould it? VIIIdon’t they?