السؤال المذيل Question tag

"Question Tags" are the small questions that often come at the ends of sentences in speech, and sometimes in informal writing. They mean something like: "Am I right?" or "Do you agree?" They are very common in English.

The Question tag is formed by making a short Question of the helping verb (according to the tense ) or the modal in the sentence then the the pronoun of the subject. If the main sentence is positive, then the Question tag must be negative. If the main sentence is negative, then the Question tag must be positive.

Examples : -
Modal: They should go, shouldn’t they?
be: We are going soon, aren’t we?
have: Joan has fi nished the job, hasn’t she?
Present: You are taking notes, aren’t you?
Past: You were taking notes, weren’t you?
Ahmad can swin, can't he?
You cannot play the piano, can you ?
He'd left early, hadn't he?
It's stopped raining, hasn't it?
You like apple, don't you?
The meeting is at ten, isn't it?
هنا السؤال أتي به is رغم أن الزمن هو المضارع البسيط
Shady gave you the money, didn't he?

Notice the meaning of yes yes and no in answer to a negative sentence : -
You aren't going out today, are you?
Yes (yes, I'm going out)
No (No, I'm not going out.)

We use Question tags to check information orask for agreement. In requests an imperatives, we use questin tags to ask some one to do something politely
You couldn't lend me a pound, could you?
come in, won't you?

Have in American English is like any other main verb; it obliges us to
use do in the Question tag. In British English, main verb have is just like helping verb have.
American : They have a problem with that, don’t they?
British : They have a problem with that, haven’t they?

Non-negative tags are used after sentences containing negative words like; never, no, nobody, hardly, scarcely and little
Examples : -
You never say what you are thinking, do you? (not; don't you)
There is little we can do about it, is there?

- I'm right, aren't I (= am I not)? - not(
Open the door, won't you? (especially in british

Do not forget, will you?

will/would/can/could you? can also be used for polite request
Give me a hand, will you?
Open a window, could you?

Can't you express imatiance
Shut up, can't you?

- Let's have a party, shall we?

- There is something wrong, isn't there?
There weren't any problems, were there?
There's some more chairs upstairs, aren't thee?

- Nobody, some body, everybody, no one
Nobody went to school yesterday, did they?

- nothing, everything
Nothing can happen, can it?

- I think he is American, in't he?
I don't think it'll rain, will it?
I suppose you are hungry, aren't you?

If the speaker repeats what has been said before, the tag is used to express surprire, interest, concern or some other reaction

So, you are etting married, are you? what nice!
Yuo think you are the smartest ne here, don't you

We use the main sentense to make a guess, an then ask (in the tag) if it was correct.
You father is at home, is he?
That's the last bus, is it?

There is still a point about intonation which is to be added soon, but I'm tired now
This Topic has been prepared from more about 6 books. I hope you like it

Besy wishes

Qustion Tag : -->
Complete the following sentences with the suitable Question tag : -
1 - You cannot swim,................?
2 - Ahmed can swim, ...............?
3 - Shady is at home, .................?
4 - Ramy's book is new, ...............?
5 - It's raining heavily,..................?
6 - It's stopped raining,..................?
7 - He'd left early, ....................?
8 - You'd like to have tea, ....................?
9 - You'd better leave early, ..................?
10 - You'd rather study abroad, ..................?
11 - I'm late, ...................?
12 - You speak English, .....................?
13 - You never come by bus, ...................?
14 - He came late, .....................?
15 - He read the report, ................?
16 - You can hardly speak German, ....................?
17 - Let's have lunch, ................?
18 - Let us go out, .................?
19 - Open the book, ................?
20 - Don't speak, ................?
21 - This is your book, .................?
22 - You have a car, ..................?
23 - He had lunch, ....................?

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Answers : -
1 - can you?
2 - can he?
3 - isn't he?
4 - isn't it?
5 - isn't it?
6 - hasn't it?
7 - hadn't he?
8 - wouldn't you?
9 - hadn't you?
10 - wouldn't you?
11 - aren't I? / am I not?
12 - don't you?
13 - do you?
14 - didn't he?
15 - didn't he?
16 - can you?
17 - shall we?
18 - won't you?
19 - won't you?
20 - will you?
21 - isn't it?
22 - don't you?
23 - didn't he?