Tag Questions
Complete each of these statements with a little request for confirmation.
A label head on Chichester cathedral, in the form of Queen Elizabeth II.
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. “They haven’t engaged you to teach in a Sunday school, have they?”
2. “We’ve got nothin’ to sell, have we?”
3. “She’s not been kidnapped, has she?”
4. “I might have seen him and not known it was him, mightn’t I?”
5. “You won’t forget the names, will you?
6. “So we can’t go and ask the dog, can we?”
Ishould they? IIisn’t she? IIIaren’t I? IVdoesn’t he? Vdo they? VImust you? VIIare we? VIIIought you?
