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. “Did you mean to warn me against Mrs Vandemeyer? You did, didn’t you?”
2. “And anyway,” Bundle ended, somewhat obscurely, “one must be a sport, mustn’t one?”
3. “You'll notify the proper people, won’t you?”
4. “You are Captain Hastings, aren’t you?”
5. “So we can’t go and ask the dog, can we?”
6. “They haven’t engaged you to teach in a Sunday school, have they?”
Iaren’t I? IIdo they? IIIaren’t you? IVmight he? Vcan’t it? VIdoes he? VIIwould we? VIIIis she?