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. “It’s made of water — clean water — I made it myself, so I bet I ought to know, oughtn’t I?”
2. “That would make four, wouldn’t it?”
3. “You'd think so, wouldn’t you?”
4. “She’s not been kidnapped, has she?”
5. “They haven’t engaged you to teach in a Sunday school, have they?”
6. “Not got away again, has he?”
Iis she? IIdo they? IIIaren’t you? IVwon’t it? Varen’t I? VIdoesn’t he? VIIcan you? VIIIwouldn’t she?