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. “I might have seen him and not known it was him, mightn’t I?”
2. “I suppose you got tied up with that awful woman, didn’t you?”
3. “It’s made of water — clean water — I made it myself, so I bet I ought to know, oughtn’t I?”
4. “Did you mean to warn me against Mrs Vandemeyer? You did, didn’t you?”
5. “She’s not been kidnapped, has she?”
6. “We’ve got nothin’ to sell, have we?”
Iam I? IIis he? IIIoughtn’t he? IVmightn’t we? Vare we? VIcouldn’t it? VIIdoes it? VIIIdon’t they?