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. “You’ve grown a lot thinner, haven’t you?
2. “You'd think so, wouldn’t you?”
3. “So we can’t go and ask the dog, can we?”
4. “Never a hog for regular work, were you?”
5. “Sit down, won’t you?”
6. “But the whole thing seems rather suggestive, doesn’t it?”
Imust we? IIare they? IIIisn’t it? IVaren’t I? Vshould they? VIdoesn’t she? VIIdo you? VIIIcould we?