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'd think so, wouldn’t you?”
2. “Life is full of trials, isn’t it?”
3. “Saunders gave you a pair of boots, didn’t he?”
4. “It’s made of water — clean water — I made it myself, so I bet I ought to know, oughtn’t I?”
5. “You are Captain Hastings, aren’t you?”
6. “Sit down, won’t you?”
Ido we? IIwouldn’t it? IIIaren’t you? IVisn’t it? Vdoesn’t it? VIaren’t I? VIIoughtn’t I? VIIIshould she?