TAG QUESTION

1.    PUT A TAG QUESTION ON THE END OF THESE SENTENCES

SENTENCE	TAG QUESTION	ANSWER
Tom won´t late,		No, he is never late
You are tired		Yes, a little
You have got a camera		Yes, why? Do you want to borrow it?
You weren´t listening		Yes, I was!
Sue doesn´t know Ann		No, they have never meet
Jack is on holiday		Yes, he is in Portugal
Ann has applied for the job		Yes, but she won´t get it
You can speak German		Yes, but not very fluently
This isn´t very interesting		No, not very
The teacher Mady is a nice person		Yes, she is

2. READ THE SITUATION AND WRITE A SENTENCE WITH A TAG QUESTION. IN EACH SITUATION YOU ARE ASKING YOUR FRIEND TO AGREE WITH YOU

a)      You look out of the window. The sky is blue and the sun is shining. What do you say to your friend? (beautiful day) It is a beautiful day, isn´t it?

b)      You are with a friend outside a restaurant. You are looking at the prices, which are very high. What do you say? (expensive). It ___________________________________

c)       You and your friend are listening to a woman singing. You like her voice very much. What do you say to your friend? ( a lovely voice). She ___________________________

d)      You have just come out of the cinema with a friend. You really enjoyed the film. What do you say to your friend? (great). The film ___________________________

e)      You and a friend are walking over a wooden bridge. It is very old and some parts are broken. What do you say? (not/ very safe). This bridge__________________________

3.SPEAKING

 HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT YOUR CLASSMATES? WRITE THEIR NAMES AND TAG QUESTIONS

CLASSMATES	QUESTIONS
Carmen	You walk to school, don´t you?

      ASK YOUR CLASSMATES THE QUESTIONS IN PART A. HOW MANY GUESSES DID            YOU GET  RIGHT?

                                                                                                                                      

TAG QUESTION

         
Is he Rober Pattinson, isn´t he?                                                                     Is she Kristen Stewart,                                                                                                                                          isn´t      she?
          Yes, he is                                                                                     No she isn´t, she is Megan Fox


Tag question is a question added at the end of a sentence. Speakers use tag questions mainly to make sure their information is correct or to seek agreement.


AFFIRMATIVE                                                 NEGATIVE                                  ANSWER
  SENTENCE                                                  TAG QUESTION                           EXPECTED

Alexander is a good teacher,                               isn´t he?                                       Yes, he is

Mary likes mathematics,                                    doesn´t she?                                  Yes, she does

Fabiola and Lila work in the same school          don´t they?                                    Yes, they do


  NEGATIVE                                                   AFFIRMATIVE                             ANSWER
  SENTENCE                                                  TAG QUESTION                           EXPECTED

Alexander is not a tennis player,                               is he?                                    No, he isn´t

Mary doesn´t like English,                                    does she?                                  No, she doesn´t

Fabiola and Lila don´t work as nurs                      do they?                                 No, they don´t


The tag pronoun for this and that is IT.

The tag question for these and those is THEY.


This / that is your classroom, isn´t it?

These / those are your notebooks, aren´t they?


Formal English                                                       Common

I am late, am I not?                                              I am late, aren´t I?


After let´s... the tag question is ... shall we?

Let´s go to Panorama, shall we?

After the imperative ( Do / Don´t... etc) the tag is usually ... will you?

Open the door, will you?                Don´t be late, will you?


Tag question



Listening activity

ACTIVITIES

1, COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH USED TO… +  A SUITABLE VERB

a) Liz ______________________________ a motorbike, but last year she sold it and bought a car.

b)We came to live in Barranquilla a few years ago. We ________________________ in Cartagena.

c) I rarely eat ice cream now but I _______________________________ it when I was a child.

d)  There ___________________________ a bakery called San Judas where now there is a casino.

e) When you lived in Santa Marta _____________________ to the San Pedro Alejandrino house very often.

2. COMPARE WHAT TOM SAID SIX YEARS AGO AND WHAT HE SAYS TODAY:  

I play spinning top                                        I play soccer

I don´t like avocado                                      I eat lots of avocado now

I never read newspaper                                I read a newspaper every week

I play piano                                                   I play guitar

  I have lots of friends                I don´t know many people these days

 I go to Panorama every month     I go to Puerta Del Sol every month.

NOW WRITE SENTENCES ABOUT HOW TOM HAS CHANGED. USE USED TO / DIDN´T USE TO.

Ex: He used to be lazy but he isn´t these days.

3. WRITE A PARAGRAPH OF FIVE LINES ABOUT YOUR CHANGES OF ACTIVITIES AND MAKE A PRESENTATION OF THEM IN FRONT TO THE CLASS.                              

USED TO

  

Mary and Sophia stopped playing with their dolls three  years ago.

They do not play with their dolls any more.

They used to play every day.

You can use USED TO to talk about past habits and situations.

Something used to happen: something happened regularly in the past but not longer happens.

                      I used to play tennis a lot but I do not play very often now.

I used to do something is past. There is no present form. You cannot say "I use to do" 

You also use USED TO ... for something that was true but it is not true any more.

This buiding is now a furniture shop, It used to be a cinema.

The formal question form is DID (YOU) USE TO...? 

Did you use to eat a lot of sweets when you were a child?

Yes, I did  /  No, I didn`t

The negative form is DIDN´T USE TO

I didn´t use to eat a lot of sweets

SUPERLATIVES

               
The Niles is the longest river of the world                The blue whale is the biggest animal od the world

                                                   
                                               The cheetah is the fastest animal of the world

The superlative form is EST or MOST

In general, we use EST for short words and MOST for long words.

   Long - Longest                                    Hard - hardest
   Hot   - hottest

Most famous                                          More dangerous


These adjectives are irregular:   good - best
                                                   bad   - worst
                                                   far    - furthest

We normally use THE before the superlative.

Example: Yesterday was the hottest day of the year.

Adverbs of frequency

COMPARISON

                                       How shall we travel?  By car or by train?

                                             Let´s go by car. It is cheaper.

                                      Don´t go by train. It is more expensive.

Cheaper and more expensive are comparative forms.

After comparatives you can use than

It is cheaper to go by car than train

Going by train is more expensive than going by car.

The comparative form is er- or more...

We use -er for short words (one syllable)

cheap - cheaper                             fast - faster
large - larger                                  thin - thinner

We also use -er for two-syllable words that end in -y (-y - ier)

Lucky - luckier                              early - earlier
easy - easier                                  pretty - prettier

You are older than me.
I would like to have a bigger car.

We use more... for longer words (two syllables or more)
more modern                              more serious
more quietly                                more comfortable

You are more patient than me.

These adjectives and adverbs have irregular comparative forms:

good / well  - better 

I know him well, probably better than anybody else.

bad / badly - worse

He did very badly in the exam, worse than expected.

far - further (or father).

It is long walk from here to the station, further than I thought.