TAG QUESTIONS/ PRIMERO DE BACHILLERATO

Tag Questions

Oraciones Afirmativas  (El verbo auxiliar en el "tag" es negativo.)	Oraciones Negativas  (El verbo auxiliar en el "tag" es afirmativo.)
Verb to be in present
You're a teacher, aren't you?	You aren't a teacher, are you?
He's tired, isn't he?	He isn't tired, is he?
I'm tall, aren't I? / I am not?	I'm not tall, am I?
Verb to be in past
Martha was angry, wasn't she?	My mother wasn't sad, was she?
The teachers were really tired, weren't they?	My students weren´t on time yesterday, were they?
Present continuos/ Proggressive
My best friend is coming tomorrow, isn´t he?	My mother is not cooking now, is she?
I am writing a sentence now, aren´t I?	I am not reading an interesting book, am I?
We are learning English, aren´t we?	They aren´t doing the math exercises, are they?
Past Continous/ Proggressive
Sammy was writing an e-mail, wasn´t she?	I wasn´t studying at 6, was I?
You were listening to music, weren´t they?	Carla and Luis weren´t doing homework, were they?
Present Perfect Tense
You have finished your task, haven't you?	My foreign friends haven´t tried Morocho, have they?
He has cleaned his room, hasn't he?	Alex has not ridden a camel, has he?
Past Perfect Tense
I had bought a new car, hadn´t I?	You hadn´t cleaned the house, had you?
He had brought the gifts, hadn´t he?	She hadn´t lost the credit card, had she?
Future
She will cook, won't she?	You won´t go without me, will you?
It's going to rain, isn´t it?	You guys aren't going shopping, are you?
Modals: can/could/should/might/would
You can play the violin, can´t you?	I can´t swim, can I?
Carlos could find a job, couldn´t he?	Mary couldn´t lose her job, could she?
Erick should pass his exam, shouldn´t he?	They shouldn't do that, should they?
They would like to eat hot dogs, wouldn´t they?	You wouldn't forget our wedding anniversary, would you?
It may rain tomorrow, mightn't it?	Tom may not grab another cookie, may he?
The store might close soon, mightn't  it?	The store might not close soon, might  it?
Imperatives/Suggestions/ Invitations
Let's go out for a walk, shall we? (Salgamos a dar una vuelta, ¿qué te parece?)
Let's study tomorrow morning, shall we? (Estudiemos mañana por la mañana, ¿sí?)
Open the door, will you? (Abre la puerta, ¿sí?)
Don't smoke in this room, will you? (No fumes en esta habitación, ¿de acuerdo?)
Imperatives:  Sometimes we use question tags with imperatives (invitations, orders), but the sentence remains an imperative and does not require a direct answer. We use won't for invitations. We use can, can't, will, would for orders.
Take a seat, won't you? polite invitation
Help me, can you? quite friendly
Help me, can't you? quite friendly (some irritation?)
Close the door, would you? quite polite
Do it now, will you.  less polite
Don't forget, will you.
Negative Adverbs( never, rarely, seldom, hardly, barely, scarcely)  nothing, nobody
	He never came again, did he? She can rarely come these days, can she? You hardly ever came late, did you? I barely know you, do I? You would scarcely expect her to know that, would you? Nothing came in the post, did it? Nobody lives in this house, do they?
We can use affirmative tag questions after affirmative sentences to express a reaction such as surprise or interest.
You’re moving to Brazil, are you?