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English is a tool to contact the world. If you want to know what’s going on in different countries connected with ELT, go to www.englishteachingdaily.com,the web site from India. Here is some material from the site:

Tag questions and short answers - exercises

Sometimes they're called question tags, sometimes tag questions. It's all the same. I'm sure you know the basic principles, so use your instinct to complete the exercises. The first exercise looks at some standard tags, the others at some more advanced points. There's also a video exercise at the end.

If you have any problems you can consult one of the websites linked to at the bottom. The BBC one is probably the clearest. But try the exercises first. And don't forget the video exercise; it's from a TV comedy series.

 

Exercise 1 - Use your instinct and enter the tag questions and short answers.

EG. You don't smoke, do you? Yes I do, as a matter of fact.

1 He comes from Ireland, ?

Yes, .

 

2 She was at the party last night, ?

No,

 

3 We've met before, ?

Yes, .

 

4 You will remember to write, .

Yes of course .

 

5 You couldn't help me with this, ?

Yes, of course .

 

6 She'd never been to Venice before, ?

No, .

 

7 I bet she'd go again, ?

Oh yes, I'm sure .

 

8 I'm such an idiot, ?

Well sorry, yes !

 

9 You don't mind if I smoke, ?

Well yes, , actually.

 

10 They got married last year, ?

No . It was the year before.

 

11 He isn't at all bad looking, ?

No, . In fact he's rather dishy.

12 You can ride a horse, ?

No! Of course

 

13 She used to go out with Damien, ?

Oh yes. So .

 

14 Well, he would say that, ?

Yes, I suppose .