all right ready to practice as we work
through these example sentences
and become really familiar with question
tags i want you to also pay close
attention to my
pronunciation notice that when the
question tags
use a verb ending with t so negative
question tags
isn't hasn't wasn't etcetera
and if this is followed by it we often
don't pronounce the final t
for example it is isn't it
it was wasn't it it does
doesn't it doesn't it
rather than doesn't it you try
moving on in negative tags that end with
something other than
it so if it ends with i you
he she we etc then the words
tend to merge for example i
am aren't i on tai
on tai you are
aren't you aren't you notice
how the t sounds like a ch cha
when you link them together aren't you
aren't you next
he was wasn't he wasn't
he wasn't he when a negative question
tag
ends with they the th should be
pronounced properly
which will usually mean that you
naturally drop the final t
from the preceding verb for example they
were
weren't they they were were
they were they not
weren't they but weren't they
weren't they they were weren't they
now it's time for you to fill in the
blanks i will bring the sentence up on
the screen
missing a word i'll give you a few
seconds to think of what that word could
be
before i say the full correct sentence
here you go
i can park my car here can't i
we can't turn up to dinner empty-handed
can we
you wouldn't like it if i did that to
you would you
he should be flying into london first
thing tomorrow morning
shouldn't he
we might change our minds at the last
minute might not we
we may enter may
note that meint is
rarely used because it's really really
old-fashioned
so that was a bit of a trick so ignore
that one we won't use it
ever okay it's gone out of your mind
let's move on
we don't accept american express here do
we
i didn't give you permission to use the
car did i
has overstepped the mark this time
hasn't he
you haven't heard from your team leader
yet have you
they will take good care of grandma
won't they
i won't make any decisions that
negatively impact this family
will i
this truly is the best thing that's ever
happened to us
isn't it
he was wearing his seatbelt wasn't he
you did put baking soda into the bread
mix didn't you
the current prediction for the company's
financial growth
is correct isn't it
oh they were just pretending to find me
funny
weren't they
i can bring my son as a plus one can't i
and just to note on that last one if
you're not sure what a plus
one is normally if you're invited to an
event or a party
on the invite it will say you are
invited
plus one meaning you can bring an extra
guest
so if they talk about your plus one they
mean
your extra guest that you decide to
bring along
let's move on
we won't make it to the show on time now
will we
david could always make his grandfather
smile
couldn't he
anne wasn't always as hard-hearted as
she is nowadays
was she
no one will ever know how close i was to
finishing that route
will they ah now this might be confusing
something we didn't cover in the recap
but you should remember from first
learning question tags
is when you have negative words like
never
nobody nothing within a statement
of a question tag it makes the statement
negative so nobody will becomes a
negative statement
so therefore the question tag is
positive
so nobody will ever know how close i was
to finishing that route
will they okay just try to remember that
moving forwards i've always wanted to
see where you worked
but it isn't always as messy as this is
it
even though they beat the champions
they're not
generally considered to be the better
team are they
all right if you're confused with this
one it's because the verb we were
looking for
in the statement is are and it's been
contracted
with they it's not been contracted with
not now you could contract it with
either you could say
they're not generally considered or you
could say
they aren't generally considered
either contraction will work there's no
difference
but here we've done they're not
generally considered
so that's a negative statement and we've
now got a positive question tag
even though they beat the champions
they're not generally considered
to be the better team are they let's
move on
she hasn't got what it takes to be a pro
athlete
has she
this arrangement won't be something you
withdraw from
will it
i can't be bothered to deal with the
laundry can i
so this one's with an angry tone oh
so that's what you really think is it
remember when we're stating anger or
surprise or extreme
interest then we use a positive positive
to make a statement
in total instead of a question oh so
that's what you really think
is it all right let's move on
you work at your brother's firm don't
you
remember that when we have no auxiliary
verb we use the word
do in the question tag so here
we've made it negative and we've done
don't you do work
at your brother's firm don't you
he really likes a salmon on croot
doesn't he
the dog ate all the pies didn't he
they dislike each other a tremendous
amount don't they
oh annie plays a violin doesn't she
they want to go to the cinema after the
meal don't they
no one could ever make that jump could
they
remember one of those negative words no
one makes the
statement positive no one could
nothing has been mentioned about the
potential for a transplant
has it
we barely knew each other at school did
we
the lions seldom hunt alone do they
again words like seldom rarely
hardly these are part of the terms that
are negative
your father rarely comments on politics
does he
in hartford hereford and hampshire
hurricanes hardly ever happen
do they and you might recognize that
sentence from a tongue twister
have you noticed james never comes out
during a full moon
does he
i should water these plants more often
shouldn't i
you shouldn't consume so much trash tv
should you
nick could really do with hitting the
gym a bit more often couldn't he
anthony couldn't cope with the immense
pressure
could he okay i think you have
question tags absolutely nailed
nailed means secure done you've got it
it's nailed into your brain well done so
if you're unsure about
anything then don't worry just leave me
a comment and we will help to clear up
any doubts that you have but remember
we want to learn to feel what's right
and wrong
and not to expel too much energy
worrying
about what those grammar rules are those
pesky grammar rules
right let's move on