hello everyone and welcome back to
english with Lucy today I've got a
grammar lesson for you a lot of you have
asked for this one because I did mention
going into further detail about this
topic in a previous video if you want to
watch that one then you can click right
here today we are going to be talking
about question tags if you learn how to
properly understand and use question
tags you're going to you're going to a
sound more like a native speaker when
you speak and be be able to understand
native speakers when they speak to you
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started with the lesson so what are
question tags you know what they are
don't you oh that was one there so a
question tag is a very short question
placed at the end of a statement they
are used when asking for two things
and these two things are one
confirmation and two agreement so in
order to better understand native
speakers you need to listen to their
intonation when they use question tags
so let's cover this first and then I'll
move on to how they are formed
so let's do this one you like cake don't
you you like cake don't you so when I
say you like cake don't you it means I
know you like cake I'm just trying to
confirm the fact that you like cake when
I say you like cake don't you I'm not
sure if you like cake I'm not sure about
what the answer will be so I am checking
the fact again so if the intonation goes
up I want to know the answer I'm not
sure if the intonation goes down I'm
making conversation I'm confirming
something that I already know now
generally a positive statement will be
followed by a negative question tag you
like cake don't you and a negative
statement will be followed by a positive
question tag you don't like cake do you
see the difference so it's something
that's really really simple but I still
have a lot of students that get really
really confused with question tags so
let's clarify this now let's start with
positive statements negative question
tags you are happy aren't you
so R goes with aren't he is home isn't
he it were good wasn't it they were
tired weren't they
you speak beautifully don't you he
speaks horribly doesn't he you ate a lot
didn't you
I've studied hard haven't I you had
arrived hadn't you
we'll get there weren't we you can do
that can't you
we could see them couldn't we we must
leave mustn't we we should make a
decision
shouldn't we now for those are the
negative ones that are just a couple of
exception
the first exception is with an I'm
blonde aren't I so I'm not saying I'm
blonde am i not which you can say but it
sounds very very formal we would say I'm
blonde aren't I and the next exception
is with let's let's go shall we let's go
shall we
so we team up let's with shall now the
negative statement with a positive
question tag is exactly the same apart
from a couple of exceptions the first
exception is with I'm not going am I so
we're not using ant
in that case so a couple of examples
using the ones we've seen before
are you haven't eaten have you he wasn't
friendly was he now statements using no
neither nobody none nothing seldom
barely and hardly are all treated as
negative statements so I would say
nobody came did they so at first glance
it might look like a positive statement
and a positive question tag but you need
to make sure that you see the negative
word before it okay guys your homework
today is to write in the comments three
statements with question tags using what
we've learned today and I want you to
make me laugh I want you to make them as
funny as possible so see if you can do
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