Question tags
Question tags
Learn to form short questions at the end of a sentence, like "isn't it?". It is an ideal tool for confirming facts, keeping a conversation going and encouraging your interlocutor to participate actively.
Short description
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It works like the Polish "truth?", "what not?", "no?", "yes?".
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We form them from an auxiliary verb (be, do, have, will, can…) i zaimka (I, you, he, she, it, we, they).
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If the sentence is affirmative → negative question.
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If the sentence is negative → affirmative question.
It's like that mini-questions at the end of the sentence, e.g.:
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„It's cold, right?”
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„You like coffee, what not?”
In English we do it similarly:
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It’s cold, isn’t it? (It's cold, right?)
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You like coffee, don’t you?(You like coffee, don't you?)
HOW IT WORKS
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You look at the main sentence→ you check what tense and auxiliary verb is there (be, do, have, will, can itd.).
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You make the opposite →
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Affirmative sentence → negative tag.
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Negative sentence → affirmative tag.
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You add a pronoun (he, she, it, you, we, they).
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