English grammar
Question tags 📕
A question tag is a short question at the end of a sentence. We use it to check information or to invite the other person to answer.
It's cold today, isn't it?
You live here, don't you?
The rule
Positive sentence → negative tag. Negative sentence → positive tag.
| Sentence | Tag |
| She is nice, | isn't she? |
| You can swim, | can't you? |
| They work here, | don't they? |
| He called you, | didn't he? |
| You aren't busy, | are you? |
| She doesn't smoke, | does she? |
Use the same helping verb, and a pronoun
✗ Anna is a teacher, isn't Anna?
✓ Anna is a teacher, isn't she?
Special cases
I am right, aren't I?
Let's go, shall we?
Intonation
If your voice goes down, you are almost sure and want agreement. If it goes up, it is a real question.