construction worker

A: Hey boss, can I go home for the day?

B: But you haven't done your job yet, have you?

A: No.

B: Then the answer is no. Finish your job and then you can go.

A: Okay.

Question tags are mini questions we add to the end of a sentence. There are negative and positive question tags:

japanese student

You're from Japan, aren't you?

teacher and student

You didn't understand, did you?

In question tags, we repeat the auxiliary verb, but change it from positive to negative or vice-versa:

  • You've seen that movie, haven't you?
  • Jane can't speak French, can she?
  • We fixed that Mustang last year, didn't we?
  • Peter and Sue'll get here soon, won't they?
  • You like peppers, don't you?

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