5. Tag questions & echo questions

ECHO QUESTIONS

We use echo questions to show interest or surprise. For this purpose, the listener makes a short question using the auxiliar or helping verb of the statement the speaker has just said.

EXAMPLES:
S: She is visiting relatives at this moment.
L. Is she?
S: They bought a new Television set last week.
L. Did they?
S: I live in the centre of New York.
L. Do you?
S: Alan´s got a job as a lifeguard.
L. Has he?

QUESTION TAGS

These short questions are used to check information. We use a positive statement followed by a negative tag when we expect the answer YES.
E.g. "You are American, aren't you?"
We use a negative statement followed by a positive tag when we expect the answer NO. E.g. "They haven't arrived yet, have they?"

EXAMPLES:
I told you, didn't I?
It'll be sunny tomorrow, won't it?
He can't dive, can he?
They don't eat meat, do they?
She cooks well, doesn't she?
I am slim, aren't I?

Source: http://intermedio2ingles.blogspot.com.es/2013/10/question-tags-echo-questions.html

Actividad desplegable

Fill in the blanks with the correct question tag:

1) He sometimes reads the newspaper, ?
2) You are Indian, ?
3) They had a nice weekend, ?
4) Peggy didn't use the pencil, ?
5) Mary has answered the teacher's question, ?
6) The boy is from Turkey, ?
7) Sue wasn't listening, ?
8) Andrew isn't sleeping, ?
9) Tom and Maria will arrive at Heathrow, ?
10) She has a brother, ?

11) He's been to Texas, ?
12) Dogs like meat, ?
13) There are some apples left, ?
14) I'm late, ?
15) Let's go, ?
16) Don't smoke, ?
17) He does sing in the bathroom, ?
18) He'll never know, ?
19) I think he's from India, ?
20) Lovely day today, ?

Source: http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/questions/question_tags.htm

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