DEFINITION
Question tags – short additions to statements, asking for agreement or confirmation.
She likes coffee, doesn’t she?
“doesn’t she” is a question tag.
“doesn’t she” is a question tag.
USE
We use question tags
1) to ask for information. We don’t know the answer.
(rising intonation – the voice goes up)
(rising intonation – the voice goes up)
He doesn’t know the answer, does he?
2) to ask for agreement. We think we know the answer.
(falling intonation – the voice goes down)
(falling intonation – the voice goes down)
Pandas are your favourite animals, aren’t they?