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B8/JHS2.3.1.6.1. Demonstrate command of question tags

Indicator: B8/JHS2.3.1.6.1
Topic: Question Tags
This may contain: two different types of english words with the same language in each word, and one has an

 

🎯 Lesson Objectives

By the end of the lesson, learners will be able to:

  1. Explain what a question tag is.

  2. Form correct question tags in speech and writing.

  3. Use question tags in everyday expressions.

This may contain: a paper with some writing on it that has been written in different languages and phrases

🧠  Read the sentence below aloud. 

It’s a hot day, isn’t it?
Ask: Why do we ask questions like this at the end of a sentence?

👉 Is this your response?  “to confirm something,” “to get agreement,” etc.

Then you are right.

 

This may contain: a question tag with the words common patterns and some other things to write in it

✍️ Explanation: What is a Question Tag?

  • A question tag is a short question added to the end of a statement to confirm or check something.

  • The verb in the question tag matches the tense and auxiliary of the main sentence.

🔄 Basic Rules

Main Sentence Question Tag Example
Positive statement Negative tag She is coming, isn’t she?
Negative statement Positive tag You don’t like beans, do you?
  • Use “isn’t it?”, “don’t you?”, “didn’t he?” based on the verb in the main sentence.

  • The subject must also match: He/She/They/etc.

📝 Examples of Everyday Expressions

  1. You’re not going to play football today, are you?

  2. You like tea, don’t you?

  3. She’s older than me, isn’t she?

  4. We ate the food, didn’t we?

  5. He can drive, can’t he?

🧩 Activity 1 – Fill in the Question Tag 

Write this in your book:

  1. She’s in class, __________?

  2. They don’t know him, __________?

  3. You can swim, __________?

  4. We aren’t late, __________?

  5. He finished early, __________?

✔️ fill in the blanks individually or in pairs.

🎭 Activity 2 – Real Life Practice 

Form sentences using question tags based on everyday situations:

  • You came early, __________?

  • We have homework, __________?

  • You didn’t see the teacher, __________?

Act them out in pairs using gestures and expressions.

✍️ Assessment  

Write five sentences and add correct question tags:

  1. John likes football.

  2. We are learning English.

  3. You don’t understand.

  4. She has eaten.

  5. They will come tomorrow.

Conclusion / Recap (5 mins)

Review:

  • What is a question tag?

  • When do we use a negative tag?

  • Who can give an exam

  •  share your answers with you friend.

 

RULE FOR QUESTION TAGS

  1. If the sentence is positive, the question tag is negative.

    • Example: She is coming, isn’t she?

  2. If the sentence is negative, the question tag is positive.

    • Example: You don’t like beans, do you?

🔄 Other Important Rules:

  1. The auxiliary (helping) verb in the sentence is repeated in the tag.

    • Example: He has gone home, *hasn’t he?

  2. If there is no auxiliary verb in the sentence, use “do / does / did” in the tag.

    • Example: She works hard, *doesn’t she?

    • They played yesterday, didn’t they?

  3. Use the same subject in the tag as in the sentence.

    • Example: Kofi is late, isn’t he?*

🧠 Memory Tip:

Positive sentence → Negative tag
Negative sentence → Positive tag