Unit 6 Tag questions
You’re going home, aren’t you? Yes, I am. A tag question serve para confirmar o que estamos dizendo. Ela aparece no final da frase, em forma de pergunta: You’re going home, aren’t you? Yes, I am.
Your sister has a cat, doesn’t she? Se a frase principal estiver na afirmativa, use a tag question na negativa e vice-versa. Your sister has a cat, doesn’t she? Yes, she does.
Your cat is called Johnny, isn’t it? Para formar uma tag question, use o auxiliar do verbo da frase principal e mantenha o mesmo tempo verbal. Your cat is called Johnny, isn’t it? No, it’s called Billy.
You haven’t started that, Veja exemplos de tag questions com outros tempos verbais: I will be late, won’t I? He has been to Europe, hasn’t he? They came to school, didn’t they? She won’t pass, will she? You haven’t started that, have you? We didn’t miss it, did we?
I am late, aren’t I? ou am I not? Nothing happened, did it? Let’s go, Atenção aos casos especiais: I am late, aren’t I? ou am I not? Nothing happened, did it? Let’s go, shall we?
He likes rock ‘n roll, doesn’t he? Podemos mudar o significado da tag question mudando a entonação. Entonação crescente: pergunta real, requer uma resposta. He likes rock ‘n roll, doesn’t he? Yes he does.
We are the best, aren’t we? Podemos mudar o significado da tag question mudando a entonação. Entonação decrescente: pergunta retórica, não requer uma resposta. We are the best, aren’t we?