Question tags are the short questions that go at the end of a statement. The question tag consists of an auxiliary verb and a pronoun. Study the examples given below.

• She is your friend, isn’t she?

Note that if the statement is affirmative, we use a negative tag question.

• You are coming, aren’t you?

If the statement is negative, we use an affirmative tag question.

• He wasn’t there, was he? (NOT ….wasn’t he?)

If the statement is in the simple present tense, we make tag questions with do or does.

• You know him, don’t you? (Use do with the pronouns I, we, you and they)
• He works hard, doesn’t he? (Use does with the pronouns he, she and it)

If the statement is in the simple past tense, we make tag questions with did.

• You met him, didn’t you?
• She passed the test, didn’t she?

Add appropriate question tags to the following statements. This question tags worksheet is helpful for students preparing for their KSEEB SSLC English exam.

1. You still remember him, ……………………..? (do you / don’t you / didn’t you)

2. You were lying to me, ……………………….? (were you / weren’t you / didn’t you)

3. You won the lottery, ……………………..? (did you / didn’t you / hadn’t you)

4. The old woman helps the poor and the needy, ………………………? (does she / doesn’t she / hasn’t she)

5. You cheated me, …………………………? (did you / didn’t you / hadn’t you)

6. He rescued the kitty, ……………………….? (did he / didn’t he / doesn’t he)

7. He wants to be a successful writer, …………………………? (does he / doesn’t he / hasn’t he)

8. She earns a six figure salary, ……………………….? (does she / doesn’t she / hasn’t she)

9. It took him an hour to finish the job, ………………………? (did it / didn’t it / doesn’t it)

10. He talks too much, ………………………..? (does she / doesn’t he /didn’t he)

Answers

1. don’t you?

2. weren’t you?

3. didn’t you?

4. doesn’t she?

5. didn’t you?

6. didn’t he?

7. doesn’t he?

8. doesn’t she?

9. didn’t it?

10. doesn’t he?