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Class 7 English — Question tags

Add the right question tag to a statement — negative after a positive, positive after a negative, using the statement's own helping verb.

Name: ________________________

  1. 1.I am late, ____

    • a) am I?
    • b) aren't I?
    • c) isn't it?
    • d) wasn't I?

  2. 2.Write the two-word tag: You have not finished your homework, ____?

  3. 3.Sort each word by whether it makes the sentence it sits in count as negative.

    Groups: Makes it count as negative · Leaves it positive

    • everybody
    • nobody
    • hardly
    • never
    • sometimes
    • often
    • seldom
    • always

  4. 4.Sort each statement by the kind of tag it needs.

    Groups: Needs a negative tag · Needs a positive tag

    • We can go now,
    • It was raining,
    • You are ready,
    • They came late,
    • Nobody knew the answer,
    • You do not like coffee,
    • He never listens,
    • She has not finished,

  5. 5.Let us start the game, ____

    • a) will we?
    • b) shall we?
    • c) do we?
    • d) don't we?

  6. 6.Write the two-word tag: She cannot swim, ____?

  7. 7.Ravi rarely comes on time, ____

    • a) does he?
    • b) isn't he?
    • c) doesn't he?
    • d) is he?

  8. 8.Match each statement to its tag.

    • Everyone enjoyed the trip,
    • Nothing was broken,
    • We should leave now,
    • You had forgotten,
    • There is a problem,
    • isn't there?
    • shouldn't we?
    • was it?
    • didn't they?
    • hadn't you?

Answer key — Class 7 English — Question tags

  1. 1. b) aren't I?
  2. 2. have you
  3. 3. never → Makes it count as negative; hardly → Makes it count as negative; seldom → Makes it count as negative; nobody → Makes it count as negative; often → Leaves it positive; sometimes → Leaves it positive; everybody → Leaves it positive; always → Leaves it positive
  4. 4. You are ready, → Needs a negative tag; They came late, → Needs a negative tag; We can go now, → Needs a negative tag; It was raining, → Needs a negative tag; She has not finished, → Needs a positive tag; He never listens, → Needs a positive tag; Nobody knew the answer, → Needs a positive tag; You do not like coffee, → Needs a positive tag
  5. 5. b) shall we?
  6. 6. can she
  7. 7. a) does he?
  8. 8. Everyone enjoyed the trip, → didn't they?; Nothing was broken, → was it?; We should leave now, → shouldn't we?; You had forgotten, → hadn't you?; There is a problem, → isn't there?