Joa Herrera is the mayor of Soledad, isn´t he? Carlos Vives sings vallenato, doesn´t he?
Yes, he is Yes, he does
Esteban Chaves doesn´t play soccer, does he? You haven´t seen Mary, have you?
No he doesn´t. He practices cycling No, I haven´t
Does he? and have you? are questions tags (= mini questions that we often put on the end of a sentence spoken English).
Question tag is a question added at the end of a sentence. Speakers use tag questions mainly to make sure their information is correct or to seek agreement.
In question tags, we use an auxiliary verb (have/was/will etc). We use do/does/did for the present and past simple.
Karen plays the piano, doesn´t she? "Well, yes, but not very well."
Positive sentence + negative tag
You didn´t lock the door, did you? " No, I forgot"
Negative sentence + positive tag
AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE ANSWER
SENTENCE TAG QUESTION EXPECTED
Alexander is a good teacher, isn´t he? Yes, he is
Mary likes mathematics, doesn´t she? Yes, she does
Fabiola and Lila work in the same school don´t they? Yes, they do
NEGATIVE AFFIRMATIVE ANSWER
SENTENCE TAG QUESTION EXPECTED
Mady is not a tennis player, is she? No, she isn´t
Duperlis doesn´t like maths does she? No, she doesn´t
Carmen and Ivon don´t work as nurses do they? No, they don´t
The tag pronoun for this and that is IT.
The tag question for these and those is THEY.
This / that is your classroom, isn´t it?
These / those are your notebooks, aren´t they?
Formal English Common
I am late, am I not? I am late, aren´t I?
After let´s... the tag question is ... shall we?
Let´s go to Panorama, shall we?
After the imperative ( Do / Don´t... etc) the tag is usually ... will you?
Open the door, will you? Don´t be late, will you?
Tag question
