Check information with a question tagتأكّد من معلومة بسؤال ذيلي

The idea, simply

A question tag is a short question at the end of a sentence to check something: You are coming tomorrow, aren’t you? If the sentence is positive, the tag is negative; if it is negative, the tag is positive: She isn’t ready, is she? Repeat the same helping verb, and with ordinary verbs use do, does, or did: You live here, don’t you?

Examples

• You are coming tomorrow, aren’t you?

• She isn’t ready yet, is she?

• You live near the office, don’t you?

Lesson words

• checkيتأكد
  Let me check the time.
• readyجاهز
  Is dinner ready?
• tomorrowغدًا
  See you tomorrow morning.
• rightصحيح
  That is right.
• confirmيؤكّد
  Please confirm your address.

Lesson exercises

1. Put the words in the correct order.

   Words: are / aren’t / coming / tomorrow, / You / you?

   Answer

   You are coming tomorrow, aren’t you?

2. Complete the gap: She is a doctor, isn’t ___?

   Answer

   she

3. Choose the correct English sentence.

   • They have finished, haven’t they?
   • They have finished, don’t they?
   • They have finished, have they?
   Answer

   They have finished, haven’t they?

4. Complete: You didn’t call him, ___?

   • did you
   • didn’t you
   • do you
   Answer

   did you

5. Check a piece of information you think is true.

   Model answer

   You are coming tomorrow, aren’t you?

   Compare your answer with the model and check word order, capitals, and punctuation.