QUIZ 1

Cómo se construyen las question tags?
Si la frase es positiva, la question tag será negativa.
Si la frase es negativa, la question tag será positiva.
- You know how to cook, don’t you?
- You don’t know how to cook, do you?

Presente y pasado:
-Verbos ‘to be, have (cuando significa haber), can, could, must, should”
Usamos el mismo verbo
-Resto de los verbos y have (cuando signific tener): usamos el auxiliar do y did.

He is sleeping, isn’t he?
You can do it, can't you?
They could come, couldn't they?
They must go to work, mustn't they?
You have met my friend, haven’t you?
She has left, hasn’t she?
You had spoken to him, hadn’t you?

She runs really fast, doesn’t she? 
They live in Belgium, don’t they?
You ate my biscuit, didn’t you? 
It rained last night, didn’t it? 
He has a hamster, doesn’t he?
He has got a hamster, hasn’t he?
They have to eat, don’t they?
They have got to eat, haven’t they?

Futuro y condicional:
Usaremos el auxiliar will y would siempre y en todos los verbos

It will be fine, won’t it?
She won’t tell anybody, will she?
You can’t take sugar, can you?
I should study hard, shouldn’t I?
He must be so sad, musn’t he?


Casos especiales.
Con ‘I am’, siempre se usa la question tag ‘aren’t I?

I am the best student in the class, aren’t I?

Con el imperativo siempre se usa ‘will you’, tanto si la oración tiene sentido positivo o negativo.

Pass me that salt, will you?

Don’t be sad, will you?

Con la expresión ‘Let’s’, siempre se usa el question tag ‘shall we’:

Let’s have dinner, shall we?

Let’s not argue, shall we?

Con ‘there is’ y ‘there are’, la question tag se forma usando ‘there’ en lugar de un pronombre:

There isn’t any water left, is there?

There is a lot of snow isn’t there

Ejemplos:

Hemos estado trabajando, ¿no es así?
We've been working, haven't we?

Vendrá a las cinco, ¿no?
You'll be here at five, won't you?

Llegarán pronto, ¿no?
They' ll be here soon, won't they?

Habrán terminado antes de las doce, ¿no?
They' ll be finished before twelve, won't they?

Habrás estado caminando todo el día, ¿no?
You will have been walking all day, won't you?

Puede ayudar, ¿no?
He can help, can't he?

Jack debe quedarse, ¿no?
Jack must stay, mustn't he?

No llegamos tarde, ¿verdad?
We're not late, are we?

No tiene hijos, ¿verdad?
You don't have any children, do you?

El autobús no viene, ¿verdad?
The bus isn't coming, is it?

Ayer no estaba en casa, ¿verdad?
You weren't home yesterday, were you?

No salieron en todo el día, ¿verdad?
You didn't go out all day, did you?

No estabas durmiendo, ¿verdad?
You weren't sleeping, were you?

No se ha dicho todo, ¿verdad?
It hasn't all been said, has it?

No has estado mintiendo, ¿verdad?
You haven't been lying, have you?

No habíamos estado en Madrid, ¿verdad?
We hadn't been in Madrid, had we?

No has estado durmiendo, ¿verdad?
You haven't been sleeping, have you?

No llegarán tarde, ¿verdad?
They won't be late, will they?

No estarás estudiando esta noche, ¿verdad?
You won't be studying tonight, will you?

No habrá salido del trabajo antes de las nueve, ¿verdad?
You didn't get off work before nine o'clock, did you?

No habrá estado mintiendo todo el día, ¿verdad?
You haven't been lying all day, have you?

No sabes hablar chino, ¿verdad?
You don't know how to speak Chinese, do you?

No deben venir nunca más, ¿verdad?
They must never come here again, must they?

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