SMT_Q-tags_TASK
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Exploring and practicing Q-tags in the English language. Info based on M. Swan, PRACTICAL ENGLISH USAGE, Oxford, fully revised edition of 2005
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- NEG SENT. POS Q EXPECT NEG ANS
- POS SENT. NEG Q EXPECT POS ANS
- Q-tags
- BOTH: check if something is T or F
- ?
- BOTH: to ask for agreement
- NEG SENT. + POS Q also = ask for info
- AFTER IMPERATIVES: (a) use Q-tag "won't you?" for politeness, (b) use Q-tags "can't you?!" & "will you?!" for impatienceAFTER "LET'S..." in suggestions, use "shall we?" in both BrE and AmE
- Use the usual special "Short Answer" forms (remember Star's two verb groups!), ... EXCEPT: if "do" or "don't"+ a "head" verb precedes a modal + infinitive, USE the modal, ex., "I don't think it will rain, will it?"
- How to make the Q-tag part?
- What if I'm talking about myself?
- The Q-tag for "I am" is FORMAL: "am I not?"INFORMAL: "aren't I?"(BE CAREFUL, all first person Q-tags risk sounding sarcastic.)
- (a) express interest, surprise, sarcasm, or concern;(b) ask questions;(c) make offers
- POS or NEG (SAME) (VARIOUS USES)
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