QUESTION TAGS or TAG QUESTIONS

Ceclia Hartt

Definio:
Trata-se de uma pergunta curta, usando
apenas o verbo auxiliar e o pronome pessoal, no final de uma frase afirmativa ou negativa que tem o objetivo de confirmar a afirmao anterior.

Usos:
Linguagem Coloquial: usado na fala ou na
escrita informal Objetivo: Solicitar confirmao do que foi dito anteriormente Estrutura: Usa-se o mesmo verbo auxiliar da frase principal, no mesmo tempo verbal da mesma, na sua forma contrria (se a frase foi afirmativa, a pergunta final ser negativa e vice-versa.)

Exemplos no tempo Presente:

She is a teacher, isnt she? They are Brazilians, arent they? You speak English, dont you? They live in Brazil, dont they? She has a car, doesnt she? He doesnt have children, does he? They dont smoke, do they? You can drive, cant you?

Exemplos no tempo Passado:

She went to the USA last year, didnt she? They didnt buy a new car, did they? He couldnt travel last holiday, could he? They got married last year, didnt they? She was in a meeting yesterday, wasnt she? He couldnt speak English very well, could

he? He wasnt feeling very well yesterday, was he?

Exemplos no tempo Futuro:

She will buy a new car next year, wont
she? They are going to buy a new house soon, arent they?

Exemplos com o verbo There to be ( haver):

There is a problem here, isnt there? There were a lot of people at the party,

werent there? There wasnt anything wrong with the food, was there? There arent any new books available at the moment, are there?

Exemplos com o verbo Have como verbo auxiliar e verbo principal:

Have verbo auxiliar:
They have just arrived, havent they?

Have verbo principal:

They have a dog, dont they?

Usos c/ Sujeito: Somebody/Someone/ Nobody/No one/ Everybody/Everyone:

Pronome da Question Tag= THEY
Somebody called him, didnt they? Nobody saw her, didnt they? Everybody knows that, dont they?

Usos c/ Never/No/ Nothing/ Nobody/Hardly/ Scarcely/Little:

Question Tag= Afirmativa ( j que estas
palavras so negativas)
They never write to me, do they? She hardly ever travels abroad now, does she? They scarcely see each other, do they?

Usos c/ Nothing iniciando a sentena:

O pronome da question tag IT:
Nothing is the same nowadays, isnt it?