Tag Questions with Rising Intonation

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English with Jennifer


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You use tag questions, don't you? A tag question  uses a helping verb and a pronoun. The helping  
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verb is the opposite of the main verb. If the  main verb is affirmative, the tag question is  
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negative. If the main verb is negative, the tag  question is affirmative. Use rising intonation  
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if you're really asking a question and you  need confirmation. You arrive on Monday,  
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don't you? They recently sold their house, didn't  they? We also use informal tags. You're coming,  
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right? It's still going to work, don't you think?  Finish these statements with a tag question. Write  
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your answers in the comments. You've seen  that before... No one had ever done that,
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