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Área: English Asignatura: English Curso: 10th
Fecha: 25 al 03-03 Periodo: I Nº Hor: 12hr Semana: 6
Tema: Taqquestions
Indicador Studentswill be ableto use thetagquestions.
de Logro
Exploración to use the tag questions.
Contextualización
Conceptualización
What are TagQuestions?
EMOCIÓN
These are questions attached to declarative statements to expand the thought being said. Tag questions
are used to transform a declarative statement into a question. Suchquestions use pronouns.
Producción
You speak English, don't you?
A tag question is a special construction in English. It is a statement followed by a mini-question. The
whole sentence is a "tag question", and the mini-question at the end is called a "question tag".
ACCIÓN
A "tag" is something small that we add to something larger. For example, the little piece of cloth added
to a shirt showing size or washing instructions is a tag.
We use tag questions at the end of statements to ask for confirmation. They mean something like: "Am

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I right?" or "Do you agree?" They are very common in English.
The basic structure is:
Modelación
Mixed Examples of Tag Questions
Here is a list of examples of tag questions in different contexts. Notice that some are "normal" and

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others seem to break all the rules:
But you don't really love her, do you?
This'll work, won't it?
Oh you think so, do you?
Well, I couldn't help it, could I?
But you'll tell me if she calls, won't you?
We'd never have known, would we?
Oh you do, do you?
The weather's bad, isn't it?
You won't be late, will you?
Nobody knows, do they?
You never come on time, do you?
You couldn't help me, could you?
You think you're clever, do you?
So you don't think I can do it, don't you? (British English)
Shut up, will you!
She can hardly love him after all that, can she?
Nothing will happen, will it?
Taller
Add an appropriate tag question to each of the following sentences:
1.) The book is not wonderful, __________?
2.) You are very kind, __________?
3.) We don't want to dance, __________?
4.) My friends are not asking me something, __________?
5.) My parents prepared a very delicious food, __________?
EVALUACION
6.) I could do that, __________?
7.) You weren't here yesterday, __________?
8.) I was here yesterday, __________?
Bibliografía
I. Understanding and using grammar (1999). Third edition. Betty SchrampferAzar.
II. The big picture (2011). Santillana Education. S.L Richmond Publishing.
III. Top Notch (2011). Second Edition, Student book. Pearson Education, Inc.