LONGMAN ENGLISH GRAMMAR PRACTICE

13.3 Tag questions and echo tags13.3C Echo tags: 'Is he?'/'He is?' [> LEG 13.24-26]Study:Write:An echo tag is a response, in tag form, to an affirmative or negative statement,affirmativenegativeHe's resigning.He isn't resigning.-Is he? He is?- Isn't he ? He isn't?- He is, isn't he? - He isn't, is he?- He is, is he? -If our voice goes up on the echo, we want more information:I've just won £500! -Have/you ?/Youfhave ?/You haven't, have/you? (= Tell me more!)If our voice goes down on the echo, we confirm what we know or have guessed:I'm afraid he's made a bad mistake. - He has, hasn'ñhe? (= I confirm what you say.)or we express anger, surprise, disbelief, etc.:I've got the sack! - You^iaven't!/You haven't, havèyou?/You have, havéyou?liliieSupply different echo tags in response to these statements.Say the echo tags aloud with different intonation and describe what they express.1 John's paying 62 They aren't very happy 73 Suzy was 30 yesterday 84 I wasn't very well last week 95 He works very hard 10They don't eat muchYou shouldn't be hereI can afford a new car nowWe can't go tomorrowThere'll be trouble about this..13.3D ContextWrite:Put in appropriate question tags and echo tags.' i YOU COULD HAVE KNOCKED ME DOWN WITH A FEATHER!I asked for my favourite perfume at the perfume counter of a largedepartment store. 'We don't have that, 1?' the snootyassistant asked her colleague, as if I had just tried to buy a bag ofonions. I was about to leäve the counter when I saw a girl of abouttwelve slip away from her mother, seize a huge bottle of perfume fromthe counter and put it into her carrier bag. I gasped! 'Excuse me,' I said.'Your daughter has just stolen a large bottle of perfume!' The motherlooked at me in amazement. 'She 2?' 'That's right,' I said.She turned to her daughter. 'You didn't steal that big bottle that was ondisplay, 3 ?' The girl nodded. 'You did, 4 ?''Yes, mum,' the girl confessed. 'I've told you hundreds of times,5that the big one on display is a dummy. She angrilytook the bottle from her daughter and put it back on display. 'You shouldalways take one of the boxed ones at the back, 6? You dounderstand that, 7?' She helped herself to a boxed oneand both she and her daughter disappeared into the crowd quick as aflash.You could have knocked me down!193