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6 Grammar
Question tags review
a Read the sentences from the listening text in
Exercise 4b. Circle the correct question tags.
1 It gets lots of people interested, does it / doesn’t it ?
2 It can’t be a bad thing, can it / can’t it ?
3 They’ve formed their opinion already, haven’t
they / have they ?
4 They don’t really know what they’re talking about,
don’t they / do they ?
5 They aren’t going to listen to politicians, are they /
aren’t they ?
6 It’s getting harder and harder to tell the difference
between them, is it / isn’t it ?
7 They should leave politics to professional people,
shouldn’t they / should they ?
8 We wouldn’t expect to see the prime minister getting
involved in music, wouldn’t we / would we ?
b Complete the rule. Write positive and negative.
RULE: We often use question tags at the end of
statements, to check facts or to make conversation.
If the statement is positive we use a tag,
and if the statement is negative we use a
tag.
If the statement does not have an auxiliary or modal
verb, we use do/does (present) or did (past).
c Complete the tags for these statements.
1 There was a programme on TV about celebrity
politicians, wasn’t there?
2 You didn’t have the time to sit down and watch it,
you?
3 It wasn’t as boring as the one we saw last week,
it?
4 The presenter said some really interesting things
about the topic,
she?
5 We would’ve watched it if we’d known it was on,
we?
6 We should’ve recorded it to use for our school
project,
we?
7 I’m sure the teacher will ask us to watch the one
next week,
he?
8 The way I see it, we don’t have to listen to
celebrities when they talk about politics,
we?
7 Pronunciation
Intonation in question
tags
CD3 T05
8 Speak
Turn to page 111.
a Work in small groups. Imagine
you are the people who run an
organisation that does good
work for less privileged people.
1 Choose which organisation it is.
If it is one you make up, give it
a name.
2 Decide which good cause you
work for. Choose from:
helping poor children
solving water problems in
developing countries
getting better medicine to
poor countries
stopping landmines being
used in wars
another good cause.
3 Together, decide which two
celebrities you want to invite to
help you in your work. Think of
reasons why these two people
would be good choices and
what they could do to help you
to achieve your aims.
b As a group, tell the rest of your
class what you have decided in
Exercise 8a. The others in the
class can ask you questions.
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