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In this video, we're going to look at question tags.

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Now, question tags turn a statement into a question.

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They're often used for checking information that we think we know is true,

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or we expect the other person to agree with us.

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Tag questions are made using an auxiliary verb, like be, have, do, does,

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and a subject pronoun, for example, I, you, she.

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When we make negative question tags, they're usually contracted.

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It's warm today, isn't it?

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It is is affirmative, so the question tag isn't it is negative.

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You like pizza, don't you?

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Like, again, is affirmative, so the question tag is with don't you, negative.

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If the main clause is negative, the question tag is positive.

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It's cold, isn't it?

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There is one weird exception.

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The question tag after I am is aren't I?

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I'm in charge of the food, aren't I?

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Now let's have a little look at the format of question tags in present, past, present perfect and can.

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She's Italian, isn't she?

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They live in London, don't they?

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We're working tomorrow, aren't we?

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If you look, each time the statement is affirmative and the question tag is negative.

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It was cold yesterday, wasn't it?

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He went to the party last night, didn't he?

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We were waiting at the station, weren't we?

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They have been to Japan, haven't they?

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He can help, can't he?

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Again, look at the structure.

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The statement is affirmative.

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The question tag, negative.

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So now we're going to look at it the other way round.

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Negative sentences with positive tags.

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We aren't late, are we?

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She doesn't have any children, does she?

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The bus isn't coming, is it? She wasn't at home yesterday, was she?

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They didn't go out last Sunday, did they? You weren't sleeping, were you?

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She hasn't eaten all the cake, has she? She can't speak Arabic, can she?

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This time, each statement is negative, so the question tag is positive.

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let's have a little practice repeat after me it's sunny isn't it you're from spain aren't you she doesn't like bananas does she he can't speak french can he it's raining isn't it you ate that cake didn't you