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TAG QUESTION

DEFINITION: Are grammatical elements that are placed at the end of a sentence 
in the form of a short question and whose structure is opposed to the previous sentence 

EXAMPLE: Your son is growing up so fast, isn´t he?

¿HOW TO FORM THE QUESTION TAGS?

The two main rules for for farming question tags are thaht when a sentence is affirmative, the question is negative.

    EXAMPLE: 

*Affirmative

she is an artist, isn´t she?

*Negative

You are the new employee, aren´t you?

CASES IN WHICH THE AUXILIARY VERB IS EXPLIAT IN THE SENTENCE

1. VERB TO BE EN PRESENT AND PAST CONTINUOUS

*She is studying, isn´t she?

*They were playing soccer, weren´t they?

2. HAVE EN PRESENT AND PAST PERFECT

*You have tasted my coffe, haven´t you?

*She hadn´t spoken  to my mom, had she?

3. WILL AND MODAL VERBS 

*Tomorrow will be a great day, won´t it?

*You must work hard to get the award, musn´t you?

CASES IN WHICH THE AUXILIARY VERBS IS NOT EXPLICIT IN THE SENTENCE

1. PRESENT AND PAST SIMPLE

*She learns very fast, doesn´t she?

*They broke my phone, didn´t they?

QUESTION TAGS. TIPS AVANZADOS

ORACION CON I AM

When you form a sentence with I am, la question tag takes for assistant are/aren´t

EXAMPLE

*I am the black sheep of my family, aren´t I?

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