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question tags!



g�lson
Turkey

question tags!
 

hi, friends! I was confused during my lesson today. I need some help about question tags.

1)Mary is in London now, isn �t she? according to this sentence , if we want to give a short answer what shall we say? In my opinion the short answer must be "Yes, she is." In my teacher �s book there is sth. wrong with the answers I think. I am confused !!!Could you please control my short answers?

1)A: Mary is in London, isn �t she?

    B: Yes, she is.

2) A: Ankara is the capital city of Turkey, isn �t it?

   B:  Yes, it is.

3) A: Serkan �s best school subject isn �t Maths, is it?

    B: No, it isn �t.

4) A: He isn �t going to visit Anıtkabir tomorrow, is he?

    B: No he isn �t.

5) A:They are going to visit Anatolian Civilization Museum, aren �t they? 

     B:Yes, they are.

6) A:They aren �t going to have lunch at home, are they?

    B:No, they aren �t.  

are these right or not?While giving short answers to the sentence with a tag question, we are looking the main clause?If the main clause is affirmative, we give a positive answer?if the main clause negative, we give a negative short answer?

heeeellllppppp!!!!what is the rule?

1 Apr 2011      





sawer
Turkey

as far as i remember, these sentences are usually used without expecting a certain answer.Disapprove

1 Apr 2011     



yanogator
United States

G�lson, your examples are correct.
 
Sawer is correct that the answer does �t depend on the question. How could it? The answer depends on the truth.
 
Bruce

1 Apr 2011     



Apodo
Australia

1)A: Mary is in London, isn �t she?

    B: Yes, she is.

But the answer could be: No, she isn �t. She moved to Paris at the end of March.

 

The answers depend on the truth as Bruce said, but the short form answers you gave are perfectly correct.

2 Apr 2011     



slkchina
China

My Chinese university students always answer such questions backwards.
"You don �t want to go to the movie, do you?" and they answer "yes" when they should say "No, I don �t"?

2 Apr 2011     



aboabed3
Saudi Arabia

Salam

I guess your examples and answers are CORRECT. Yet, sometimes you ask such a question with an expected answer but the answer is quite the opposite.

For example:  Mary is in London, isn �t she?   No, she isn �t. (Maybe she came back or even didn �t go to London in the first place. 


Good Luck

2 Apr 2011     



g�lson
Turkey

thanks for answerig, yes I remember that these sentences don �t need answers but in my teacher �s guidance book there are exercises about it and I skipped it because I am confused next lesson I will do these exercises with my students by being sure that they are correct , thanksss:)
  

2 Apr 2011