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tommy1996

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Please help me write the tag question:

1. Unfriendly people have few friend, ....

2. It is unpleasant to be in a strange country, .....

Thanks

30 Nov 2020

yanogator

If there is an auxiliary verb in the sentence, then use that as the verb in the tag (as in number 2).

If there isn�t an auxiliary verb in the sentence, then use the auxiliary verb that you would use for a negative.

If the main verb of the sentence is a form of "be", then use that verb in the tag.

For number 1, you have "People have few friends" (not friend). The negative would be "People don�t have few friends", so we use "don�t" in the tag.

Unfriendly people have few friends, don�t they?

Number 2 has the verb is "is", so we use that in the tag.

It is unpleasant to be in a strange country, isn�t it?

Bruce

30 Nov 2020

tommy1996

I want to aske if un- and few made the sentence negative.thanks

30 Nov 2020

yanogator

Oh, I see. No, the verbs are positive, so the questions are positive. That is what determines it.

Bruce

30 Nov 2020

However a word like NEVER would make a sentence negative

They never come home before 8, do they ?

Murielle

30 Nov 2020

yanogator

Yes, because it modifies the verb of the sentence.

Bruce

30 Nov 2020