(You will help, won't you?)
- (S): you
- (will): will
- (verb word,): help,
- (won't): won't
- (S): you?
Avoid using (will) instead of (won't).
(He can swim, can't he?)
- (S): He
- (can): can
- (verb word,): swim,
- (can't): can't
- (S): he?
Avoid using (can) instead of (can't).
(We have to hurry, don't we?)
- (S): We
- (HAVE to): have to
- (verb word,): hurry,
- (DO not): don't
- (S): we?
Avoid using (HAVE not) instead of (DO not).
(She had to leave, didn't she?)
- (S): She
- (had to): had to
- (verb word,): leave,
- (didn't): didn't
- (S): She?
Avoid using (hadn't) instead of (didn't).
(I ought to complain, shouldn't I?)
- (S): I
- (ought to): ought to
- (verb word,): complain,
- (shouldn't): shouldn't
- (S): I?
Avoid using the incorrect form (oughtn't) instead of (shouldn't).
(Let's talk about it, shall we?)
- (Let's): Let's
- (verb word): talk
- ( , ): about it,
- (shall): shall
- (we): we?
Avoid using (doesn't) or (don't) instead of (shall).
Examples:
Incorrect: (We have to) sign this, (have we?)
Correct: (We have to) sign this, (don't we?)
Incorrect: (Let's go) home, (don't we?)
Correct: (Let's go) home, (shall we?)
Incorrect: (You can) buy almost anything in a drug store, (can you?)
Correct: (You can) buy almost anything in a drug store, (can't you?)
Incorrect: (She ought to) go by plane, (oughtn't she?)
Correct: (She ought to) go by plane, (shouldn't she?)
Incorrect: (He will meet) us there, (will he?)
Correct: (He will meet) us there, (won't he?)
Problems With Verbs (18): More Tag Questions.
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Hery setiawan
on Tuesday, July 21, 2009
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Problems With Verbs.
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