QUESTION-TAGS
Chama-se question-tag a pergunta que se faz após uma declaração.
Sua função é confirmar a declaração em conversas basicamente informais.
Se a declaração for afirmativa, a question-tag terá uma estrutura interrogativo-
negativa com o verbo auxiliar na forma contracta.
Se a declaração for negativa, a question-tag terá uma estrutura interrogativa.
O sujeito da question-tag é sempre um:
subject pronoun ( pronome pessoal reto)
O verbo da question-tag deve estar no mesmo tempo
do verbo da declaração.
TO BE – PRESENT
ROBERT IS TALL, ISN´T HE ?
ROBERT ISN`T TALL, IS HE ?
ROBERT AND PAUL ARE TALL, AREN`T THEY ?
ROBERT AND PAUL AREN`T TALL, ARE THEY ?
TO BE - PAST
ROBERT WAS TALL, WASN`T HE ?
ROBERT WASN`T TALL, WAS HE ?
ROBERT AND PAUL WERE TALL, WEREN`T THEY ?
ROBERT AND PAUL WEREN`T TALL, WERE THEY ?
SIMPLE PRESENT
ROBERT LIKES BETH, DOESN`T HE ?
ROBERT DOESN`T LIKE BETH, DOES HE ?
ROBERT AND PAUL LIKE BETH, DON`T THEY ?
ROBERT AND PAUL DON`T BETH, DO THEY ?
SIMPLE PAST
ROBERT LIKED BETH, DIDN`T HE ?
ROBERT DIDN`T LIKE BETH, DID HE ?
SIMPLE FUTURE
ROBERT WILL GO TO EXU, WON`T HE ?
ROBERT WON`T GO TO EXU, WILL HE ?
PRESENT PERFECT
ROBERT HAS GONE TO EXU, HASN`T HE ?
ROBERT HASN`T GONE TO EXU, HAS HE ?
BOB AND TOM HAVE GONE TO EXU, HAVEN`T THEY ?
BOB AND PAUL HAVEN`T GONE TO EXU, HAVE THEY ?
PAST PERFECT
ROBERT HAD GONE TO EXU, HADN`T HE ?
ROBERT HADN`T GONE TO EXU, HAD HE ?
CASOS ESPECIAIS:
SUJEITO “ I ” E O VERBO É TO BE PRESENT “AM ”
I AM TALL, AREN`T I ?
SUJETO= THAT E VERBO TO BE PRESENT
THAT`S BEAUTIFUL, ISN`T IT ?
VERBO IMPESSOAL THERE TO BE:
THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE, ISN`T THERE ?
SUJEITO EVERYBODY, SOMEBODY, EVERYONE, SOMEONE…
EVERYBODY LIKES ME, DON`T THEY ?
QUESTION TAG COM O IMPERATIVO:
SAY EVERYTHING, WILL YOU ?
DON`T SAY THAT, WILLYOU ?
LET ME TRY AGAIN, WILLYOU ?
QUESTION-TAG COM LET`S
LET`S GO, SHALL WE ?
LET`S DANCE NOW, SHALL WE ?.
MODAL VERBS: CAN, MAY, MUST
ROBERT CAN SPEAK ENGLISH, CAN`T HE ?
CONDICIONAL WOULD:
ROBERT WOULD KNOW THE TRUTH, WOULDN`T HE?
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