GRAMMAR BANK
UNIT 3. GRAMMAR B
SPECIAL CASES WITH TAG QUESTIONS
Imperatives:
A tag after an imperative clause softens the imperative a little. We mostly use will with imperative tags.
Example:
Don't laugh, will you? It is not funny at all.
Open the door, will you?
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Suggestions:
If the sentences start with let's, we use shall in the tag:
Example:
Let's have some lunch now, shall we?
Note: If in the first part of the tag question we use Let me, Let him, Let her, Let them, etc., then in the tag we use will you?
Example:
Let him help you, will you?
Let me finish my meal, will you?
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Negative words:
If in the first part of the tag question we use words such as rarely, never, seldom, unlikely etc., we form a positive tag.
Example:
He rarely forgets visiting her grandparents, does he?
You will never lie again, will you?
She seldom keeps her promises, does she?
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Tags with the 1st person singular of "to be":
If in the first part of the tag question we use I am, then in the tag we change I am to aren't I.
Example:
I'm doing it right, aren't I?