Tercera lección de nuestro curso de inglés en su nivel elemental. En esta lección vamos a aprender aquel tipo de preguntas que en inglés se denominan "tag questions". Para estudiar de manera práctica las "tag questions" nos ubicaremos en el contexto de una fiesta en la oficina y en los comentarios que los compañeros de trabajo hacen sobre los preparativos de la misma.

Beginner - office party

Study points

In this lesson we will find out how to make questions like these:

"You´re going to the party tonight, aren´t you?" "It´s a lovely day today, isn´t it?"

Watch

These are called "tag questions".  But first let watch the movie. Diane and Max are talking about the office party. Diane, who works in Human Resources or HR, is organizing the party.

Learn

This is a question from the movie, listen and then repeat after me: "You are going to the office party this weekend, aren´t you?" Your voice should go up at the end of the sentence. Let´s look at something else that Max said: "It´s OK if we bring someone, isn´t it?" Have a look at that sentence. "Isn´t it" is a tag question. It comes at this end of the question.

How do we make a tag question?  We use the opposite of the verb in the main question. "It´s OK, isn´t it?" "It´s" is positive, so we use "isn´t it" at the end to see if we are right.  You are confirming the affirmation.

Try

This time you do it. Make the sentences into a question. "It´s a nice day", what comes next to make it into a question? "Isn´t it?".

"Jane will be here soon, __ ___?" (won´t she)

"Alex plays the piano, ___ ___?" (doesn´t he)

"The weather was better last year, ___ ___?" (wasn´t it)

Review points

You can now practice to make tag question, can´t you? You are going to the office party this weekend, aren´t you?