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ORAL DRILL: Tag Questions - Present Tense
Simple Present Tag Questions with BE
+ Sentence, - Tag
 
- Sentence, + Tag
You are here,
aren't you?  
You aren't a teacher,
are you?
She is busy,
isn't she? 
She isn't busy,
is she?
He is here,
isn't he? 
He isn't here,
is he?
It is cold,
isn't it? 
It isn't sunny,
is it?
We are busy,
aren't we? 
We aren't busy,
are we?
You are tired,
aren't you? 
You aren't sleepy,
are you?
They are here,
aren't they? 
They aren't doctors,
are they?
**I am correct,
aren't I?
am I not?
 
I'm not wrong,
am I?
Repeat the drill as often as necessary with substitute words:
here, busy, lazy, active, tired, sleepy, there, sunny, rainy, cloudy, etc.
**NOTE: First person affirmative sentences with 'be' have two possible (and unusual) tags:
I'm happy, aren't I? / I'm busy, am I not?

Simple Present Tag Questions with DO
+ Sentence, - Tag
 
- Sentence, + Tag
I am correct,
aren't I? 
I don't know,
do I?
You work here,
don't you? 
You don't see it,
do you?
She eats vegetables,
doesn't she? 
She doesn't like that,
does she?
He likes candy,
doesn't he? 
He doesn't know,
does he?
It rains often,
doesn't it? 
It doesn't work,
does it?
We love English,
don't we? 
We don't eat spiders,
do we?
You work hard,
don't you? 
You don't sleep all day,
do you?
They live here,
don't they? 
They don't work here,
do they?
Repeat the drill as often as necessary with substitute words

Simple Present Tag Questions with HAVE
+ Sentence, - Tag
 
- Sentence, + Tag
I have finished,
haven't I? 
I haven't gone,
have I?
You have answered,
haven't you? 
You haven't seen it,
have you?
She has gone,
hasn't she? 
She hasn't done that,
has she?
He has met her,
hasn't he? 
He hasn't known her long,
has he?
It has rained often,
hasn't it? 
It hasn't snowed,
has it?
We have studied a lot,
haven't we? 
We haven't eaten lunch,
have we?
You have worked hard,
haven't you? 
You haven't slept all day,
have you?
They have gone,
haven't they? 
They haven't worked here,
have they?
Repeat the drill as often as necessary with substitute words

Simple Present Tag Questions with BE / DO / HAVE
+ Sentence, - Tag
 
- Sentence, + Tag
I have finished,
haven't I? 
I haven't gone,
have I?
*We have the answer,
don't we? 
He doesn't like salad,
does he?
*You have heard,
haven't you? 
They aren't at home,
are they?
It has been busy,
hasn't it? 
She isn't noisy,
is she?
It is noisy,
isn't it? 
You don't see it,
do you?
They have a dog,
don't they? 
I'm not wrong,
am I?
You have answered,
haven't you?  
You haven't seen it,
have you?
She is a student,
isn't she? 
You don't know,
do you?
She has gone,
hasn't she? 
She hasn't done that,
has she?
He has met her,
hasn't he? 
He hasn't known her long,
has he?
I write well,
don't I? 
She doesn't have a car,
does she?
It has rained often,
hasn't it? 
It hasn't snowed,
has it?
We have studied a lot,
haven't we? 
We haven't eaten there,
have we?
It snows here,
doesn't it? 
I don't have it,
do I?
You have worked hard,
haven't you? 
You haven't slept all day,
have you?
She likes pizza,
doesn't she? 
It doesn't snow here,
does it?
They have gone,
haven't they? 
They haven't worked here,
have they?
Repeat the drill as often as necessary with substitute words

NOTE: *Sentences with 'have' as the main verb - use DO: We have a car, don't we?
*Sentences with 'have' as an auxiliary verb - use HAVE: You have heard, haven't you?

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