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Test your understanding of this English lesson

Test your understanding of the English lesson by answering these questions. You will get the answers and your score at the end of the quiz.
She has been here before, __________?





Mr. Edwards has a guitar, ___________?





You can't drive a car, ________?





Jane went to school today, _______?





You're tall, ________?





I am next, _______?





I am not going to pass the test, _______?





If you want to comment on a situation, your voice should go ______ at the end of the tag.





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53 Comments on “Speaking English – Tag Questions – How to express assumptions or comment on a situation”

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I have working with some american guys and all the time when the guys talk to me, they’re using this tag questions.
Was nice this vídeo.

Thanks
sorry my mistakes

Tuesday, June 30th 2009

I’m back. I got stucked in these 2 questions:

1- I am next, _______? => • aren’t I?
Why i have to use Aren’t ????

2- I am not going to pass the test, _______? = > am I?
For me this one make sense, but the first one, not.!!!!

can you help me ?

Tuesday, June 30th 2009

    I think its just rule and you have to remember it. Its also mentioned in the answer of the quiz:

    “In this exception, we use “aren’t” as the negative for “I am.” Remember this!”

    Hope it helps,

    Tuesday, June 30th 2009Reply to this comment

      yes, that’s right, because it’s a kind of heavy if you said “amn’t I ?”.
      however, there’s a exception concerning areas. if you’ve been in Irland or Scotland before, you’ve probably heard people saying: ” amnt’ I ?”, because that is how they use to said there.

      Thursday, March 11th 2010

hi dear sir
i hope u are all fine and doing well
i want to ask you if it is possible to send me some english advance videos to my address.
Thanks in advance
abdullah

Tuesday, June 30th 2009

    Hi abdullah,

    Unfortunately, it is not possible to send lessons in advance. They take time to upload to the Internet, and must be edited, which takes some time. The site updates at a steady level, so I hope you will continue to enjoy the lessons provided here.

    Saturday, September 19th 2009Reply to this comment

      sir m MBA student from india… my english speaking is not too good ..what shud i do to imrpove my fluency so that i can go aherad from all class.

      Monday, November 2nd 2009

Hi Teacher
The lesson was very very interesting, wasn’t it.

Thank you a lots and have a nice day there

Raul

Thursday, July 2nd 2009

:)

Thursday, July 2nd 2009

Thank you for all lessons
I engoyed your method is great,but I have proplem I learn English every day and I forget what I learned because I can’t use English in my country so tell me what should I do ?

Best Wishes

Sunday, July 12th 2009

If you want to comment on a situation, your voice should go ______ at the end of the tag.=> down….i don’t know this meaning. Please give me example^^. how to need go down and how to need go up?

Wednesday, August 5th 2009

thanks a lot Mr. Alax

it was great lesson; I got it very good.

but really we need more practice you know like how to speak english fluentelly…

and also we have problem in writing.

thank you again

with success .

Monday, August 10th 2009

Thanks Alex !

The lesson would help me in the exam !
Thanks again !

Monday, August 10th 2009

Hi teacher I’m Alex too , by the way you have a pretty name , just a little joke, any way I came here to tell you how I guess important your video,
I had class about TAG QUESTIONS but the teacher just teach something he wasn’t as clean as you. I really think that I learn more with ENGVID than my old school. sorry about this sentence”he wasn’t as clean as you” but I don’t found out another the word better.

thanks for all

like you always say

take care ….

Wednesday, August 19th 2009

Thanks Alex!
This lesson help me a lot. I can distinguish between rising intonation and getting down intonation in the tag questions.
Thanks a lot.

Wednesday, August 19th 2009

HI ALEX I AM JUNAID.YOUR TEACHING STYLE IS SUPERB,I LIKED SO MUCH.I HAVE LEARNT AND IMPROVED MY ENG GRAMMER SO MUCH THAT I CANT EXPRESS REALLY.THANKS SO MUCH.

Thursday, September 3rd 2009

thank yoooooooou

Saturday, September 12th 2009

Hi
Nice class!!
Very good examples.
Thank you.

Tuesday, September 15th 2009

great lesson…I learned a lot from it.. thank you……

Thursday, October 8th 2009

thank you I understand very well and learned a lot things again thank youuuuuuuuuuuu

Friday, October 23rd 2009

Alex please can you explain me again He has a car,doesn’t he? why is not hasn’t he I don’t understand please write me

Friday, October 23rd 2009

    You use “doesn’t he” in the tag if you’re using the simple present in the first part of the statement, and you are using the base form of a verb. However, if you use the present perfect, you must use “hasn’t he”. Here are some examples of when to use “doesn’t ____”:

    He goes to school, doesn’t he?
    She swims on Sundays, doesn’t she?
    He has a phone, doesn’t he?
    We have a test today, don’t we?

    Here are some examples of when to use “hasn’t ____”:

    He has gone to school, hasn’t he?
    She has gone swimming today, hasn’t she?
    He has slept, hasn’t he?
    We have written a test today, haven’t we?

    Wednesday, October 28th 2009Reply to this comment

hi this is dipti,i am very poor in english can u help me

Wednesday, October 28th 2009

great lesson , but i hope explain past simple

Friday, October 30th 2009

Hi,Elex
I had many English classes and I still have grammar mistakes.this lesson was one of them. Can you explain me why we use aren’t in this example.
I am next aren’t I

Sunday, December 13th 2009

hi teacher how are you.
it was great lesson.and i got much information from it.but teacher what should i do to improve my english speaking.and to get fluency in my english.it is very upset situation for me.i have done MBA.please guide me.
Ali

Wednesday, December 23rd 2009

    Hi Ali,

    To obtain fluency in any language you must use it every day. It also helps if you are in an environment where the language is always being spoken. Listen to radio, watch TV, read books, and try to have conversations in English as well. You can even begin a daily journal where you only write in English.

    Friday, February 5th 2010Reply to this comment

Awsome..
thank you verymuch

Wednesday, December 30th 2009

i am from Viet nam, thank you

Saturday, March 20th 2010

Thank you Alex .

Tuesday, March 23rd 2010

thank you so much……………

Thursday, March 25th 2010

Thank you for your good lesson.

Saturday, April 3rd 2010

Thank you very much Alex.
It is a good one,isn’t it?

Wednesday, April 7th 2010

Thanks a lot.
May I ask you something?
Could you close the window next time?

Thank you your great video lesson. Thank, your work. Thank you.

Sunday, April 11th 2010

hi Alex your the beast one i really like your lesson can you tell me why we use dosen’t he and can’t use have’nt ?

Tuesday, April 13th 2010

thank u very much

Wednesday, April 14th 2010

I am enjoying the lessons so much.
Thanks a lot.

Friday, May 14th 2010

thank you so much

Sunday, May 16th 2010

Thahx a lot alex

Tuesday, May 18th 2010

thank you v much .
but how to speak english fluently???

Tuesday, May 18th 2010

Hi teacher, I am from Viet Nam. This is the frist time I join this class. It is very exciting and useful. Have you been in Viet Nam? I mean teaching in Viet Nam? If only you have a class in Viet Nam.

Thursday, May 20th 2010

thank you. i undestand lesson.

Friday, May 21st 2010

Thanks Alex about the wonderful lesson . But
I have a question if you don’t mind .
what if the sentence begin with imparative verbs e.g : open the door , ……………..?
and if the sentence start with negative e.g:
Don’t get out, …………………?
or let’s go out , ……………….?
Please give the answers.
I’d be appreciated.

Sunday, May 30th 2010

I think you misspelled a word.
It should be Vietnam, not “Viet Nam”.

Tuesday, July 6th 2010

    “Viet Nam” is the more modern spelling that the people of that country now use.

    Thursday, July 8th 2010Reply to this comment

Alex, i just want to comment that you made this lesson VERY CONFUSING!!!!

I don’t mean to be rude or anything but to me it is very confusing.

Thursday, July 15th 2010

Thank you Alex you are a very good teacher!!!! SO TALENTED ..congratulation!!!
muack

Wednesday, August 18th 2010

hello,
sir, i couldn’t understand the exception in sentence no. 6.will you explain it to me.well, i like this.

Sunday, August 22nd 2010

i like this video.thnx

Sunday, August 22nd 2010

Hi Alex,

Really, you are doing very good job for all of us who infact sincere to learn/understand the englihs but meantime, I would request you to please confirm if there is any opportunity to
online chat or communicate with you and other teachers as well.
Awating your reply in order to take next step and determine further just for improve my english which is really compulsory in this era.

One more thing, could you assist to get the lesson from very beggining, in other words, lesson in sequence from beggining to ending.

Thanks & regards
Fazal

Monday, August 30th 2010
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