Question Tags (Basic)

Add a short question to confirm information.

Examples

• You're tired, aren't you?
• He can swim, can't he?

Key rules

• Positive sentence takes a negative tag: You are tired, aren't you?
• Negative sentence takes a positive tag: She isn't here, is she?
• Use the same auxiliary as in the sentence
• With no auxiliary use do/does/did

Common mistakes

• You like tea, don't you? is correct, but You like tea, aren't you? → You like tea, don't you?
• She can swim, can't she? and not She can swim, isn't she? → She can swim, can't she?