III. Question tags: mixed
Note that a statement containing words such as none, nobody, hardly/hardly any etc. is treated as a negative statement:
He hardly ever makes a mistake, does he?
When the subject is nobody/anybody/everybody etc., the pronoun they is used in the tag:
Nobody liked the play, did they?
Add question tags to the following statements.
1 You take sugar in tea.
2 But you don't take it in coffee.
3 The lift isn't working today.
4 It never works very well.
5 The area was evacuated at once.
6 There was no panic.
7 Though everybody realized the danger.
8 There was a lot of noise.
9 But nobody complained.
10 Mary hardly ever cooks.
11 She buys convenience foods.
12 Your central heating doesn't work very well.
13 Mr Smith usually remembered his wife's birthdays.
14 But he didn't remember this one.
15 And his wife was very disappointed.
16 He ought to have made a note of it.
17 Neither of them offered to help you.
18 They don't allow pet dogs in this shop.
19 But guide dogs can come in.
20 He hardly ever leaves the house.
21 That isn't Bill driving.
22 Nothing went wrong.
23 Lions are loose in this reserve.
24 So we should get back in the car.
25 It would be unpleasant to be attacked by a lion.
26 And it wouldn't be any use running away.
27 It is a pity Ann didn't come with us.
28 She would have enjoyed it.
29 They should have planned the expedition more carefully.
30 Lives were lost unnecessarily.
31 She warned him not to ride the stallion.
32 But he never takes advice.
33 There used to be trees here.
34 There isn't any point in waiting.
35 He'll hardly come now.
Tham khảo :
1 don't you 2 do you 3 is it 4 does it 5 wasn't it 6 was there 7 didn't they 8 wasn't there 9 did they 10 does she 11 doesn't she 12 wouldn't she 13 didn't he 14 did he 15 wasn't she 16 oughtn't he 17 did they 18 do they 19 can't they 20 does he 21 is it 22 did it 23 aren't they 24 hadn't we 25 wouldn't it 26 would it 27 isn't it 28 wouldn't she 29 shouldn't they 30 weren't they 31 didn't she 32 does he 33 didn't there 34 is there 35 will he