thanks a lot! I have a question though, when you have an auxiliary verb and a gerund as an adjective, like this> Roads have /confusing streets/ lights, how have to be the tag question? I think that could be> doesn't they? or haven't they? which, why? another question i have is> what if i have a present perfect clause? Muchisimas gracias por tu contenido, espero puedas ayudarme
Great questions, Manuel! If there's a participial adjective like "confusing" or "confused" you can ignore it and just focus on the verb. "Have" is a plural verb in the simple present tense, so you need the plural simple present auxiliary verb "don't" in the tag. The correct answer is "Roads have confusing streets, don't they?" A present perfect clause is formed with have + p.p. (past participle). The auxiliary verb is "have" and you must use that in the tag. For example, "You have studied this already, haven't you?" Hope that helps! De nada!
Note: When there is a sentence with never like He is never going to help us, will he? There is no negative, but there is never a negative word. Also if its a command like stop talking, will you? It will have will you? After Edit:Incredible video!
Thank you! That's mostly right. "Never" acts similarly to "not" and makes the verb negative in the stem, so the tag is positive. But don't forget that the verb has to match (so "is never" becomes "is," not "will"). The correct sentence is: "He is never going to help us, is he?" Imperative verbs (commands) are a great point to bring up. We do often say "will you" after commands because we hope the person will do what we want in the (hopefully near) future. So this pattern is indeed a bit different since we're giving the command in the present, but hope the person will do something in the future. "Stop talking, will you?" is correct. Just note that your last example doesn't make sense. "It will have, will you?" is incorrect, and "It will have, won't it?" also doesn't make sense. I'm not sure what you mean here. Something like "It will take all day to finish this project, won't it?" is correct. Hope that helps and thanks for sharing some of these other cases!
Good luck tomorrow! "Let's go for a walk, shall we?" is correct, and thanks for bringing up this special tag case. "Let's" is short for "Let us," and it's an expression that acts like a modal and is used to make a suggestion. "Shall" is a good modal response in a tag with a suggestion like "Let's" in the stem, and "we" is the tag subject because the "us" in "Let's" is the first person singular.
@@JUANHERNANDEZ-wp2mz Thanks for pointing that out! You're correct that the tag has to agree in both the tense and subject of the main clause. The correct questions are "This is really good, isn't it?" or "This was really good, wasn't it?"
Video is awesome, thank you! Just one tiny thing: isn't there an inaccuracy at 1:44? Speaking about the change of a noun into a pronoun in the tag? I mean in the example the position of the tag verb?
Hi! In that part we wanted to focus on how the subject changes and not the order of the S + V, but we agree that it's a bit confusing! We won't be able to update the video here since TH-cam doesn't allow it, so thank you for pointing it out. We will update it on our site, ellii.com, where we are allowed to make changes.
Hi there! The tag question would be this: "Not only my students but also their parents came, didn't they?" But be careful because it wouldn't be clear as to what "they" in the tag referred to: my students, their parents, or everyone. It'd be common for the meaning of "they" to be "their parents" because it's the closest referent, but "they" meaning "everyone" (both my students and their parents) is equally possible. For this reason, a tag question with such a complex subject isn't as common to hear. Hope that helped!
The tag is "hasn't he" because we use the opposite (positive/negative) form of the auxiliary (has), so the full tag question is "He has typed letters for his company, hasn't he?"
@@hussein-lf5lv In this sentence, the subject is the pronoun "he," the verb is the present perfect verb "has typed," and the object in the noun "letters." If you had another sentence where the simple present verb was "has," then you could use "doesn't he" as the tag (e.g., He has letters from his girlfriend in his desk, doesn't he?). You can see more examples of the present perfect tense in this video: th-cam.com/video/553eeL1Dvho/w-d-xo.htmlsi=p3zth4EsKMtTmZud
In Russian in any situation in any sentence we just say "ne tak li?" or "ne pravda li?". Why do you not have something like that in English? Why do you have to make such a difficult constructions? 😊
The tag ending is common, but we also have shorter ways that are correct with any subject or verb tense! We use "right" (e.g., That was a great movie, right?). We also use "eh" here in Canada (e.g., That was a great movie, eh?). It's nice that Russian has endings that apply to any sentence-much easier!
"Is" is the third person singular conjugation of the verb "to be." In tag questions, it functions like this, for example: "He is your teacher, isn't he?"
It's tricky! Basically you look at the sentence, not the tag, to decide how to respond. Example 1: This movie was great, wasn't it? Agree = Yes, it was. (You're agreeing with "This movie was great." You liked the movie.) Disagree = No, it wasn't. (You're disagreeing with "This movie was great." You didn't like the movie.) Example 2: This movie wasn't very good, was it? Agree = No, it wasn't. (You're agreeing with "This movie wasn't great." You didn't like the movie.) Disagree = Yes, it was. (You're disagreeing with "This movie wasn't great." You liked the movie.) Hope that helps!
It depends on the verb tense. The auxiliary verbs do/don't are used for the simple present, did/didn't for the simple past, will/won't for the simple future. We also use "have" (have/has/haven't/hasn't / had/hadn't / will have/won't have) for the perfect tenses, and "be" (am/is/are/am not/isn't/aren't / was/were/wasn't/weren't / will be/won't be) for the progressive tenses. We can also use modals like can/can't, might/might not, should/shouldn't, shall/shall not, etc. in place of auxiliary verbs to show meanings such as ability, possibility, advice, etc.
That's great to hear! Don't forget to match the tense of your tag to the stem, though. The correct tag question is: I understood everything in one go, didn't I?
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I have a question though, when you have an auxiliary verb and a gerund as an adjective, like this> Roads have /confusing streets/ lights, how have to be the tag question? I think that could be> doesn't they? or haven't they? which, why?
another question i have is> what if i have a present perfect clause?
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Great questions, Manuel! If there's a participial adjective like "confusing" or "confused" you can ignore it and just focus on the verb. "Have" is a plural verb in the simple present tense, so you need the plural simple present auxiliary verb "don't" in the tag. The correct answer is "Roads have confusing streets, don't they?"
A present perfect clause is formed with have + p.p. (past participle). The auxiliary verb is "have" and you must use that in the tag. For example, "You have studied this already, haven't you?" Hope that helps!
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When there is a sentence with never like
He is never going to help us, will he?
There is no negative, but there is never a negative word.
Also if its a command like
stop talking, will you?
It will have will you? After
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Thank you! That's mostly right. "Never" acts similarly to "not" and makes the verb negative in the stem, so the tag is positive. But don't forget that the verb has to match (so "is never" becomes "is," not "will").
The correct sentence is: "He is never going to help us, is he?"
Imperative verbs (commands) are a great point to bring up. We do often say "will you" after commands because we hope the person will do what we want in the (hopefully near) future. So this pattern is indeed a bit different since we're giving the command in the present, but hope the person will do something in the future. "Stop talking, will you?" is correct. Just note that your last example doesn't make sense. "It will have, will you?" is incorrect, and "It will have, won't it?" also doesn't make sense. I'm not sure what you mean here. Something like "It will take all day to finish this project, won't it?" is correct. Hope that helps and thanks for sharing some of these other cases!
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Good luck tomorrow! "Let's go for a walk, shall we?" is correct, and thanks for bringing up this special tag case. "Let's" is short for "Let us," and it's an expression that acts like a modal and is used to make a suggestion. "Shall" is a good modal response in a tag with a suggestion like "Let's" in the stem, and "we" is the tag subject because the "us" in "Let's" is the first person singular.
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@@JUANHERNANDEZ-wp2mz Thanks for pointing that out! You're correct that the tag has to agree in both the tense and subject of the main clause. The correct questions are "This is really good, isn't it?" or "This was really good, wasn't it?"
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Video is awesome, thank you! Just one tiny thing: isn't there an inaccuracy at 1:44? Speaking about the change of a noun into a pronoun in the tag? I mean in the example the position of the tag verb?
Hi! In that part we wanted to focus on how the subject changes and not the order of the S + V, but we agree that it's a bit confusing! We won't be able to update the video here since TH-cam doesn't allow it, so thank you for pointing it out. We will update it on our site, ellii.com, where we are allowed to make changes.
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Hi. Not only my students but also their parents came.....how can its tag question be??
Hi there! The tag question would be this: "Not only my students but also their parents came, didn't they?" But be careful because it wouldn't be clear as to what "they" in the tag referred to: my students, their parents, or everyone. It'd be common for the meaning of "they" to be "their parents" because it's the closest referent, but "they" meaning "everyone" (both my students and their parents) is equally possible. For this reason, a tag question with such a complex subject isn't as common to hear. Hope that helped!
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he has typed letters in his company.
The tag is "hasn't he" because we use the opposite (positive/negative) form of the auxiliary (has), so the full tag question is "He has typed letters for his company, hasn't he?"
@@ellii but in my opinion it's( doesn't he )because (typed letters) is noun phrase ,isn't it?
@@hussein-lf5lv In this sentence, the subject is the pronoun "he," the verb is the present perfect verb "has typed," and the object in the noun "letters." If you had another sentence where the simple present verb was "has," then you could use "doesn't he" as the tag (e.g., He has letters from his girlfriend in his desk, doesn't he?). You can see more examples of the present perfect tense in this video: th-cam.com/video/553eeL1Dvho/w-d-xo.htmlsi=p3zth4EsKMtTmZud
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Haha nice example! But don't forget that you need a past tag for a past sentence stem (was...wasn't it).
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In Russian in any situation in any sentence we just say "ne tak li?" or "ne pravda li?". Why do you not have something like that in English? Why do you have to make such a difficult constructions? 😊
The tag ending is common, but we also have shorter ways that are correct with any subject or verb tense! We use "right" (e.g., That was a great movie, right?). We also use "eh" here in Canada (e.g., That was a great movie, eh?). It's nice that Russian has endings that apply to any sentence-much easier!
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You sure can! "I" is a subject pronoun and "me" is an object pronoun. For example, we can say "I like him" and "He likes me."
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"Is" is the third person singular conjugation of the verb "to be." In tag questions, it functions like this, for example: "He is your teacher, isn't he?"
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It's tricky! Basically you look at the sentence, not the tag, to decide how to respond. Example 1: This movie was great, wasn't it? Agree = Yes, it was. (You're agreeing with "This movie was great." You liked the movie.) Disagree = No, it wasn't. (You're disagreeing with "This movie was great." You didn't like the movie.)
Example 2: This movie wasn't very good, was it? Agree = No, it wasn't. (You're agreeing with "This movie wasn't great." You didn't like the movie.) Disagree = Yes, it was. (You're disagreeing with "This movie wasn't great." You liked the movie.) Hope that helps!
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And i also dont know when to use does , dont , wont , shall , didn't n so on please tell me 😢
It depends on the verb tense. The auxiliary verbs do/don't are used for the simple present, did/didn't for the simple past, will/won't for the simple future. We also use "have" (have/has/haven't/hasn't / had/hadn't / will have/won't have) for the perfect tenses, and "be" (am/is/are/am not/isn't/aren't / was/were/wasn't/weren't / will be/won't be) for the progressive tenses. We can also use modals like can/can't, might/might not, should/shouldn't, shall/shall not, etc. in place of auxiliary verbs to show meanings such as ability, possibility, advice, etc.
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Good try! Don't forget to match the tense. Since you used the past tense in your sentence, you need the past in your tag. He subscribed, didn't he?
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That's great to hear! Don't forget to match the tense of your tag to the stem, though. The correct tag question is: I understood everything in one go, didn't I?