Week 7. Unit. 7.2.1.1. Characteristics of Written and Spoken Discourse
Week 7. Unit. 7.2.1.1. Characteristics of Written and Spoken Discourse
Week 7. Unit. 7.2.1.1. Characteristics of Written and Spoken Discourse
5. Tag Questions: They are the questions, asked to obtain confirmation of the listener on a
previously uttered statement. Tag questions with auxiliary, reversed negative polarity and
personal pronoun.
Examples in English:
a. ‘It’s cold, isn’t it?’ or ‘It’s not cold, is it?’
b. ‘Judy will win, won’t she?’ or ‘Judy won, didn’t she?’