Tag Questions Shortened Questions and Answers

Add-on Short Questions

A tag question (so called because it is added or tagged onto the end of a statement) does one of the following:

• expresses doubt by the speaker:  I'm going too, aren't I?  (I believe I am, but I'm asking to make sure.)
• imposes the opinion of the speaker:  You're tired, aren't you?  (I believe you are and am expecting you to agree with me.)

Tag Question Verb Forms   

1ST PERSON Singular/ Plural	2ND PERSON Singular/ Plural	3RD PERSON Singular/ Plural
BE I am going too, aren't I? (irregular)  We are going too, aren't we?	BE You are going too, aren't you? You (all) are going too, aren't you?	BE She / he is going too, isn't she/he? They are going too, aren't they?
DO I go too, don't I? We go too, don't we?	DO You go too, don't you? You (all) go too, don't you?	DO She / he goes too, doesn't he / she? They go too, don't they?
DID I went too, didn't I? We went too, didn't we?	DID You went too, didn't you? You (all) went, didn't you?	DID She / he went too, didn't he / she? They went too, didn't they?
HAVE I have gone there too, haven't I? We have gone there too, haven't we?	HAVE You have gone there too, haven't you? You (all) have gone there too, haven't you?	HAVE She / he has gone there too, hasn't he / she? They have gone there too, haven't they?
MODAL I will go there too, won't I? We will go there too, won't we?	MODAL You will go there too, won't you? You (all) will go there too, won't you?	MODAL She / he will go there too, won't he / she? They will go there too, won't they?
NEGATIVE I am not going either, am I? (irregular)  We are not going either, are we?	NEGATIVE You are not going either, are you? You (all) are not going either, are you?	NEGATIVE She / he is not going either, is she/he? They are not going either, are they?

Tag Question Responses

TAG QUESTION – NEGATIVE		TAG QUESTION – POSITIVE
A response to a statement with a tag question at the end, ignores the negative tag addition.  The expected response is 'Yes, I have.' The unexpected response is 'No, I haven't.'		A response to a statement with a tag question at the end, ignores the positive tag addition. The expected response is 'No, I haven't.'   The unexpected response is 'Yes, I have.'
I'm going too, aren't I?	Yes, you are.      |  No, you aren't.	I'm not going too, am I?  I am  not going?	Yes, you are.      |  No, you aren't.
	*Yes, you aren't.  | *No, you are.   incorrect		*Yes, you aren't.  | *No, you are.   incorrect

*Yellow highlighted words are examples of incorrect usage.