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CAPÍTULO 7
Tag questions são pequenas perguntas utilizadas 
nos final de uma frase, com o intuito de confirmar 
alguma coisa previamente dita.
Em português, as tag questions podem ser tradu-
zidas como “Não é?”, “Né?”, “Certo?” etc, dentro de 
uma sentença. Sendo considerado uma expressão da 
língua informal e falada.
Ex.: She’s an English teacher, isn’t she?
(Ela é uma professora de Inglês, não é ?)
You wouldn’t go there without me, would you?
(Você não iria lá sem mim, iria ?)
• A tag question sempre acompanhará o tempo 
verbal da frase principal. Porém, caso a frase 
principal seja afirmativa, a tag question deve 
estar na negativa e vice-versa.
Ex.: You like sports, don’t you?
(Você gosta de esportes, não gosta?)
She won’t be here at 5 pm, will she?
(Ela não estará aqui às 5 da tarde, estará?)
Estrutura da tag question:
 Oração principal na 
afirmativa Tag question negativa
am aren’t
are aren’t
is isn’t
verbo no simple present don’t
verbo no simple present 
3ª pessoa doesn’t
verbo no simple past didn’t
will won’t
can can’t
could couldn’t
have haven’t
has hasn’t
would wouldn’t
Oração principal na 
negativa Tag question afirmativa
aren’t am
aren’t are
isn’t is
don’t do
doesn’t does
didn’t did
won’t will
can’t can
couldn’t could
haven’t have
hasn’t has
wouldn’t would
EXERCÍCIO
1. Which option completes the sentence below 
correctly?
Like any technology, artificial intelligence has 
both positive aspects and more worrying as-
pects, _______?
(Adapted from: https://cryptoid.com.br/interna-
tional-news/artificial-intelligence-and-the-ener-
gy-sector-huge-potential-tough-questions/)
a) haven’t they
b) hasn’t it
c) doesn’t it
d) don’t they
e) aren’t they
2. Which of the options completes the dialogue 
correctly?
The Linden Tree
Mrs Linden: (...) You’d like some tea,,______you, 
Rex? Rex: A cup, certainly.
Jean: And______ Marion and I.
(Priestley, J.B. “The Linden Tree”. An inspector calls 
and other plays.UK: Penguin, 2001.)
Tag question
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a) would/neither would
b) wouldn’t/so would
c) had/nor had
d) hadn’t/so had
e) didn’t/neither did
3. Mark the option that shows the appropriate 
question tag for the sentence.
“He’s right there in the back seat”, ______? (line 8)
a) isn’t he
b) hasn’t he
c) isn’t there
d) is he
4. Look at the following statements and choose the 
correct question tags:
1 – It snowed last night, _______________?
2 – She shouldn’t be aggressive to people, 
_____________?
3 – You haven’t closed the door, _____________?
4 – You are going to the party with us, ________?
a) doesn’t it – shouldn’t she – aren’t you – going 
youb
b) didn’t it – should she – have you – aren’t you
c) did it – should she – haven’t you – aren’t you
d) didn’t it – ought to – have you – will you
6. Which of the options completes the sentence 
correctly?
Peter’s got blue eyes, _____ ?
a) isn’t he
b) does Peter
c) doesn’t he
d) has Peter
e) hasn’t he
7. Mark the option which contains the correct 
Question Tag of the following sentence.
“She has not yet demonstrated a link between 
increased brainwaves and suicidal tendencies...”
a) hasn’t she?
b) has she?
c) does she?
d) doesn’t she?
8. Choose the alternative that completes the sen-
tence correctly.
You wouldn’t believe him, __________?
a) do you
b) don’t you
c) would you
d) wouldn’t you
9.
EXTRACT 1
Japan’s shipyards remain intact after quake
Japan’s major shipyards escaped the full impact 
of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that 
struck the northeastern coast of the country with 
full force. An official at the Japan Ship Exporters’ 
Association said the devastating natural disaster 
“will have no impact on future export ship or-
ders at all”. Although several small shipyards in 
the quake-hit areas were affected, major Japane-
se shipyards that build large vessels for exports 
are concentrated in western Japan and remain 
intact, the official said. Mitsui Engineering & Shi-
pbuilding sustained “slight material damages” in 
the company’s Kasai Center and Chiba Works but 
did not consider such slight damages would cau-
se serious impact on operations. “The rotational 
schedule of interruption of power supply due to 
the earthquake may affect our operation at our 
works and subsidiaries. However, the degree of 
the impact is not known now,” the company said 
in a statement. Japanese export ship orders rose 
for the 15th consecutive month in February o 
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a year-on-year basis. Japanese shipbuilders re-
ceived orders for 277 export vessels – 259 bulk 
carriers, 10 oil tankers and eight general cargo 
vessels – in the April-February period.
(Adapted from: www.australianmerchantnavy.
com, March 2011)
EXTRACT 2
Tsnunami Debris Expected on U.S. Shores in 3 
Years
The powerful tsunami triggered by the 9.0 Japa-
nese earthquake destroyed coastal towns near 
Sendai, washing such things as houses and cars 
into the ocean. Projections of where this debris 
might head have been made at the internatio-
nal Pacific Research Center, university of Hawaii 
at Manoa. What their model predicts about the 
tsunami debris is that they first spread out eas-
tward from the Japan Coast in the North Paci-
fic Subtropical Gyre. In a year, the Papahanau-
mokuakea Marine National Monument will see 
pieces washing up on its shores; in two years, the 
remaining Hawaiian islands will see some effects; 
in three years, the plume will reach the US West 
Coast, dumping debris on Californian beaches 
and the beaches of British Columbia, Alaska, and 
Baja California. The debris will then drift into the 
famous floating junk yard, the North Pacific Gar-
bage Patch, where it will wander around and bre-
ak into smaller and smaller pieces. In five years, 
Hawaii shores can expect to see another barra-
ge of debris that is stronger and longer-lasting 
than the first one. Much of the debris leaving the 
North Pacific Garbage Patch ends up on Hawaii’s 
reefs and beaches. These model projections will 
help to guide clean-up and tracking operations.
(Adapted from: www.geog.ucsb.edu, April 2011)
Choose the option with the correct tag questions 
for the sentences below.
1. You weren’t listening, ____________________?
2. She doesn’t know him, __________________?
3. I’m a bit overweight, _____________________?
4. Don’t open your eyes, ____________________?
a) weren’t you / does she / aren’t I / do you
b) were you / doesn’t she / aren’t I / do you
c) were you / does she / aren’t I / will you
d) weren’t you / doesn’t she / am I not / do you
e) were you / doesn’t she / am I not / do you
10. Which is the correct alternative to complete this 
sentence?
“There’s been a rumor that Jane is seeing someo-
ne from the office, (1) ____ ?”
a) is there
b) isn’t there
c) has there
d) hasn’t there
e) doesn’t it
11. Which is the correct option to complete the sen-
tence below?
He’s done a lot of work today, (1)____ ?
a) hasn’t he?
b) does he?
c) isn’t he?
d) doesn’t he?
e) is he?
12. Which of the options completes the sentence 
correctly?
Mary has a brother,____________ ?
a) does Mary.
b) doesn’t she.
c) has she.
d) hasn’t Mary.
e) does he.
13. Mark the option to complete the sentence with 
the correct tag question form. 
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“They bring together the parents of victims, 
________” (lines 37-38)
a) do they? c) don’t they?
b) are they? d) aren’t they?
14.
Complete the statement taken from the text (li-
nes 1-2) with the correct question tag:
“Flight 9525, an A irbus A320, took off at 10:01 
a.m on March 24 fro m Barcelona, ______”?
a) won’t it c) wasn’t it
b) didn’t it d) doesn’t it
15. 
In the sentence: “Dude, now my peanuts are on 
the floor… MEE-Yow!”
“…MEE-You!” can be correctly replaced by
a) isn’t it?
b) are they?
c) aren’t they?
d) aren’t the peanuts?
16. Assinale a alternativa que corresponde à sequên-
cia de Question Tags adequados para completar 
as frases a seguir:
1. He isn’t at home, __________?
2. That will happen, __________?
3. She hasn’ta cue, __________?
4. It rains a lot, __________?
a) isn’t he; won’t it; has he; doesn’t it
b) is it; will it; does she; has it
c) isn’t he; will it; has she; hasn’t it
d) is he; won’t it; has she; doesn’t it
e) isn’t he; won’t he; has she; does it
17. Assinale a alternativa que preenche correta-
mente a lacuna:
He doesn’t study here, __________ he?
a) doesn’t
b) do
c) did
d) does
e) don’t
18. Assinale a alternativa correta:
Your name is Mary, __________?
a) isn’t you
b) isn’t it
c) aren’t it
d) aren’t you
e) isn’t he
19. Assinale a alternativa correta:
Politics is a science, __________?
a) weren’t they
b) isn’t it
c) wouldn’t he
d) wasn’t it
e) won’t they
20. Assinale a alternativa correta:
He hasn’t seen you lately, __________?
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a) has he
b) is it
c) have you
d) have we
e) haven’t you
21. Escolha a question tag correta para
“I knew I would be a scientist”:
a) didn’t I?
b) wasn’t I?
c) won’t I?
d) don’t I?
e) would I?
22. Complete with the CORRECT alternative:
The sun shone the whole day, __________ it?
a) is d) didn’t
b) did e) isn’t
c) doesn’t
23. You can sing well, __________?
a) didn’t you
b) can’t you
c) don’t you
d) doesn’t you
e) couldn’t you
24. Roy read the newspaper this morning before his 
father, __________?
a) didn’t he
b) doesn’t he
c) is he
d) did he
e) does he
25. We can’t do without him, __________?
a) can us
b) can we
c) can ours
d) can’t he
26. Choose the correct question for the context:
You are speaking to your daughter. You want to 
make sure that she turned off the stove. You ask 
her:
a) You turned off the stove, did you?
b) You do turn off the stove, didn’t you?
c) You didn’t turn off the stove, did you?
d) You did turn off the stove, didn’t you?
GABARITO
1. Resposta: C
2. Resposta: B
3. Resposta: a
4. Resposta: a
5. Resposta: B
6. Resposta: E
7. Resposta: B
8. Resposta: C
9. Resposta: C
10. Resposta: D
11. Resposta: a
12. Resposta: B
13. Resposta: C
14. Resposta: B
15. Resposta: C
16. Resposta: D
17. Resposta: D
18. Resposta: B
19. Resposta: B
20. Resposta: a
21. Resposta: a
22. Resposta: D
23. Resposta: B
24. Resposta: a
25. Resposta: B
26. Resposta: B