Question Tag Formation and Polarity — Quiz, English, Grade 9

Questions

1. 1

   A speaker wants to check that a listener is ready. The statement is “You are ready.” Which explanation justifies the tag “aren’t you?”

2. 2

   Which rule correctly completes this statement: a positive statement usually takes ...

3. 3

   A student writes “They visited us, didn’t they?” Explain why “didn’t they?” works, rather than “weren’t they?”