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Stefan Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Tag questions

0Hello,02br
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00A colleague of mine has prepared som multiple choice questions covering tag questions. Since I'm not good at grammar, I'd like to give you the questions so that you can discuss them (the colleague said that's OK). Here we go: 02br
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001-01b00You are bored, that’s why you want neither reading books nor watching TV, ......... ?00 02b02br
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00A) 00 00are you00 02br
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00B) aren’t you00 02br
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00C) do you00 00or00 00ISN’T00 00IT 02br
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00D) have you00 02br
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00E) don’t you 02br
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002-01b00You don’t know that none of the artefacts which was stolen from the museum has been found yet, ........ ?00 02b02br
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00 00A) wasn’t it 02br
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00 00C) do you 02br
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00 00E) has it 02br
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003-01b00You needn’t have worried as the doctor tried to do his best during the operation, which lasted for more than02b02br
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01b00 00six hours, ........ ?00 02b02br
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00 00A) didn’t he 02br
00 00B) needn’t you 02br
00 00C) did he 02br
00 00D) didn’t it 02br
00 00E) did it 02br
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004-01b00I presume02b00 01b00my grandfather never tells anyone where he keeps his shares because of the fact that he fears lest they 02b02br
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01b00 00should be stolen, ......... ?00 02b02br
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01b00 02b00A) doesn’t he 02br
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00 00D) shouldn’t be 02br
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00 00E) don’t I 02br
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00I think the problem is if the tags belong to the main or subordinate clauses.02br
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00Another point: Shouldn't it be "could" instead of "should" in number 4?02br
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00TIA0-
  

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0 01blockquote 01cite 10Stefan12cite 10Hello,12br 12br 10A colleague of mine has prepared som multiple choice questions covering tag questions. Since I'm not good at grammar, I'd like to give you the questions so that you can discuss them (the colleague said that's OK). Here we go: 12br 12br 11font 10I find the sentences are a bit weird, and not quite correct as they stand...

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01cite10Stefan12cite10Hello,12br
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0There are some problems with the sentences themselves. Most of them are really clunky and are not what a native speaker would say. It is quite hard to work out what is meant in order to suggest alternatives.0-
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1font00hello dear, in my opinion grammar is very simple when we compair with other skills of language hence we can developed 02font02br
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01font00through reading so dear , freind it may take time to you to monter thus please try to stragle 02font02br
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0 Really, the sentences are too poorly written for us to be able to work out a good answer. 0-
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0Thanks a lot. By the way, anonymous, grammar is not a skill.02br
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