English — question tags

A question tag is a short question added to the end of a statement to ask for confirmation or invite agreement, as in You're French, aren't you?

How it works

✓ Rule

A positive statement takes a negative tag and vice versa. Repeat the auxiliary (be / have / a modal) or use do/does/did, together with the subject pronoun: You're French, aren't you? and She doesn't smoke, does she?

Examples

Statement and matching tag
Statement	Tag
You are tired,	aren't you?
He can swim,	can't he?
They went home,	didn't they?
It isn't cold,	is it?

Good to know

⚠ Note

Special cases: I am → aren't I?; imperatives take will you?; Let's… takes shall we?. Intonation matters too — a falling tone expects agreement, while a rising tone makes it a real question.

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