positive statement [+]
|
negative tag [-]
|
notes:
| |||||
subject
|
auxiliary
|
main verb
|
auxiliary
|
not
|
personal
pronoun (same as subject) | ||
You
|
are
|
coming,
|
are
|
n't
|
you?
| ||
We
|
have
|
finished,
|
have
|
n't
|
we?
| ||
You
|
do
|
like
|
coffee,
|
do
|
n't
|
you?
| |
You
|
like
|
coffee,
|
do
|
n't
|
you?
|
You (do) like...*
| |
They
|
will
|
help,
|
wo
|
n't
|
they?
|
won't = will not
| |
I
|
can
|
come,
|
can
|
't
|
I?
| ||
We
|
must
|
go,
|
must
|
n't
|
we?
| ||
He
|
should
|
try
|
harder,
|
should
|
n't
|
he?
| |
You
|
are
|
English,
|
are
|
n't
|
you?
|
no auxiliary for main verb bepresent & past
| |
John
|
was
|
there,
|
was
|
n't
|
he?
| ||
negative statement [-]
|
positive tag [+]
| ||||||
subject
|
auxiliary
|
main verb
|
auxiliary
|
personal
pronoun (same as subject) | |||
It
|
is
|
n't
|
raining,
|
is
|
it?
| ||
We
|
have
|
never
|
seen
|
that,
|
have
|
we?
| |
You
|
do
|
n't
|
like
|
coffee,
|
do
|
you?
| |
They
|
will
|
not
|
help,
|
will
|
they?
| ||
They
|
wo
|
n't
|
report
|
us,
|
will
|
they?
| |
I
|
can
|
never
|
do
|
it right,
|
can
|
I?
| |
We
|
must
|
n't
|
tell
|
her,
|
must
|
we?
| |
He
|
should
|
n't
|
drive
|
so fast,
|
should
|
he?
| |
You
|
wo
|
n't
|
be
|
late,
|
will
|
you?
| |
You
|
are
|
n't
|
English,
|
are
|
you?
| ||
John
|
was
|
not
|
there,
|
was
|
he?
| ||
