Geography
Which country has a horizontal red white and blue flag?
Netherlands
Which country has a vertical blue white and red flag?
France
What is the purpose of a question tag?
To turn a statement into a question
Question tags are more common in _____ English than _____ English
Spoken
Written
What gets broken without being held?
a promise
Santorini is an Island located in which country?
Greece
Sicily is an island located in which country?
Italy
when the statement is positive, we use a ______ question tag.
Give an example
negative
When do we use a positive question tag?
Come up with an example
If the statement is negative
I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. What am I?
a barber
Which country has no colonies of their own?
Switzerland
Which country had the democratic republic of Congo as a colony?
Belgium
Explain how to use auxiliary verbs in question tags.
Give an example
If there is an auxiliary verb in the statement, we use it to form the question tag.
I don't need to finish this today, do I?
James is working on that, isn't he?
Your parents have retired, haven't they?
Explain how to form a question tag if there is no auxiliary verb.
Give an example
If the verb in the statement is present simple or past simple and is positive we use don't, doesn't or didn't:
Jenni eats cheese, doesn't she?
If the verb in the statement is to be in the present simple or past simple we use to be to make the question tag:
The bus stop is over there, isn't it?
you see a boat filled with people, yet there isn’t a single person on board. How is that possible?
All the people on the boat are married.
Name the capital city of Germany
Berlin
Name the Capital City of Austria
Vienna
Explain the rule for intonation when using both positive and negative question tags.
If we are sure or almost sure that the listener will confirm that our statement is correct, we say the question tag with a falling intonation. If we are a bit less sure, we say the question tag with a rising intonation.
Complete the sentences
Nothing surprises you anymore,
Everyone has secrets,
You’ve never liked her boyfriend,
1. does it?
2. don't they?
3. have you?
A man goes outside in the rain without an umbrella or hat but doesn't get a single hair on his head wet. How?
he is bald
What is the largest country in the world
1. by population
2. by land mass
1. India
2. Russia
Name the smallest country in the world
1. by population
2. by land mass
1 & 2 Vatican City
1. I shouldn't criticise the teacher,
2. Please pass me the sugar,
3.You mustn't play on the freshly cut grass
4. ______
should I?
will you?
must you?
1. Let's go to the cinema,
2. They could make it to the train in time,
3. Dad won't be with us next week,
4. ___________
shall we?
couldn't they?
will he?
What common English verb becomes its own past tense by rearranging its letters?
eat