TEACHER’S NOTES
ESL / EFL RESOURCES Tagged
Activity Type Introduction
Reading, listening, This fast-paced matching game can be used to help teach or
matching and speaking practice question tags.
activity, group work
Procedure
Language Focus Divide the class into groups of three.
Question tags Give one student a set of question cards. Give the other two
students a set of tag cards each.
Aim Tell the student with the question cards to shuffle them and place
them face down in a pile on the desk.
To complete sentences
with positive and Tell the other students to shuffle their tag cards and spread them
negative question tags. out face up in front of them.
The student with the questions turns over a card and reads the
Preparation beginning of a tag question aloud.
Make one copy of the The other two students then race to find the correct tag to complete
cards for each group the question from their set.
of three and cut as
indicated. Keep the three The first student to give the question tag to the student and say
sets of cards separate. the complete tag question wins and keeps both cards.
The correct question tag is shown on the question card in brackets.
Level
Then, the beginning of another tag question is read out and so on.
Pre-intermediate
The game continues until all the cards have been matched
correctly.
Time
The student with the most cards at the end of the game wins.
20 minutes
Afterwards, the students swap roles, giving the student with the
questions a chance to play.
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QUESTION TAGS
ESL / EFL RESOURCES Tagged
Question cards
You were told to do your Your father is a
You received my email,
homework, businessman,
(didn't you?)
(weren't you?) (isn't he?)
You're going on holiday
They have a nice house, He isn't English,
soon,
(don't they?) (is he?)
(aren't you?)
You haven't been to
He went to Nepal last year, You own a sports car,
America,
(didn't he?) (don't you?)
(have you?)
Your parents have just My brother wasn't here last
She isn't an actress,
bought a new house, night,
(is she?)
(haven't they?) (was he?)
They weren't here Your sister likes to play You don't want to go out
yesterday, badminton, tonight,
(were they?) (doesn't she?) (do you?)
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QUESTION TAGS
ESL / EFL RESOURCES Tagged
Tag cards
weren't you? didn't you? isn't he?
don't they? aren't you? is he?
have you? didn't he? don't you?
haven't they? is she? was he?
were they? doesn't she? do you?
Tag cards
weren't you? didn't you? isn't he?
don't they? aren't you? is he?
have you? didn't he? don't you?
haven't they? is she? was he?
were they? doesn't she? do you?
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