TAG QUESTIONS

(“değil mi?” soruları)

 

Tag questions “değil mi?” sorularıdır. Cümlenin sonuna gelen ve Türkçedeki karşılığı “değil mi?” olan sorulardır.

 

Tag questions bir şeyin doğru olup olmadığını teyit etmek için veya muhatabı konuşmaya teşvik etmek için kullanılır.

 

- You are tired, aren’t you? (Yorgunsun, değil mi?)

     sentence          tag

 

İngilizcede “değil mi?” soruları (tag questions) Türkçede olduğu gibi tek bir kelimeyle yapılmaz. Tag, cümlenin tense’ine göre değişir. Cümle hangi tense’le söylenmişse, o tense’in yardımcı fiili cümle sonuna getirilir. Ancak cümle olumluysa yardımcı fiil olumsuz, cümle olumsuzsa yardımcı fiil olumlu olur. Ardından da cümlenin öznesi zamir olarak getirilir.

 

Positive sentence, negative tag

 

Aşağıdaki cümlenin tense’i geniş zamandır. Bu yüzden tag question’da do veya does yardımcı fiillerinden biri kullanılmalıdır. Ancak cümle olumlu olduğu için tag olumsuz (doesn’t) olur. Cümlenin öznesi Jim olduğuna göre, cümle sonuna gelecek olan zamir de he olmalıdır.

 

- Jim plays football on Sundays,  doesn’t he? (Jim pazar günleri futbol oynar, değil mi?)

             positive sentence             negative

                                                               tag

 

- Jim plays football on Sundays,  doesn’t Jim?

 

Tag question’da isim kullanılamaz. Bu yüzden Jim yerine he (zamir) kullanılmıştır.

 

- It’s very hot, isn’t it? (Çok sıcak, değil mi?)

    positive     negative

   sentence       tag

 

Present Tense of to be’de yardımcı fiil (is) cümlede olumlu olduğu için tag question olumsuz (isn’t) olmuştur. Özne (it) zamir olduğu için cümle sonuna değişmeden gelir. 

 

- The children are still playing in the garden, aren’t they? (Çocuklar hala bahçede oynuyor, değil mi?)

                     positive sentence                     negative tag

 

Present Continuous Tense’deki bu cümle olumludur. Bu yüzden tag question olumsuz (aren’t) olur. Özne (the children) tag question’da zamir olmak zorunda olduğu için they olmuştur.

 

- They were very angry, weren’t they? (Çok kızgındılar, değil mi?)

      positive sentence    negative tag

 

Past Tense of to be’de yardımcı fiil (were) olumlu olduğu için tag question olumsuz (weren’t) olmuştur. Özne (they) zamir olduğu için cümle sonuna değişmeden gelir. 

 

- You have been to Thailand, haven’t you? (Tayland’da bulundun, değil mi?)

          positive sentence         negative tag

 

Present Perfect Tense’de yardımcı fiil have cümlede olumlu olduğu için tag question’da olumsuz (haven’t) olmuştur.

 

- Amelia will be here soon, won’t she? (Amelia birazdan burada olacak, değil mi?)

      positive sentence          negative

                                                tag

 

Simple Future Tense’deki bu cümle olumlu (will) olduğundan tag question olumsuz (won’t) olur. Ayrıca Amelia yerine zamir olarak she kullanılır.

 

- Tom should do his homework, shouldn’t he? (Tom ödevini yapmalı, değil mi?)

            positive sentence           negative tag              

 

Gereklilik kipi should cümlede olumlu olduğu için tag question olumsuz olmuştur. Ayrıca tag question’da Tom yerine he zamiri kullanılmalıdır.

 

Aşağıdaki örnekleri inceleyiniz.           

 

- You are going to work today, aren’t you?

- Tom and George came by car, didn’t they?

- We’ve met before, haven’t we?

- He comes from Russia, doesn’t he?

- You can swim, can’t you?

- We should tell him the news, shouldn’t we?

- Tom has got a big dog, hasn’t he?

- John has a big dog, doesn’t he?

- They have to fill in a form for a visa, don’t they?

- Alan has just had a nightmare, hasn’t he?

- They won the match, didn’t they?

- Norma is learning to drive these days, isn’t she?

- It’s a beautiful day, isn’t it?

- She’s just had lunch, hasn’t she?

- He has a nice house, doesn’t he?

- Tom does housework every day, doesn’t he?

 

Olumsuz cümlelerin sonuna tag question olumlu olarak gelir.

 

Negative Sentence, positive tag

 

- You aren’t married, are you? (Evli değilsin, değil mi?)

  negative sentence   positive

                                      tag

 

Cümle olumsuz (aren’t) olduğundan tag question olumlu (are) olmuştur.

 

- Nick didn’t go to school yesterday, did he? (Nick dün okula gitmedi, değil mi?)

             negative sentence               positive

                                                            tag

 

Simple Past Tense’deki bu cümle olumsuz (didn’t) olduğu için tag question olumlu (did) olmuştur. Cümlenin öznesi Nick olduğundan tag question’da zamir olarak he kullanılır.

 

Aşağıdaki örnekleri inceleyiniz.

 

- He is not hungry, is he?

- The questions aren’t easy, are they?

- We haven’t met before, have we?

- Peter can’t drive, can he?

- You don’t work here, do you?

- He’s not following us, is he?

- She didn’t marry him, did she?

- Norma won’t help us, will she?

- You haven’t forgotten what to do, have you?

- Your father can’t stop smoking, can he?

- They hadn’t watered the garden when you arrived, had they?

- Nina hasn’t lost her keys, has she?

- It won’t hurt, will it?

- She hadn’t finished it, had she?

 

Sahip olmak fiili have geniş zamanda (Simple Present Tense) kullanıldığında tag question’da yardımcı fiil olarak do / does kullanılır.

 

- You have two children, don’t you?

- You don’t have any money, do you?

- He has a son, doesn’t he?

 

Sahiplik bildirirken have veya has’den sonra got kullanılmışsa (have got / has got), tag question’da yardımcı fiil olarak have / has kullanılır.

 

- You have got a cat, haven’t you?

- You haven’t got a computer, have you?

- She has got nice eyes, hasn’t she?

- David hasn’t got a car, has he?

 

Sahip olmak fiili have, di’li geçmiş zamanda kullanıldığında ise tag question’da yardımcı fiil olarak did kullanılır.

 

- Steve had a lot of money five years ago, didn’t he?

- Mel and Sabrina didn’t have a house last year, did they?

 

Let’s V1 object, “Hadi yapalım” biçiminde tercüme edilen bir teklif kalıbıdır ve tag question olarak sonuna “shall we” getirilir.

 

- Let's take the dog for a walk, shall we?

- Let’s have a break, shall we?

 

Emir cümlelerinde (olumlu veya olumsuz) tag question olarak will you kullanılır.

 

- Help me, will you?

- Listen to me, will you?

- Don't touch it, will you?

- Don’t disturb me, will you?

 

I am… tag question olarak aren’t I kullanılır.

 

- I'm late, aren't I?

- I am so careless, aren’t I?

 

Never, seldom, barely, hardly any, hardly ever gibi cümleyi anlamca olumsuz yapan zarfların kullanıldığı cümlelerde tag question olumlu olur.

 

- He never gets up early at weekends, does he?

- Rita seldom goes to parties, does she?

- Linda seldom wears a skirt, does she?

- You hardly ever visit your grandparents, do you?

- He had barely enough money to pay for a sandwich, did he?

 

Belgisiz zamirler “something” ve “nothing” yerine tag question’da özne olarak it kullanılır. “Nothing” cümleyi anlamca olumsuz yaptığı için tag olumlu olmalıdır.

 

- Something is missing in your life, isn’t it?

- Nothing has been changed, has it?

- Nothing can be removed, can it?

- Nothing is ready, is it?

 

No one (nobody), none of + plural noun, neither of + plural noun gibi zamirlerle tag question’da they şahıs zamiri kullanılır. Bu zamirler de cümleyi anlamca olumsuz yaptığı için tag olumlu olmalıdır.

 

- No one wants to make friends with him, do they?

- Nobody can solve it, can they?

- No one likes him, do they?

- None of the passengers were happy with the airline company, were they?

- None of them understood the question, did they?

 

A: The two cars crashed head-on in our street last night.

B: Neither of the drivers were killed, were they?

 

- None of the food was wasted, was it?

 

Cümlenin öznesi everybody (everyone) olduğunda da question tag’de zamir olarak they kullanılır.

 

- Everyone is ready, aren’t they?

- Everyone was happy, weren’t they?

- Everybody loves chocolate, don’t they?

 

There is / are, There was / were, There will be, etc. gibi ifadelerde tag question’da yardımcı fiilden sonra there kullanılır.

 

- There is too much noise in İstanbul, isn’t there?

- There is nothing to worry about it, is there?

- There were two armchairs in the living room, weren’t there?

- There won’t be snow tomorrow, will there?

- There won’t be too many people on the bus, will there?

 

İşaret zamirleri this veya that özne olarak kullanıldığında tag question’da zamir olarak it kullanılır.

 

- That isn’t Peter over there, is it?

 

Cümlenin öznesi çoğul olduğunda tag question’da zamir olarak they kullanılır.

 

- The Browns have moved to London, haven’t they?

- Most people cannot understand it, can they?

 

(The Browns - Brown ailesi - çoğul olduğu için tag question’da özne olarak they kullanılır.)

(Most people - Çoğu insan - çoğul olduğu için tag question’da özne olarak they kullanılır.)

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Cümlenin öznesi gerund olduğunda tag question’da özne olarak it kullanılır.

 

- Finding a cheap flat isn’t easy, is it?

- Reading is fun, isn’t it?

 

Used to yapısı Simple Past Tense’de kullanılan bir yapı olduğu için tag question’da yardımcı fiil olarak did kullanılır.

 

- He used to play basketball when he was at school, didn’t he?

 

There used to be… ifadesinde tag question olarak didn’t there kullanılır.

 

- There used to be a park here in the past, didn’t there?

 

1. Aşağıdaki cümleleri tag question’la tamamlayınız.

 

1. Daniel's at work, ____________?

2. You weren't listening, ____________?         

3. Sue doesn't like onions, ____________?    

4. Jack's given up smoking, ____________? 

5. You've got a cat, ____________?

6. She can cook, ____________?

7. He won't mind if I use her phone without permission, ____________?

8. Tina could help us, ____________?

9. There are a lot of people here, ____________        ?

10. Let's have a coffee, ____________?

11. This isn't very expensive, ____________?

12. I'm overweight, ____________?

13. You wouldn't tell me lies, ____________?

14. Listen to me, ____________ ?

15. I shouldn't have shouted at him, ____________?

16. Don't share it with anyone ____________?

17. They had to go home, ____________?

18. He'd never met her before, ____________?

19. She’s been working a lot recently, ___________?

20. Lisa had left her passport at home, ___________?

21. He didn’t recognize you, ____________?

22. She had met him before, ____________?

23. Nobody helped you, ____________?

24. You couldn’t understand me, _____________?

25. She will be here at 6:00, ____________?

26. You would like a bigger house, ___________?

27. He shouldn’t discourage his children, ______________?

28. She’ll have to live in a dormitory when she goes abroad to study, ____________?

29. You had a bath after you had got up, ____________?

30. When you were a child, you could swim from here to the little island in the middle of the river, _____________?

 

ANSWER KEY

 

1. Daniel's at work, isn't he?

2. You weren't listening, were you?

3. Sue doesn't like onions, does she?

4. Jack's given up smoking, hasn't he?

5. You've got a cat, haven't you?

6. She can cook, can't she?

7. He won't mind if I use her phone without permission, will he?

8. Tina could help us, couldn't she?

9. There are a lot of people here, aren't there?

10. Let's have a coffee, shall we?

11. This isn't very expensive, is it?

12. I'm overweight, aren't I?

13. You wouldn't tell me lies, would you?

14. Listen to me, will you / won't you?

15. I shouldn't have shouted at him, should I?

16. Don't share it with anyone, will you?

17. They had to go home, didn't they?

18. He'd never met her before, had he?

19. She’s been working a lot recently, hasn't she?

20. Lisa had left her passport at home, hadn't she?

21. He didn’t recognise you, did he?

22. She had met him before, hadn't she?

23. Nobody helped you, did they?

24. You couldn’t understand me, could you?

25. She will be here at 6:00, won't she?

26. You would like a bigger house, wouldn't you?

27. He shouldn’t discourage his children, should he?

28. She’ll have to live in a dormitory when she goes abroad to study, won’t she?

29. You had a bath after you had got up, didn't you?

30. When you were a child, you could swim from here to the little island in the middle of the river, couldn't you?

 

2. Aşağıdaki cümleleri tag question’la tamamlayınız.

 

1. You won't be angry, ___________?

2. She's hungry, ___________?

3. You've got a mobile, _____________?

4. Mark’s on business, ____________?

5. You don't know Alice, ___________?

6. You weren't listening, ____________?

7. Don't break that vase, ______________?

8. He wouldn't do that, ______________?

9. He can't cook ______________?

10. He'd never met her before, ____________?

11. I'm too noisy, ____________?

12. They live in a big city, ___________?

 

ANSWER KEY

 

1. will you 2. isn’t she 3. haven’t you 4. isn’t he 5. do you 6. were you 7. will you 8. would he 9. can he 10. had he 11. aren’t I 12. don’t they

 

3. Aşağıdaki cümleleri tag question’la tamamlayınız.

 

1. You haven’t returned the books you borrowed last week, ________?

2. It was foggy yesterday, ________?

3. They are coming to help us, __________?

4. Your cat doesn’t scratch, ________?

5. We’ll have time for a cup of coffee before the train leaves, _________?

6. She had to leave her husband, ________?

7. They aren’t your dictionaries, __________?

8. Mr. Roberts had watered the garden when you got there, ________?

9. Don’t forget to send the invitations, __________?

10. You have never been to the USA, _________?

11. Let’s go to the cinema, _________?

12. You broke the window yesterday, __________?

13. She must be at home by 6 o’clock, _________?

14. They are always telling lies, __________?

15. He can’t do that for us, ________?

 

ANSWER KEY

 

1. have you 2. wasn’t it 3. aren’t they 4. does it 5. won’t we 6. didn’t she 7. are they 8. hadn’t he 9. will you 10. have you 11. shall we 12. didn’t you 13. mustn’t she 14. aren’t they 15. can he