{"id":22887,"date":"2023-11-19T10:00:45","date_gmt":"2023-11-19T15:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/?p=22887"},"modified":"2024-07-16T14:19:46","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T19:19:46","slug":"negative-questions-and-question-tags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/negative-questions-and-question-tags\/","title":{"rendered":"Negative Questions and Question Tags"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tX2skpf6Tts?si=CwKwCZkAz4BqzmHy?rel=0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"elementor-button large green rounded\" href=\"https:\/\/courses.espressoenglish.net\/academy\/\"><strong>Espresso English Academy for English Learning<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of my students asked me what\u2019s the difference between these two questions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;<strong>Does<\/strong> she have a car?&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<strong>Doesn\u2019t<\/strong> she have a car?&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is an excellent question because there IS a difference between positive questions like the first one, and negative questions like the second one. I\u2019ll teach you about it in today\u2019s lesson, and we\u2019ll also cover question tags, like \u201cShe has a car,<strong> doesn\u2019t she?<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But first I have a question for YOU &#8211; do you want to be a well-rounded English speaker?<\/p>\n<p>That means someone who is good at ALL the areas of the language &#8211; speaking, listening, reading, writing, grammar, and vocabulary. You need all of those skills for fluency, and that\u2019s why my <a href=\"https:\/\/courses.espressoenglish.net\/academy\/\"><strong>Espresso English Academy for English learning<\/strong><\/a> has courses in every single area of the language. It\u2019ll help you improve your skills all around in just 10-15 minutes a day.<\/p>\n<p>The good news is that the Espresso English Academy is available at a 50% discount compared to buying all my courses individually \u2013 and the even better news is that you can divide up the payment over 3 or 6 months so it\u2019s even easier to join! Click below to see everything included in my Espresso English Academy and find out how to sign up.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.espressoenglish.net\/academy\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-20596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/completeprogram2021-50off-small-300x200.png\" alt=\"Complete English learning program\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/completeprogram2021-50off-small-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/completeprogram2021-50off-small.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Positive questions vs. negative questions<\/h3>\n<p>The normal, positive question, using the word <strong>does<\/strong>: \u201cDoes she have a car?\u201d is neutral. I don\u2019t know if the answer is yes or no, and I don\u2019t expect the answer to be yes or no. It\u2019s simply a regular, neutral question.<\/p>\n<p>The negative question, the version with <strong>doesn\u2019t<\/strong>: \u201cDoesn\u2019t she have a car?\u201d is used when I assume or expect the answer to be yes, and I\u2019m only asking to check or confirm that I\u2019m correct and make sure I\u2019m not mistaken.<\/p>\n<p>For example, if I saw this person driving a car two weeks ago, then I could ask, \u201cDoesn\u2019t she have a car?\u201d because I assume the answer is yes.<\/p>\n<p>But maybe I\u2019m mistaken! Maybe the answer is, \u201cWell she used to have a car, but she actually sold her car yesterday.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22889\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22889\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22889 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/woman-6963378_640-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/woman-6963378_640-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/woman-6963378_640.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22889\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Doesn&#8217;t she have a car? I saw her driving one recently.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We can form questions with any negative helping verb when we assume or expect the answer to be yes, but we still want to ask to check if we\u2019re mistaken&#8230; or if we\u2019re surprised when the situation appears different from the way we assumed it to be.<\/p>\n<p>For example, the question, \u201c<strong>Can<\/strong> you speak Spanish?\u201d is a neutral question. The answer could be yes or no. I have no expectations about the answer. I really want to know if you can speak Spanish.<\/p>\n<p>Now let\u2019s imagine I had an American friend who lived in Spain for 10 years, and one day I ask him for the translation of a Spanish sentence, and he says he doesn\u2019t know how to translate it. I would say, \u201cWhat! <strong>Can\u2019t<\/strong> you speak Spanish?\u201d (negative question)<\/p>\n<p>I assumed that since he lived in Spain for 10 years, he would have learnt the language, but maybe he didn\u2019t pay attention or didn\u2019t make the effort, so I ask, \u201c<strong>Can\u2019t<\/strong> you speak Spanish?\u201d but maybe I\u2019m mistaken and the answer is no.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22890\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22890\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22890 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/flag-1273682_640-300x193.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/flag-1273682_640-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/flag-1273682_640.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22890\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">You lived in Spain for a long time. Can&#8217;t you speak Spanish?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Here\u2019s an example with the verb &#8220;have.&#8221; Let\u2019s say my brother is going on vacation. I could ask him, \u201c<strong>Have<\/strong> you bought the plane tickets?\u201d That\u2019s a neutral question. He might say, \u201cYes I have\u201d or \u201cNo, I haven\u2019t bought them yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now let\u2019s imagine it\u2019s the day before the trip and my brother is completely stressed out because he doesn\u2019t have the plane tickets. I would ask him, \u201c<strong>Haven\u2019t<\/strong> you bought the plane tickets?\u201d because I\u2019m just surprised; I\u2019m shocked that he didn\u2019t buy the tickets earlier than the day before. I assumed that the answer was yes, he had bought the tickets &#8211; but I\u2019m surprised to find out the situation is different from what I expected.<\/p>\n<p>So again, you can start a question with a negative auxiliary verb like <strong>doesn\u2019t<\/strong>, <strong>isn\u2019t,<\/strong> <strong>haven\u2019t<\/strong>, <strong>aren\u2019t<\/strong>, <strong>can\u2019t<\/strong>, <strong>shouldn\u2019t<\/strong> and many others when you assume that the answer to the question is yes (or you expect the answer to be yes) but you\u2019re asking to confirm or to check if you\u2019re possibly mistaken.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6127\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6127\" style=\"width: 256px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6127 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/checkbox2.png\" alt=\"Ask negative questions to check or confirm that the answer is &quot;yes&quot;\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/checkbox2.png 256w, https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/checkbox2-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6127\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ask negative questions to check or confirm that the answer is &#8220;yes&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Negative Questions: Examples<\/h3>\n<p>Let me quickly show you a few more examples of negative questions with different helping verbs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Present simple:<\/strong> Don\u2019t your kids like pizza?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Present continuous:<\/strong> Aren\u2019t the students studying for the test?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Present perfect:<\/strong> Hasn\u2019t she gotten a new job?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Present perfect continuous:<\/strong> Haven\u2019t you been practicing your English?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Past simple:<\/strong> Didn\u2019t he live in New York when he was a child?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Past continuous:<\/strong> Weren\u2019t you working late yesterday?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Past perfect:<\/strong> Hadn\u2019t you considered the consequences before you made the decision?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Past perfect continuous:<\/strong> Hadn\u2019t they been trying to lose weight last year?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Future simple:<\/strong> Won\u2019t you eat something before you leave?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Future continuous:<\/strong> Won\u2019t she be taking some time off next month?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Future perfect:<\/strong> Won\u2019t the plane have landed by 11PM?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-22891\" src=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/question-tag-300x169.png\" alt=\"How to use question tags\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/question-tag-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/question-tag.png 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Question Tags<\/h3>\n<p>There\u2019s another way to ask a question when you\u2019re assuming that the answer is yes &#8211; and that is to use a <strong>question tag.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s an example of a question tag: \u201cShe has a car, <strong>doesn\u2019t she?\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is actually a statement; \u201cShe has a car\u201d with a question attached &#8211; \u201cdoesn\u2019t she?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Again, I\u2019m expecting or assuming that the answer is yes but I\u2019m asking just to confirm.<\/p>\n<p>To form a question tag, we use a helping verb that is the same verb tense as the statement, but the opposite (positive or negative).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe <strong>has<\/strong> a car\u201d is a <em>positive<\/em> statement in the simple present. So we use the <em>negative<\/em> simple present \u2013 <strong>doesn\u2019t<\/strong> \u2013 in the question tag.<\/p>\n<p>If the main statement is <em>negative<\/em>, then the question tag would be <em>positive<\/em>, for example: He <strong>isn\u2019t<\/strong> coming to the party, <strong>is<\/strong> he? The main statement is negative \u2013 isn\u2019t \u2013 so we use the opposite form, the positive form, in the question tag \u2013 is he?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-22892\" src=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/How-to-form-question-tags.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"551\" height=\"551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/How-to-form-question-tags.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/How-to-form-question-tags-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/How-to-form-question-tags-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/How-to-form-question-tags-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 551px) 100vw, 551px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Question Tags: Examples in Different Verb Tenses:<\/h3>\n<p>Let\u2019s look at more examples of question tags in different verb tenses:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Present simple<\/strong><br \/>\nShe works full-time, doesn\u2019t she?<br \/>\nHe doesn\u2019t work full-time, does he?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Present continuous<\/strong><br \/>\nThey\u2019re studying hard, aren\u2019t they?<br \/>\nThey aren\u2019t studying hard, are they?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Present perfect<\/strong><br \/>\nYou\u2019ve finished your work, haven\u2019t you?<br \/>\nYou haven\u2019t finished your work, have you?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Present perfect continuous<\/strong><br \/>\nHe\u2019s been looking for a job, hasn\u2019t he?<br \/>\nHe hasn\u2019t been looking for a job, has he?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Past simple<\/strong><br \/>\nShe did well on the test, didn\u2019t she?<br \/>\nShe didn\u2019t do well on the test, did she?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Past continuous<\/strong><br \/>\nI was talking too much, wasn\u2019t I?<br \/>\nI wasn\u2019t talking too much, was I?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Past perfect<\/strong><br \/>\nYou\u2019d already eaten, hadn\u2019t you?<br \/>\nYou hadn\u2019t already eaten, had you?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Past perfect continuous<\/strong><br \/>\nThey\u2019d been considering moving, hadn\u2019t they?<br \/>\nThey hadn\u2019t been considering moving, had they?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Future simple<\/strong><br \/>\nWe\u2019ll go to the beach this afternoon, won\u2019t we?<br \/>\nIt\u2019s raining. We won\u2019t go to the beach this afternoon, will we?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Future continuous<\/strong><br \/>\nYou\u2019ll be traveling tomorrow, won\u2019t you?<br \/>\nYou won\u2019t be traveling tomorrow, will you?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Future perfect<\/strong><br \/>\nMost of the students will have graduated by June, won\u2019t they?<br \/>\nThe students who are failing won\u2019t have graduated by June, will they?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Modals<\/strong><br \/>\nWe could buy a car, couldn\u2019t we?<br \/>\nWe couldn\u2019t buy a car, could we?<br \/>\nI should apologize, shouldn\u2019t I?<br \/>\nI shouldn\u2019t insult people, should I?<br \/>\nHe would be willing to help, wouldn\u2019t he?<br \/>\nHe wouldn\u2019t be willing to help, would he?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now if you&#8217;re super confused by all these question tag forms, let me give you a little shortcut &#8211; a very simple way to ask for confirmation is just to add <strong>&#8220;&#8230;right?&#8221;<\/strong> at the end of your statement.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>She works full-time, right?<\/li>\n<li>He did well on the test, right?<\/li>\n<li>You&#8217;ll be traveling tomorrow, right?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can do this with any verb tense.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-22893\" src=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/How-to-form-question-tags-1.png\" alt=\"Question tag shortcut\" width=\"492\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/How-to-form-question-tags-1.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/How-to-form-question-tags-1-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/How-to-form-question-tags-1-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Question tags and intonation<\/h3>\n<p>There are actually two ways to use question tags, and it depends on intonation &#8211; whether your voice goes up or down at the end.<\/p>\n<p>If I use a question tag with my <strong>voice going up at the end,<\/strong> that means I\u2019m really asking a question to confirm.<\/p>\n<p>But if I say a statement with a question tag and my intonation <strong>goes down at the end<\/strong>, that means I\u2019m not really asking a question; I\u2019m just making a statement that I expect the other person to agree with.<\/p>\n<p>Intonation going up sounds like this: She has a car, doesn\u2019t she?<\/p>\n<p>Intonation going down sounds like this: It\u2019s a beautiful day, isn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-22894\" src=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/intonation-question-tags.png\" alt=\"Intonation in question tags\" width=\"453\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/intonation-question-tags.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/intonation-question-tags-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/intonation-question-tags-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/intonation-question-tags-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 453px) 100vw, 453px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This means I\u2019m not <em>really<\/em> asking you if it\u2019s a beautiful day or not; I\u2019m just making a statement that I expect you to agree with. We often use question tags like this, with intonation going down, when we state something obvious, but we also want to invite the other person to agree with us, respond and start a conversation.<\/p>\n<p>So I might make this comment to someone at the park:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cIt\u2019s a beautiful day, isn\u2019t it?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>And they could respond, \u201cSure is! I\u2019m so glad it\u2019s sunny after such a rainy week.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>And then I could say, \u201cMe too. I\u2019m going to take my kids to the playground after school.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>They might ask, \u201cOh, how old are your kids?\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And then we can continue the conversation from there.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-11430\" src=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/speech-bubbles.jpg\" alt=\"Use question tags with intonation going down to start conversations\" width=\"264\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/speech-bubbles.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/speech-bubbles-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 264px) 100vw, 264px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another example: let\u2019s say I\u2019m at a conference for work, and we\u2019ve just finished listening to a presentation. I could say to someone next to me,<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cThat was a great talk, wasn\u2019t it?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>They could answer, \u201cI thought so too. I especially liked the part where she described creative marketing strategies.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>And I could say, \u201cDefinitely. I\u2019ve actually tried some of those at my company, and here\u2019s how it went\u2026\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Review: Negative Questions &amp; Question Tags<\/h3>\n<p>Let\u2019s review the different forms of questions that we covered in today\u2019s lesson:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>There\u2019s the normal question;<strong> \u201cDoes she have a car?\u201d<\/strong> Ask this question when you really want to know the answer; you\u2019re neutral; you don\u2019t know if the answer will be yes or no.<\/li>\n<li>Then there\u2019s the form with the negative auxiliary verb; <strong>\u201cDoesn\u2019t she have a car?\u201d<\/strong> Ask this question when you assume the answer to be yes but you\u2019re just asking to check or confirm. You can also do this by using a question tag; <strong>\u201cShe has a car, doesn\u2019t she?\u201d<\/strong> Again, we expect the answer to be yes but we just want to confirm it and make sure we\u2019re not mistaken.<\/li>\n<li>And finally, you can make a statement with the question tag that\u2019s not really a question; it\u2019s merely an obvious statement designed so that the other person will agree with you. For example; <strong>\u201cIt\u2019s a beautiful day, isn\u2019t it?\u201d<\/strong> When we use the question tag in this way, our intonation goes down at the end instead of going up like a normal question.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So, now you\u2019re ready to put it into practice, right? Go ahead and try writing your own negative questions and question tags &#8211; as many as you can &#8211; to really help you remember them.<\/p>\n<p>Remember to check out my Espresso English Academy for English learning to get all my best lessons, that will help you improve every single area of your English!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.espressoenglish.net\/academy\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/completeprogram2021-50off-small.png\" alt=\"Complete English learning program\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/completeprogram2021-50off-small.png 600w, https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/completeprogram2021-50off-small-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"elementor-button large green rounded\" href=\"https:\/\/courses.espressoenglish.net\/academy\/\"><strong>Espresso English Academy for English Learning<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Espresso English Academy for English Learning One of my students asked me what\u2019s the difference between these two questions: &#8220;Does she have a car?&#8221; &#8220;Doesn\u2019t she have a car?&#8221; This is an excellent question because there IS a difference between positive questions like the first one, and negative questions like the second one. 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