「～でしょ？」「～だよね？」
Point: 文末に付け加える主語は代名詞にする。
肯定文＋,否定形 + 主語（代名詞）?
| Present simple ‘be’ | She’s Italian, isn’t she? |
| Present simple other verbs | They live in London, don’t they? |
| Present continuous | We’re working tomorrow, aren’t we? |
| Past simple ‘be’ | It was cold yesterday, wasn’t it? |
| Past simple other verbs | He went to the party last night, didn’t he? |
| Past continuous | We were waiting at the station, weren’t we? |
| Present perfect | They’ve been to Japan, haven’t they? |
| Present perfect continuous | She’s been studying a lot recently, hasn’t she? |
| Past perfect | He had forgotten his wallet, hadn’t he? |
| Past perfect continuous | We’d been working, hadn’t we? |
| Future simple | She’ll come at six, won’t she? |
| Future continuous | They’ll be arriving soon, won’t they? |
| Future perfect | They’ll have finished before nine, won’t they? |
| Future perfect continuous | She’ll have been cooking all day, won’t she? |
| Modals can | He can help, can’t he? |
| Modals must | John must stay, mustn’t he? |
否定形＋,肯定文 + 主語（代名詞）?
| Present simple ‘be’ | We aren’t late, are we? |
| Present simple other verbs | She doesn’t have any children, does she? |
| Present continuous | The bus isn’t coming, is it? |
| Past simple ‘be’ | She wasn’t at home yesterday, was she? |
| Past simple other verbs | They didn’t go out last Sunday, did they? |
| Past continuous | You weren’t sleeping, were you? |
| Present perfect | She hasn’t eaten all the cake, has she? |
| Present perfect continuous | He hasn’t been running in this weather, has he? |
| Past perfect | We hadn’t been to London before, had we? |
| Past perfect continuous | You hadn’t been sleeping, had you? |
| Future simple | They won’t be late, will they? |
| Future continuous | He won’t be studying tonight, will he? |
| Future perfect | She won’t have left work before six, will she? |
| Future perfect continuous | He won’t have been travelling all day, will he? |
| Modals | She can’t speak Arabic, can she? |
| Modals | They mustn’t come early, must they? |
Special exception: the question tag after I am is aren’t I.
For example: I’m in charge of the food, aren’t I?
| Let’s go, shall we? | let’s = let us |
| He’d better do it, hadn’t he? | he had better (no auxiliary) |
ただの命令文よりも丁寧な印象
| Take a seat, won’t you? | polite invitation |
| Help me, can you? | quite friendly |
| Help me, can’t you? | quite friendly (some irritation?) |
| Close the door, would you? | quite polite |
| Do it now, will you. | less polite |
| Don’t forget, will you. | with negative imperatives only will is possible |
He never came again, did he?
She can rarely come these days, can she?
You hardly ever came late, did you?
I barely know you, do I?
You would scarcely expect her to know that, would you?
She can rarely come these days, can she?
You hardly ever came late, did you?
I barely know you, do I?
You would scarcely expect her to know that, would you?