Практикум по грамматике английского языка : учебное пособие

TAG QUESTIONS
… was /were +Part. I (V+ing), wasn’t/weren’t …? — Yes, / (No,) … was(n’t)/
were(n’t) 
You were cooking dinner when the fire started, weren’t you? — Yes, I was. / 
No, I wasn’t. 
It was snowing rather heavily last night, wasn’t it?—Yes, it was. / No, it wasn’t. 
You were arguing when the phone rang, weren’t you?—Yes, we were. /No, we 
weren’t. 
… was(n’t) /were(n’t) +Part. I (V+ing), was/were …? — Yes, / (No,) …
was(n’t)/were(n’t) 
I wasn’t working overtime on Friday, was /?—No, you weren’t. / Yes, you were.
We weren’t having a party last weekend, were we?—No, you weren’t. / Yes, 
you were.
They weren’t sitting the exam at 3 pm., were they?—No, they weren’t. / Yes, 
they were.
Exercise 39. Give the correct tag to these sentences.
1. He was saving his energy for the next week’s race in Belgium, 
______________?
2. The entire family was waiting for her to speak, ______________?
3. She wasn’t setting an evil example for her children, ______________?
4. The baby was crying as she woke up in the middle of the night, 
______________?
5. Tonya was standing there in her light brown coat, ______________?
6. Nobody was waiting for me when my train arrived at the station, 
____________?
7. Your parents were giving you love and emotional support, ____________?
8. Pamela was doing nothing all weekend, ______________?
9. Ted wasn’t travelling in Europe in July, ______________?
10. The child was sitting on the floor when you came into the room, 
______________?
11. When I last saw Ann, she was trying to find a job, ______________?
12. She wasn’t feeling well when she got up in the morning, ______________?
13. Everybody was shouting when the headmistress emerged, ______________?
14. They weren’t enjoying themselves at that boring party, ______________?
15. Everything was going to be just fine, ______________?

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