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Exemples

Adverbe négatif

• never

Tag affirmatif

He never sees his father, does he ?

Adverbes semi-négatifs

• hardly, scarcely, seldom, barely

Tag affirmatif

There was hardly anybody in the streets, was there ?

Pronoms négatifs :

• nobody, no one, neither

• nothing

Tag affirmatif

- Nobody screamed, did they?

- Neither of the two, smiled, did they?

- Nothing will be done, will it?

Impératif

• will you ? 
• shall we ?

- Open the door, will you?

- Let's have a birthday party, shall we?

Plusieurs auxiliaires

Tag sur le 1^er auxiliaire

She ought to have told her parents, oughtn't she ?

Phrase commençant par un verbe exprimant une opinion personnelle

Tag sur la 2^ème partie de la phrase

I think he should be congratulated, shouldn't he ?

Phrases elliptiques

(absence de verbe)

Le verbe sous-entendu

- Splendid, isn't it?
- Bored, aren't you?
- Lovely, isn't she?

- You'd better change your wet shoes, hadn't you ?
- The boys'd rather go by air, wouldn't they ?