Question Tags with Be (Present) Exercises

Question tags are short questions added to the end of statements to check information or seek agreement. When the main verb is am, is, or are, you use the same verb in the tag. The key rule is the positive-negative swap: positive statements take negative tags, and negative statements take positive tags. For example: "She is your sister, isn't she?" (positive to negative) and "They aren't ready, are they?" (negative to positive).

There is one important exception to learn. With I am, the negative tag is aren't I, not "amn't I" (which does not exist in standard English): "I am right, aren't I?" This pattern catches many learners by surprise. In the tag, the pronoun must match the subject of the main clause — so "The weather is nice" becomes "isn't it?" because "the weather" is replaced by "it". Mastering these present tense tags builds the foundation for all question tag patterns in English.