Asking and Answering… · B5 English Language

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B5.1.8.2.1 - Use positive tags, negative tags and auxiliaries in speech

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Define a question tag as a short question added to the end of a statement to confirm or check information.
Identify whether a statement has a positive or negative tag by listening to a dialogue.
Form positive tags (e.g., “isn’t she?”, “aren’t they?”) and negative tags (e.g., “is she?”, “are they?”) correctly using the auxiliary verb.
Use positive and negative question tags appropriately in paired conversations and question-and-answer drills.
Respond appropriately to questions with tags, giving short answers that confirm or deny the statement.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Oral Language (Strand 1)
Sub-strand: Asking and Answering Questions/ Question Tags (1.8)
Content standard: B5.1.8.2 - Identify and use question tags correctly in speech
Indicator: B5.1.8.2.1 - Use positive tags, negative tags and auxiliaries in speech
Suggested placement: Term 1, Week 7 (Week 7 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Curriculum reference: English Language Curriculum (Basic 4-6), 2019, p. 84
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Play a recorded dialogue containing positive tags or get two learners to engage in a dialogue prepared by the teacher containing positive tags.
- Learners listen and in pairs, use positive tags in dialogues. Do the same with negative tags. Go through the same procedure to get learners to use the tags in speech. (Explain that question tags are short questions that follow statements).
- Together with learners, discuss the formation of tags by listening to and practising using them in speech.
e.g. The bad boys aren't in school today, are they?
In a Question and Answer Drill, pairs of learners ask and answer questions round the class.