Les Question Tags
Les question tags sont des mini-questions ajoutées en fin de phrase pour demander confirmation.
Ils correspondent au français "n'est-ce pas ?", "non ?", "hein ?".
"You like coffee, don't you?"
La Règle Fondamentale
Phrase positive
→
Tag négatif
You are happy, aren't you?
Phrase négative
→
Tag positif
You aren't happy, are you?
💡 Le tag reprend toujours l'auxiliaire de la phrase principale + le pronom sujet.
Exemples par Auxiliaire
| Phrase | Tag | Règle |
|---|---|---|
| You are French, | aren't you? | are (positif) → aren't (négatif) |
| She doesn't like fish, | does she? | doesn't (négatif) → does (positif) |
| They went home, | didn't they? | went (past simple) → didn't |
| He can swim, | can't he? | can → can't |
| You won't tell anyone, | will you? | won't → will |
| We have finished, | haven't we? | have → haven't |
| She had left, | hadn't she? | had → hadn't |
| They will come, | won't they? | will → won't |
Quand il n'y a pas d'auxiliaire visible
Au Present Simple et Past Simple (phrases affirmatives sans auxiliaire), on utilise do/does/did dans le tag :
"You like coffee, don't you?"
Present Simple → don't/doesn't
"She speaks French, doesn't she?"
3e personne → doesn't
"They arrived late, didn't they?"
Past Simple → didn't
Cas Spéciaux
"I am right, aren't I?"
Cas spécial : on dit "aren't I" et non "amn't I".
"Let's go, shall we?"
Après "Let's", le tag est toujours "shall we?".
"Open the door, will you? / won't you?"
Après un impératif, on utilise "will you?" ou "won't you?".
"Nobody came, did they?"
Les mots négatifs (nobody, nothing, never) → tag positif + "they".
"Everybody knows, don't they?"
Everybody/Everyone → tag avec "they".
"There is a problem, isn't there?"
Avec "there is/are", le tag reprend "there".
Erreurs Courantes
❌ You like coffee, isn't it?
✅ You like coffee, don't you?
Le tag reprend l'auxiliaire de la phrase, pas "isn't it" systématiquement !
❌ She can sing, can she?
✅ She can sing, can't she?
Phrase positive → tag négatif.
❌ I am late, am not I?
✅ I am late, aren't I?
Cas spécial : "aren't I" est la forme correcte.
