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Tag question

Tag question

Hi! ESL Teachers could you please tell me the tag question of the following sentence with explanation and reference?

That �s the postman,-----?

16 Jan 2010

HOLYMARY_852

That �s the postman, isn �t it?

16 Jan 2010

....., isn �t it?

....., no?

....., yeah?

....., right?

16 Jan 2010

serene

That �s the postman, isn �t it?

We use the pronoun it when we are identifying somebody (saying who somebody is).

e.g. "Who is that?" - "It �s John."

A man was standing at the door. It was the postman.

16 Jan 2010

learner34

Yes, I agree with the above comments. " ..., isn �t it?"

16 Jan 2010