You will learn about question tags in simple past
Instructions: Read the text. Look at the underlined words.
The teacher talked about Samoa yesterday, didn’t he?
Yes, he told us that the oldest date so far for remains in Samoa has been calculated by New Zealand scientists to a likely true age of circa 3,000 yeargs ago from a Lapita site at Mulifanua during the 1970s.
Samoa. Retrieved May, 2017 from http://www.lonelyplanet.com/samoa/introduction
Instructions: Read the text to do the activity suggested.
The origins of the Samoans are closely studied in modern research about Polynesia in various scientific disciplines such as genetics, linguistics and anthropology. Scientific research is ongoing, although a number of different theories exist; including one proposing that the Samoans originated from Austronesian predecessors during the terminal eastward Lapita expansion period from Southeast Asia and Melanesia between 2,500 and 1,500 BCE.
Samoa. Retrieved May, 2017 from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoa
Instructions: Match the two halves of the sentences.
a) originated from Austronesian predecessors during the terminal eastward Lapita expansion period.
b) came from Southeast Asia and Melanesia between 2,500 and 1,500 BCE.
c) studied in modern research about Polynesia in various scientific disciplines.
d) although a number of different theories exist.
1. The origins of the Samoans are closely
2. Scientific research is ongoing,
3. There is one theory proposing that the Samoans
4. It is believed that Samoans
Instructions: Read about Question tags in Past Tense:
Question tags are short questions at the end of statements. We use them in spoken English but not in formal written English.
They are mainly used in speech when we want to:
Look at the rule:
| Affirmative sentence | Negative question tag |
| Negative sentence | Affirmative question tag |
When the information or sentence is in the past simple we use the auxiliary did to form the Question tag.
Examples:
They went to the reefs, didn’t they?
She didn’t study in New Zealand, did she?
When the main verb is the verb To Be we should use the past was or were.
Examples:
Paul wasn’t at home yesterday, was he?
They were absent for the class, weren’t they?
Instructions: Drag the sentences to form correctly the dialog.
1. Person 1: ___________
2. Person 2: ___________
3. Person 1: ___________
4. Person 2: ___________
5. Person 1: ___________
6. Person 2: ___________
Instructions: Write an appropriate Question Tag.
1. French Admiral Louis de Bougainville visited the islands, ?
Yes, He was so impressed with their great skill handling canoes that he called them, The navigators islands.
2. The traditional chief of eastern Samoa sold their islands, ?
Yes, He sold them to US, now they are called American Samoans.
3. Males were tattooed, ?
Yes, in Samoa’s cultural past, at the age of 14-18.
4. Western Samoa became independent in 1960’s, ?
They became the first Pacific island nation to do so.
5. Cyclone Ofa was terrible, ?
It left 10,000 people homeless in 1990.
Instructions: Choose the appropriate Questions tags.
1. The US army administrated the American Samoan after WW II, didn’t it? / did it?
2. The flight arrived on time to Samoa, didn’t it? / did it?
3. It was common to see 3 or 4 old men in Samoan houses, was it? / wasn’t it?
4. Samoans weren’t so resistant to diseases, were they? / weren’t they?
5. Samoan people didn’t paint their canoes, didn’t they? / did they?