Question tags - 2
- Often native speakers of English ask a question by starting with a negative sentence followed by an affirmative tag.
- You couldn't lend me a fiver, could you?
- You haven't seen her, have you?
- Use won't for requests:
Will, would, can, can't and could are used to tell people to do something. Would and could are more friendly than will and can.
- Give us a hand, will you?
- Open the window, would you?
- Move this, can you?
- Hold the door, could you?
- Shut up, can't you?
- In spoken English, the tag after I am is always aren't I and not Am I not.
Instead of isn't, you often hear ain't it.
And if you really want to talk with a London accent: innit