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Multimedia-Computer Lab
(Word--Cut and Paste II)
Computer Assisted Language Learning
Tag Questions
This activity focuses on tag questions. It is appropriate for students who have some familiarity with using the mouse. You need to match the second half of each sentence with the correct first half. This is done by selecting a question from the second column and moving it after a statement in the first column. Remember to use the same auxiliary verb in your question that is in the sentence. You also have to use the correct pronoun. Remember that if the sentence is negative, the tag question will be affirmative and vise versa.
Directions:
- Please open this page using Netscape. If you are using Internet Explorer, please close it and open Netscape.
- Save this page on your local computer in c: drive or in a: on your floppy disk. To do this, click File, click Save as. Then in the Save as Type box, click the little arrow and choose Text File. Finally click Save.
- Open the MS Word by clicking its icon. Open the file you just saved. Now you are ready to start the exercise.
- Match the words in column 2 to the words in column 1 to make correct sentences with tag questions by cutting and pasting the words from column 2 to column 1. If you don't know how to do this see the cut and paste directions at the bottom of the page.
| Statement and tag | Tag (to be moved) |
| Computers are fun, aren't they? | |
| Ethiopia is in Africa, | is it? |
| This winter wasn't very cold, | don't you? |
| Seattle isn't the capital of Washinqton, | aren't you? |
| This is Spring quarter, | doesn't it? |
| You have two teachers, | is it? |
| This exercise isn't hard, | did they? |
| Seattle has a nice climate, | was it? |
| I'm the teacher, | isn't it? |
| You have studied Enqlish before, | haven't you? |
| Nobody came to class on Saturday, | aren't 1? |
| Now you're finished, | isn't it? |
(To cut and paste, you must first select, with your mouse. To do this, right click when you have placed your cursor to the right of the word you want to select. Then, while keeping your finger pressed down, drag the cursor over the word you want to select. When you have it blackened, lift your finger from the mouse. To cut and paste, do the following: press the Ctrl button and at the same time, press the X key. The word will disappear. Then put your cursor on the place where you want to put the word and press the Ctrl button and at the same time, press the V key. The word will re-appear where you put your cursor. If you make a mistake, you can press the UNDO button (the arrow on your toolbar.)