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f. Why couldn’t the chameleon complete his work?
g. Why did the chameleon hide himself away from the creator?

3 Grammar Time

3.1. Read the following sentences and note the use of question tags.

a. You’d better whitewash your room, hadn’t you?
b. I’d rather divorce, wouldn’t I?

c. There is someone under cover, isn’t there?
d. Someone stabbed the leader, didn’t they?

e. Nobody takes care of grandma, do they?
f. Everything in the room is well arranged, isn’t it?

g. I could hardly believe my eyes, did I?
h. Few members will attend the meeting, will they?

i. They need a consultant to counsel them, don’t they?
j. I need to rush back to school, needn’t I ?

k. Barry used to sleep late, didn’t he?
l. Nothing gonna change my love for you, is it?

3.2. Take help from the teacher. Add suitable question tags for the
following statements.

a. She is barely able to afford the university fees, ………………………..?
b. Someone cracked a hilarious joke, ………………………?

c. No one in the crowd hails the prime minister, ………………………?
d. I got little food for the pets, …………………?

e. He’d deceived his master before he died, …………………………?
f. She’d rather jostle into the crowd, …………………..?

g. Once there lived a selfish giant, ……………………?
h. We love players not the less but game the more, ………………….?

i. She’s been elected as the joint secretary, …………………..?

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