Question tags: worked examples

Five from the set, with the answer filled in and the rule that decides it.

01
It's quite cold today, isn't it?
A positive statement takes a negative tag with the same auxiliary.
02
You aren't from around here, are you?
A negative statement takes a positive tag.
03
She works at the hospital, doesn't she?
There is no auxiliary in the statement, so the tag borrows do/does.
04
They didn't tell you about the change, did they?
A negative past statement takes a positive tag, and 'didn't' becomes 'did'.
05
You'll be back by six, won't you?
'you'll' is 'you will', so the tag repeats will, not be.

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