Question Tags
What is Question Tags?
Ans: Question Tags are short phrases added to sentences, statements asking for agreement or confirmation.
āĻ
āϰā§āĻĨāĻžā§, Question Tags āĻšāϞ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝā§āϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āϏāĻāĻā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ āĻŦāĻž āĻā§āĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻāĻļ, āϝāĻž āĻāĻāĻŽāϤ (agree) āĻŦāĻž āύāĻŋāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāϤāĻāϰāĻŖā§āϰ (confirmation) āĻāύā§āϝ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāϏāĻž āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
â āϝā§āĻŽāύ āϧāϰ⧠āύāĻžāĻ āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāϏāĻž āĻāϰāĻā§,
âāĻāĻ āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāϤ⧠āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āύāĻž, āϤāĻžāĻ āύāĻž ?â
â āĻĻā§āĻā§ āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ⧠âāϤāĻžāĻ āύāĻž ?â āĻāĻ āϏāĻāĻā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻāĻļāĻāĻŋ āĻšāĻā§āĻā§ question tagsāĨ¤Rules â
1. āĻāϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ⧠(affirmative sentence), āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝā§āϰ auxiliary verb āĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āύāϰāĻžāĻŦā§āϤā§āϤāĻŋ āĻāϰ⧠āύāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ (negative) question tag āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
āϝā§āĻŽāύ- Ram is a good boy, isnât he ?( not is he ?)
â āĻĻā§āĻā§ âRam is a good boyâ- āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ (affirmative sentence)āĨ¤
â āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ⧠âisâ āĻšāϞ auxiliary verb, āĻāĻ auxiliary verb āĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āύāϰāĻžāĻŦā§āϤā§āϤāĻŋ āĻāϰ⧠negative question tag āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§ â isnât he ?
āĻ
āϰā§āĻĨāĻžā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻāϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ (affirmative or positive sentence) āĻšāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠question tag āĻāĻŋ negative āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
2. āύā§āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ⧠(negative sentence), āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝā§āϰ auxiliary verb āĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āύāϰāĻžāĻŦā§āϤā§āϤāĻŋ āĻāϰ⧠āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻāĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ question tag āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
āϝā§āĻŽāύ- Ram is not a good boy, is he ? (Not isnât he?)
â āĻĻā§āĻā§ âRam is not a good boyâ â āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āύā§āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ (negative sentence)āĨ¤
â āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ⧠âisâ āĻšāϞ auxiliary verb,āĻāĻ auxiliary verb āĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āύāϰāĻžāĻŦā§āϤā§āϤāĻŋ āĻāϰ⧠positive question tag āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§- is he?
āĻ
āϰā§āĻĨāĻžā§, āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āύā§āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ (negative sentence) āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠question tag āĻāĻŋ positive āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤Note:
(a) question tag āĻāϰ subject āĻ
āĻŦāĻļā§āϝāĻ pronoun āĻšāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§, āĻāĻāύ⧠noun āĻšāĻŦā§ āύāĻžāĨ¤
āϝā§āĻŽāύ-
1. Ruby is coming tomorrow, isnât she? â correct.
â āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ āĻ
āύā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧā§ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
2. Ruby is coming tomorrow, isnât Ruby? â incorrect.
â āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ āĻ
āύā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧā§ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻšāϝāĻŧāύāĻŋ, āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽā§ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§ āϝ⧠question tag āĻāϰ subject āĻ
āĻŦāĻļā§āϝāĻ pronoun āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
(b) āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝā§āϰ āϝ⧠auxiliary verb āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻā§, āϏā§āĻ āĻāĻāĻ auxiliary verb āĻāĻŋ question tag āĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
â āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻāĻŋāϰ subject pronoun āĻĨāĻžāĻā§, āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠question tag āĻāϰ subject āĻāĻāĻ pronoun āĻšāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
āϝā§āĻŽāύ-
1. You are coming to school, arenât you? â correct.
-āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻāĻŋāϰ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ āĻ
āύā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧā§ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻāĨ¤
2. You are coming to school, isnât it? â incorrect.
â āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ āĻ
āύā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧā§ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻšāϝāĻŧāύāĻŋ, āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖ question tag āĻāϰ subject āĻāĻŦāĻ auxiliary verb āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻ āĻā§āϞāĨ¤
(c) āϝāĻāύ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ⧠āĻā§āύ⧠auxiliary verb āύāĻž āĻĨāĻžāĻā§, āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠question tag āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ āύ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝā§āϰ Tense āĻ
āύā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧā§ âDoâ verb āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰ⧠question tag āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ āύ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
āϝā§āĻŽāύ- He speaks Bengali well, doesnât he?
-āĻĻā§āĻā§ āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ⧠āĻā§āύ⧠auxiliary verb āύāĻž āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖā§ question tag āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ āύ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāϝā§āϝāĻāĻžāϰ⧠verb āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦā§ âdoâ verb āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
(d) āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻāĻžāύāĻŋ āϝ⧠āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝā§āϰ āϝ⧠auxiliary verb āĻāĻŦāĻ subject āϝāĻĻāĻŋ pronoun āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠question tag āĻāϰ subject āĻāĻŦāĻ auxiliary verb āĻāĻāĻ āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤā§,
āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝā§āĻāĻŋ âI amâ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠question tag āĻāϰ subject āĻāĻāĻ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŦā§; āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠auxiliary verb- âareâ āĻšāĻŦā§, âamâ āĻšāĻŦā§ āύāĻžāĨ¤
āϝā§āĻŽāύ- I am late, arenât I?
āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤā§, āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻāĻŋ āύā§āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ (negative sentence) āĻšāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻāĻŋ past tense form -āĻ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§, āϤāĻāύ question tag āĻāϰ subject āĻāĻŦāĻ auxiliary verb āĻāĻāĻ āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
āϝā§āĻŽāύ-
I am not late, am I ?
I was fooled, wasnât I?
3. āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝā§āϰ āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋ auxiliaries āĻĨāĻžāĻā§, āϤāĻāύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ auxiliary āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰ⧠question tag āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ āύ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
āϝā§āĻŽāύ-
You should have done this, shouldnât you?
The girl has been crying since morning, hasnât she?
4. āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝā§āϰ subject = everyone āĻ everybody āĻĨāĻžāĻā§, āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ question tag āĻāϰ subject âtheyâ āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
āϝā§āĻŽāύ- Everybody canât be clever, can they?
5. āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝā§āϰ subject=everything āĻĨāĻžāĻā§, āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠question tag āĻāϰ subject āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ âItâ āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
āϝā§āĻŽāύ- Everything looked beautiful, didnât it?
6. āĻāĻĻā§āĻļ āĻŽā§āϞāĻ āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻĒāĻĻā§āĻļ āĻŽā§āϞāĻ āĻŦāĻž āĻ
āύā§āϰā§āϧāĻŽā§āϞāĻ(imperative sentence) āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝā§āϰ question tag āϏāĻŦ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ âwill you?â āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
āϝā§āĻŽāύ-
Kindly do me a favour, will you?
Please ask the boys to come in, will you?Note:
Positive imperative sentence āĻāϰ āĻā§āώā§āϤā§āϰā§, question tag positive āĻŦāĻž negative āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻ āĻšāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
āϝā§āĻŽāύ-
Close the door, will you?
Close the door, wonât you?
āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠negative imperative sentences āĻāϰ āĻā§āώā§āϤā§āϰā§, question tag āĻļā§āϧ⧠positive āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
āϝā§āĻŽāύ- Please donât make noise, with you?
7. āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠no, none, no one, nothing, hardly, barely, scarcely, seldom, nowhere āĻĨāĻžāĻā§, āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠āϏ⧠āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻāĻŋ negative āĻāϰā§āύāĻž āĻŦāĻšāύ āĻāϰā§; āϤāĻāύ āϏā§āĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝā§āϰ question tag positive āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
āϝā§āĻŽāύ-
He hardly smokes, does he?
No book is allowed, is it?
He goes nowhere nowadays, does he?
He scarcely speaks with her, does he?
8. āϝāĻāύ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝā§āϰ subject āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ anybody, anyone, no one, nobody, none, neither āĻĨāĻžāĻā§, āϤāĻāύ question tag āĻāϰ subject âtheyâ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
āϝā§āĻŽāύ-
Anybody can across the river, canât they?
Nobody has ever said this, have they?
None came to his help, did they?
Anyone could have done it, couldnât they?
No one would object, would they? āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āϝāĻāύ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝā§āϰ subject â âOneâ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§, āϤāĻāύ āϏā§āĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝā§āϰ question tag āĻāϰ subject āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ we/you āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
āϝā§āĻŽāύ-
One cannot live alone, can we/you? (not one)
9. āϝāĻāύ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ⧠âLetâ āĻāϰ āĻ
āϰā§āĻĨ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ âāĻĒāϰāĻžāĻŽāϰā§āĻļâ (a suggestion) āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āϤāĻāύ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝā§āϰ question tag â âshallâ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
āϝā§āĻŽāύ- Letâs go there, shall we?
āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āϝāĻāύ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ⧠âLetâ āĻāϰ āĻ
āϰā§āĻĨ- āĻ
āύā§āĻŽāϤāĻŋ (permission) āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāϰā§, āϤāĻāύquestion tag āĻāĻŋ âwillâ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
āϝā§āĻŽāύ-
Let them play here, will you?
Let her come in, will you?
10. āϝāĻāύ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ There āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§, āϤāĻāύquestion tag āĻāϰ subject â âthereâ āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
āϝā§āĻŽāύ-
There is no doctor, is there?
There are four girls in the class, arenât there?
11. āϝāĻāύ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝā§āϰ subject= this/that āĻĨāĻžāĻā§, āϤāĻāύ question tag āĻāϰ subject= it āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
â āĻāϰ āϝāĻāύ these/those āĻĨāĻžāĻā§, āϤāĻāύ question tag āĻāϰ subject= they āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
āϝā§āĻŽāύ-
This is a big house, isnât it?
These are toys, arenât they?
1. You can speak French,__
(A) can you?
(B) canât he?
(C) canât you?
(D) canât it?
Ans- (C) canât you?
2. These are for sale,__
(A) arenât they?
(B) are they?
(C) isnât these?
(D) is these?
Ans- (A) arenât they?
3. You need not come,___
(A) do you?
(B) donât you?
(C) does you?
(D) need you?
Ans- (D) need you?
4. The captain did not agree to this,____
(A) is he?
(B) isnât he?
(C) did he?
(D) didnât he ?
Ans- (C) did he?
5. That was not correct,___
(A) is it?
(B) was it?
(C) was that?
(D) is that?
Ans- (B) was it?
6. He came to the party,__
(A) does he?
(B) doesnât he?
(C) didnât he?
(D) wasnât he?
Ans- (C) didnât he?
7. I am not the right person for the job,___
(A) isnât it?
(B) amnât I ?
(C) am I ?
(D) arenât I ?
Ans- (C) am I ?
8. The girl has been crying since morning,__
(A) has been the girl?
(B) hasnât she?
(C) hasnât been she?
(D) hasnât the girl?
Ans- B) hasnât she?
9. Everyone present made a white dress for the door,____
(A) does everyone?
(B) do everyone?
(C) didnât they?
(D) does they?
Ans- (C) didnât they?
10. Everything has gone wrong today,____
(A) has everything?
(B) hasnât it?
(C) hasnât they?
(D) hasnât everything?
Ans- (B) hasnât it?
11. Write down your name,___
(A) are you?
(B) is you?
(C) will you?
(D) shall you?
Ans- (C) will you?
12. None could tell the address,___
(A) will you?
(B) couldnât you?
(C) could they?
(D) is it?
Ans- (C) could they?
13. You hardly know her,___
(A) are you?
(B) do you?
(C) will you?
(D) know you?
Ans- (B) do you?
14. Nothing was said,__
(A) was it?
(B) was they?
(C) were you?
(D) will you?
Ans- (A) was it?
15. Anyone could have done it,___
(A) couldnât you?
(B) couldnât they?
(C) could you?
(D) could they?
Ans-(B) couldnât they?
16. No one appeared to be honest,____
(A) do you?
(B) did he?
(C) did they?
(D) did no one ?
Ans- (C) did they?
17. No body has ever said this,___
(A) have they?
(B) canât he?
(C) canât you?
(D) havenât they?
Ans- (A) have they?
18. Letâs us finish the job now,___
(A) will we?
(B) shall we?
(C) wonât you?
(D) donât they?
Ans- (B) shall we?
19. There is some milk in the pot, __
(A) isnât it?
(B) isnât there?
(C) is there?
(D) is it?
Ans- (B) isnât there?
20. These houses are large,___
(A) isnât it?
(B) isnât these?
(C) arenât they?
(D) are they?
Ans- (C) arenât they?