đˇ Question Tags đˇ
âĢWhat 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¤
– āϝā§āĻŽāύ āϧāϰ⧠āύāĻžāĻ āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāϏāĻž āĻāϰāĻā§,
“āĻāĻ āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāϤ⧠āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āύāĻž, āϤāĻžāĻ āύāĻž ?”
– āĻĻā§āĻā§ āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ⧠“āϤāĻžāĻ āύāĻž ?” āĻāĻ āϏāĻāĻā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻāĻļāĻāĻŋ āĻšāĻā§āĻā§ question tagsāĨ¤
âĒī¸Rules –
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, isn’t he ?( not is he ?)
– āĻĻā§āĻā§ “Ram is a good boy”- āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ (affirmative sentence)āĨ¤
– āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ⧠‘is’ āĻšāϞ auxiliary verb, āĻāĻ auxiliary verb āĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āύāϰāĻžāĻŦā§āϤā§āϤāĻŋ āĻāϰ⧠negative question tag āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§ – isn’t he ?
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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 isn’t he?)
– āĻĻā§āĻā§ “Ram is not a good boy” – āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āύā§āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ (negative sentence)āĨ¤
– āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ⧠‘is’ āĻšāϞ auxiliary verb,āĻāĻ auxiliary verb āĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āύāϰāĻžāĻŦā§āϤā§āϤāĻŋ āĻāϰ⧠positive question tag āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§- is he?
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āϰā§āĻĨāĻžā§, āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āύā§āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ (negative sentence) āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠question tag āĻāĻŋ positive āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
đšNote:
(a) question tag āĻāϰ subject āĻ
āĻŦāĻļā§āϝāĻ pronoun āĻšāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§, āĻāĻāύ⧠noun āĻšāĻŦā§ āύāĻžāĨ¤
āϝā§āĻŽāύ-
1. Ruby is coming tomorrow, isn’t she? – correct.
– āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ āĻ
āύā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧā§ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
2. Ruby is coming tomorrow, isn’t Ruby? – incorrect.
– 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¤
– āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻāĻŋāϰ subject pronoun āĻĨāĻžāĻā§, āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠question tag āĻāϰ subject āĻāĻāĻ pronoun āĻšāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
āϝā§āĻŽāύ-
1. You are coming to school, aren’t you? – correct.
-āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻāĻŋāϰ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ āĻ
āύā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧā§ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻāĨ¤
2. You are coming to school, isn’t it? – incorrect.
– 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§ “Do” verb āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰ⧠question tag āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ āύ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
āϝā§āĻŽāύ- He speaks Bengali well, doesn’t 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§ “do” 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 “I am” āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠question tag āĻāϰ subject āĻāĻāĻ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŦā§; āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠auxiliary verb- ‘are’ āĻšāĻŦā§, ‘am’ āĻšāĻŦā§ āύāĻžāĨ¤
āϝā§āĻŽāύ- I am late, aren’t 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, wasn’t 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, shouldn’t you?
The girl has been crying since morning, hasn’t she?
4. āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝā§āϰ subject = everyone āĻ everybody āĻĨāĻžāĻā§, āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ question tag āĻāϰ subject “they” āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
āϝā§āĻŽāύ- Everybody can’t be clever, can they?
5. āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝā§āϰ subject=everything āĻĨāĻžāĻā§, āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠question tag āĻāϰ subject āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ “It” āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
āϝā§āĻŽāύ- Everything looked beautiful, didn’t 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 “will you?” āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
āϝā§āĻŽāύ-
Kindly do me a favour, will you?
Please ask the boys to come in, will you?
đšNote:
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, won’t you?
āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠negative imperative sentences āĻāϰ āĻā§āώā§āϤā§āϰā§, question tag āĻļā§āϧ⧠positive āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
āϝā§āĻŽāύ- Please don’t 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 “they” āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
āϝā§āĻŽāύ-
Anybody can across the river, can’t they?
Nobody has ever said this, have they?
None came to his help, did they?
Anyone could have done it, couldn’t they?
No one would object, would they?
âž āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āϝāĻāύ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝā§āϰ subject – ‘One’ 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⧠‘Let’ āĻāϰ āĻ
āϰā§āĻĨ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ ‘āĻĒāϰāĻžāĻŽāϰā§āĻļ’ (a suggestion) āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āϤāĻāύ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝā§āϰ question tag – ‘shall’ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
āϝā§āĻŽāύ- Let’s go there, shall we?
āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āϝāĻāύ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ⧠‘Let’ āĻāϰ āĻ
āϰā§āĻĨ- āĻ
āύā§āĻŽāϤāĻŋ (permission) āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāϰā§, āϤāĻāύquestion tag āĻāĻŋ ‘will’ 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 – ‘there’ āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
āϝā§āĻŽāύ-
There is no doctor, is there?
There are four girls in the class, aren’t there?
11. āϝāĻāύ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝā§āϰ subject= this/that āĻĨāĻžāĻā§, āϤāĻāύ question tag āĻāϰ subject= it āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
– āĻāϰ āϝāĻāύ these/those āĻĨāĻžāĻā§, āϤāĻāύ question tag āĻāϰ subject= they āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
āϝā§āĻŽāύ-
This is a big house, isn’t it?
These are toys, aren’t they?
1. You can speak French,__
(A) can you?
(B) can’t he?
(C) can’t you?
(D) can’t it?
Ans- (C) can’t you?
2. These are for sale,__
(A) aren’t they?
(B) are they?
(C) isn’t these?
(D) is these?
Ans- (A) aren’t they?
3. You need not come,___
(A) do you?
(B) don’t you?
(C) does you?
(D) need you?
Ans- (D) need you?
4. The captain did not agree to this,____
(A) is he?
(B) isn’t he?
(C) did he?
(D) didn’t 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) doesn’t he?
(C) didn’t he?
(D) wasn’t he?
Ans- (C) didn’t he?
7. I am not the right person for the job,___
(A) isn’t it?
(B) amn’t I ?
(C) am I ?
(D) aren’t I ?
Ans- (C) am I ?
8. The girl has been crying since morning,__
(A) has been the girl?
(B) hasn’t she?
(C) hasn’t been she?
(D) hasn’t the girl?
Ans- B) hasn’t she?
9. Everyone present made a white dress for the door,____
(A) does everyone?
(B) do everyone?
(C) didn’t they?
(D) does they?
Ans- (C) didn’t they?
10. Everything has gone wrong today,____
(A) has everything?
(B) hasn’t it?
(C) hasn’t they?
(D) hasn’t everything?
Ans- (B) hasn’t 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) couldn’t 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) couldn’t you?
(B) couldn’t they?
(C) could you?
(D) could they?
Ans-(B) couldn’t 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) can’t he?
(C) can’t you?
(D) haven’t they?
Ans- (A) have they?
18. Let’s us finish the job now,___
(A) will we?
(B) shall we?
(C) won’t you?
(D) don’t they?
Ans- (B) shall we?
19. There is some milk in the pot, __
(A) isn’t it?
(B) isn’t there?
(C) is there?
(D) is it?
Ans- (B) isn’t there?
20. These houses are large,___
(A) isn’t it?
(B) isn’t these?
(C) aren’t they?
(D) are they?
Ans- (C) aren’t they?