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🔖 What is Tag???

āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϤāĻž āĻļā§āϰ⧋āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ Sentence āĻāϰ āĻļ⧇āώ⧇ āϝ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āϜ⧁āϰ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ tag question āĻŦāϞ⧇āĨ¤ You wrote the letter, didn’t you? He doesn’t go to school, does he? āωāĻĒāϰ⧇āϰ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāύ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦ⧁āĻāĻž āϝāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇ āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϤāĻž āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻž āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇, āφāϰ āĻāχ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽāĻžāύ āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝ āĻ•āĻŋāύāĻž āϤāĻž āϝāĻžāϚāĻžāχ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŦā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āϜ⧁āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāĻšā§āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤


📌 Tag question āĻāϰ āĻŦ⧈āĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āϝ

  1. Tag āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻĻāĻžāχ statement āĻāϰ āĻļ⧇āώ⧇ āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
  2. Tag question āĻāϰ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻŽāĻž (,) āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāĻŦāĻžā§‡āϧāĻ• āϚāĻŋāĻš āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
  3. Tag question āĻāϰ Verb āϤāĻžāϰ subject āĻāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻŦāϏ⧇āĨ¤
  4. Affirmative statement āĻāϰ tag negative āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ negative statement āĻāϰ tag Affirmative āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āĨ¤
  5. Tag āĻāϰ subject āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻĻāĻž pronoun āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāϰ number, person, gender āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāύāϤ statement āĻāϰ person, gender āĻ…āύ⧁āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤

📌 Tag Question Operator

Tag āĻāϰ verb āϕ⧇ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ operator āĻŦāĻž āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āĻœā§€ āĻ­āĻžāώāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāϰ⧁āĻĒ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž 24 āϟāĻŋāĨ¤

  1. Am not = aren’t
  2. Is not = isn’t
  3. Are not = aren’t
  4. Was not = wasn’t
  5. Were not = weren’t
  6. Has not = hasn’t
  7. Have not = haven’t
  8. Had not = hadn’t
  9. Shall not = shan’t
  10. Should not = shouldn’t
  11. Will not = won’t
  12. Would not = wouldn’t
  13. Can not = can’t
  14. Could not = couldn’t
  15. May not = mayn’t
  16. Might not = mightn’t
  17. Must not = mustn’t
  18. Used not = usedn’t
  19. Ought not = oughtn’t
  20. Dare not = daren’t
  21. Need not = needn’t
  22. Do not = don’t
  23. Does not = doesn’t
  24. Did not = didn’t

📌 General Rules:

🔸 Statement āĻšā§āϝāĻž-āĻŦā§‹āϧāĻ• āĻšāϞ⧇ Tag āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āύāĻž-āĻŦā§‹āϧāĻ•āĨ¤
🔸 Statement āύāĻž-āĻŦā§‹āϧāĻ• āĻšāϞ⧇ Tag āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āĻšā§āϝāĻž-āĻŦā§‹āϧāĻ•āĨ¤
(āύāĻž-āĻŦā§‹āϧāĻ• āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ not, no, never, none, nobody, no one, nothing, few, little, hardly, seldom)


📌 Subject & Verb Agreement for Tag Questions:

Single VerbSingle SubjectPlural VerbPlural Subject
is, was, has, s/es, does

he (āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧁āώ āĻŦ⧁āĻāĻžāϞ⧇)
she (āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧀ āĻŦ⧁āĻāĻžāϞ⧇)
it (āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ āĻŦā§āϝāϤ⧀āϤ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āϝ⧇āϕ⧋āύ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻŦ⧁āĻāĻžāϞ⧇)

are, were, havethey

Additional Rules:
  1. Plural Verb āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇ Subject ‘they’ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āχ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ Single Verb āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇ Subject Single āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ ‘they’ āĻ“ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤

  1. -body, -one, no one, none, all, -of them āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇ Subject āĻšāĻŦ⧇ theyāĨ¤ āĻāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇-

🔸 s/es āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇ verb āĻšāĻŦ⧇ do - He does his homework, doesn’t he?
🔸 is āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇ verb āĻšāĻŦ⧇ are - She is happy, isn’t she?
🔸 was āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇ verb āĻšāĻŦ⧇ were - He was at the party, wasn’t he?
🔸 has āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇ verb āĻšāĻŦ⧇ have - She has completed her task, hasn’t she?


  1. Single āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧁āώ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ āĻŦ⧁āĻāĻžāϞ⧇ Subject āĻšāĻŦ⧇ heāĨ¤

🔸 He is going to school, isn’t he?


  1. Single āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧀ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ āĻŦ⧁āĻāĻžāϞ⧇ Subject āĻšāĻŦ⧇ sheāĨ¤

🔸 She is working hard, isn’t she?


  1. Single āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϤ⧀āϤ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āϕ⧋āύāĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻŦ⧁āĻāĻžāϞ⧇ Subject āĻšāĻŦ⧇ itāĨ¤

🔸 The book is interesting, isn’t it?


  1. -thing āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇ subject āĻšāĻŦ⧇ itāĨ¤

🔸 Something is wrong, isn’t it?


  1. āĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇āϰ āύāĻžāĻŽ, āύāĻĻā§€āϰ āύāĻžāĻŽ, āϜāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āύāĻžāĻŽ, āĻ…āĻŸā§āϰāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ•āĻž, earth, moon āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇ Subject āĻšāĻŦ⧇ sheāĨ¤

🔸 The Earth is beautiful, isn’t she?
🔸 The Titanic sank, didn’t it?


  1. I am āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ aren’t I?

🔸 I am right, aren’t I?


  1. Fine, āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇ aren’t I?

🔸 I am fine, aren’t I?


  1. Sorry, āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇ aren’t I?

🔸 I’m sorry, aren’t I?


  1. Thank you, āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇ don’t I?

🔸 Thank you for your help, don’t I?


  1. Let us/ let’s āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇ shall we?

🔸 Let’s go for a walk, shall we?


  1. Let + āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇ will you?

🔸 Let me know, will you?


  1. Don’t āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ will you?

🔸 Don’t worry, will you?


  1. āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽā§‡ āĻŽā§‚āϞ verb āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇ won’t you?

🔸 Go and bring it, won’t you?


  1. The mother rose in her āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇ didn’t it?

🔸 The boat sailed, didn’t it?


  1. I’d + V1 āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇ wouldn’t I?

🔸 I’d help you, wouldn’t I?


  1. I’d + V3 āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇ hadn’t I?

🔸 I’d completed my task, hadn’t I?


  1. OK, isn’t it?

🔸 The weather is nice today, isn’t it?


  1. Wow! Isn’t it?

🔸 Wow! This is beautiful, isn’t it?


Examples:
  1. Nothing is impossible, is it?
  2. Let’s motivate them, shall we?
  3. Motivation seldom goes in vain, does it?
  4. Let us start our journey, shall we?
  5. Nobody should laugh at the blind, should they?
  6. Somebody left their house yesterday, didn’t they?
  7. Bangladesh is our motherland, isn’t she?
  8. Let’s arrange a class party, shall we?
  9. The moon shines at night, doesn’t she?
  10. Everybody loves flowers, don’t they?
  11. Nothing can satisfy him, can it?
  12. Nobody believes a liar, do they?
  13. Let her solve the matter, will you?
  14. Look at this paper, won’t you?
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