Tag Question Rules
đ What is Tag???
āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻā§āϤāĻž āĻļā§āϰā§āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϰā§āĻĨāύ āĻā§āϝāĻŧā§ Sentence āĻāϰ āĻļā§āώ⧠āϝ⧠āϏāĻāĻā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻā§āϰ⧠āĻĻā§āϝāĻŧ āϤāĻžāĻā§ tag question āĻŦāϞā§āĨ¤ You wrote the letter, didnât you? He doesnât go to school, does he? āĻāĻĒāϰā§āϰ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāύ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻāĻž āϝāĻžāĻā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻā§āϤāĻž āύāĻŋāĻā§ āύāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻž āĻ āύā§āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻāϰāĻā§, āĻāϰ āĻāĻ āĻ āύā§āĻŽāĻžāύ āϏāϤā§āϝ āĻāĻŋāύāĻž āϤāĻž āϝāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻā§āϤāĻŦā§āϝā§āϰ āĻļā§āώ⧠āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āϏāĻāĻā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§āύāĨ¤
đ Tag question āĻāϰ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋāώā§āĻā§āϝ
- Tag āĻā§āϞāĻŋ āϏāϰā§āĻŦāĻĻāĻžāĻ statement āĻāϰ āĻļā§āώ⧠āϝā§āĻā§āϤ āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
- Tag question āĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§ āĻāĻŽāĻž (,) āĻšāĻŦā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻĒāϰ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāĻŦāĻžā§āϧāĻ āĻāĻŋāĻš āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
- Tag question āĻāϰ Verb āϤāĻžāϰ subject āĻāϰ āĻāĻā§ āĻŦāϏā§āĨ¤
- Affirmative statement āĻāϰ tag negative āĻāĻŦāĻ negative statement āĻāϰ tag Affirmative āĻšāĻŦā§ āĨ¤
- Tag āĻāϰ subject āϏāϰā§āĻŦāĻĻāĻž pronoun āĻšāĻŦā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāϰ number, person, gender āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāύāϤ statement āĻāϰ person, gender āĻ āύā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧā§ āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
đ Tag Question Operator
Tag āĻāϰ verb āĻā§ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ operator āĻŦāĻž āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāϝā§āϝāĻāĻžāϰ⧠āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻāϰā§āĻā§ āĻāĻžāώāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāϰā§āĻĒ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāϝā§āϝāĻāĻžāϰ⧠āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž 24 āĻāĻŋāĨ¤
- Am not = arenât
- Is not = isnât
- Are not = arenât
- Was not = wasnât
- Were not = werenât
- Has not = hasnât
- Have not = havenât
- Had not = hadnât
- Shall not = shanât
- Should not = shouldnât
- Will not = wonât
- Would not = wouldnât
- Can not = canât
- Could not = couldnât
- May not = maynât
- Might not = mightnât
- Must not = mustnât
- Used not = usednât
- Ought not = oughtnât
- Dare not = darenât
- Need not = neednât
- Do not = donât
- Does not = doesnât
- Did not = didnât
đ General Rules:
đ¸ Statement āĻšā§āϝāĻž-āĻŦā§āϧāĻ āĻšāϞ⧠Tag āĻšāĻŦā§ āύāĻž-āĻŦā§āϧāĻāĨ¤
đ¸ Statement āύāĻž-āĻŦā§āϧāĻ āĻšāϞ⧠Tag āĻšāĻŦā§ āĻšā§āϝāĻž-āĻŦā§āϧāĻāĨ¤
(āύāĻž-āĻŦā§āϧāĻ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ not, no, never, none, nobody, no one, nothing, few, little, hardly, seldom)
đ Subject & Verb Agreement for Tag Questions:
Single Verb | Single Subject | Plural Verb | Plural Subject |
---|---|---|---|
is, was, has, s/es, does | he (āĻĒā§āϰā§āώ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϞā§) | are, were, have | they |
Additional Rules:
- Plural Verb āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠Subject âtheyâ āĻšāĻŦā§āĻ āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠Single Verb āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠Subject Single āĻšāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧠āĻāĻŦāĻžāϰ âtheyâ āĻ āĻšāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
- -body, -one, no one, none, all, -of them āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠Subject āĻšāĻŦā§ theyāĨ¤ āĻāĻā§āώā§āϤā§āϰā§-
đ¸ s/es āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠verb āĻšāĻŦā§ do - He does his homework, doesnât he?
đ¸ is āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠verb āĻšāĻŦā§ are - She is happy, isnât she?
đ¸ was āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠verb āĻšāĻŦā§ were - He was at the party, wasnât he?
đ¸ has āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠verb āĻšāĻŦā§ have - She has completed her task, hasnât she?
- Single āĻĒā§āϰā§āώ āĻŽāĻžāύā§āώ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϞ⧠Subject āĻšāĻŦā§ heāĨ¤
đ¸ He is going to school, isnât he?
- Single āϏā§āϤā§āϰ⧠āĻŽāĻžāύā§āώ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϞ⧠Subject āĻšāĻŦā§ sheāĨ¤
đ¸ She is working hard, isnât she?
- Single āĻŽāĻžāύā§āώ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϤā§āϤ āĻ āύā§āϝ āĻā§āύāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϞ⧠Subject āĻšāĻŦā§ itāĨ¤
đ¸ The book is interesting, isnât it?
- -thing āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠subject āĻšāĻŦā§ itāĨ¤
đ¸ Something is wrong, isnât it?
- āĻĻā§āĻļā§āϰ āύāĻžāĻŽ, āύāĻĻā§āϰ āύāĻžāĻŽ, āĻāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻā§āϰ āύāĻžāĻŽ, āĻ āĻā§āϰāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻāĻž, earth, moon āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠Subject āĻšāĻŦā§ sheāĨ¤
đ¸ The Earth is beautiful, isnât she?
đ¸ The Titanic sank, didnât it?
- I am āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§ arenât I?
đ¸ I am right, arenât I?
- Fine, āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠arenât I?
đ¸ I am fine, arenât I?
- Sorry, āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠arenât I?
đ¸ Iâm sorry, arenât I?
- Thank you, āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠donât I?
đ¸ Thank you for your help, donât I?
- Let us/ letâs āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠shall we?
đ¸ Letâs go for a walk, shall we?
- Let + āĻ āύā§āϝāĻžāύā§āϝ āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠will you?
đ¸ Let me know, will you?
- Donât āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§ will you?
đ¸ Donât worry, will you?
- āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽā§ āĻŽā§āϞ verb āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠wonât you?
đ¸ Go and bring it, wonât you?
- The mother rose in her āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠didnât it?
đ¸ The boat sailed, didnât it?
- Iâd + V1 āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠wouldnât I?
đ¸ Iâd help you, wouldnât I?
- Iâd + V3 āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠hadnât I?
đ¸ Iâd completed my task, hadnât I?
- OK, isnât it?
đ¸ The weather is nice today, isnât it?
- Wow! Isnât it?
đ¸ Wow! This is beautiful, isnât it?
Examples:
- Nothing is impossible, is it?
- Letâs motivate them, shall we?
- Motivation seldom goes in vain, does it?
- Let us start our journey, shall we?
- Nobody should laugh at the blind, should they?
- Somebody left their house yesterday, didnât they?
- Bangladesh is our motherland, isnât she?
- Letâs arrange a class party, shall we?
- The moon shines at night, doesnât she?
- Everybody loves flowers, donât they?
- Nothing can satisfy him, can it?
- Nobody believes a liar, do they?
- Let her solve the matter, will you?
- Look at this paper, wonât you?