Tag Questions তৈwii wbqgvejx I D`viYt
1. g~j Sentence wU AcwiewZ©Z _vK‡e +Comma(,) e‡m+Tense Abyhvqx cÖ_‡g Auxiliary
verb, positive n‡j ‘not’ hv Auxiliary verb Gi mv‡_ Short
form ‡b‡e Ges Gi ci
subject Gi pronoun em‡e | Gবং
ev‡K¨I †k‡l cÖkœ‡evaK wPý (note
of interrogation) (?) e‡m |
‡hgbt He will play football, won’t
he? She is pretty, isn’t she?
She can play the piano, can’t she?
2.Tag Question Gi Subject (KZv©) me mgq g~j Subject Gi Pronoun wn‡m‡e e¨en~Z nq |
‡hgbt Rina will sing a folk song, won’t she? Rahim went to Dhaka
yesterday, didn’t he?
Rima cooked rice,didn’t she? Hasan plays
cricket,does’t he? My friends play football, don’t they? Fishes can swim,can’t they?
A good
rain can give us some relief,can’t it?
3. g~j Sentence wU
Affirmative (n¨v-†evaK) n‡j, tag wU n‡e
Negative (bv †evaK) |
Mr Brown teaches us English, doesn’t he? He may pass the exam, mayn’t he? The man would do it, wouldn’t he?
He is a liar,isn’t he? I
will make tea, won’t I? He
invited me, didn’t he? Nafisa was
studying English, wasn’t she?
4. g~j Sentence wU Negative
(b-†evaK) n‡j Tag wU n‡e
Affirmative (n¨v †evaK)|
He doesn’t take sugar
in the tea, does he? He doesn’t read in this
school, does he?
I don’t like banana, do I? There is no water in the glass, is there?
5. g~j ev‡K¨ mvnvh¨Kvix verb _vK‡j tag wn‡m‡e Number I Person
Abyhvqx H mvnvh¨Kvix Verb wU em‡e |
I shall never tell a lie, shall I? You need not go to the field, need
you? You have done well, haven’t
you?
6. g~j ev‡K¨ †Kvb mvnvh¨Kvix Verb(Auxiliary verb) bv _vK‡j Tag wn‡m‡e
Present Indefinite Tense (Subject +Verb +/s/es +Extension.)Gi †¶‡Î do/does em‡e |
I prefer milk to tea, don’t I?
Grammen Bank provides loan to the poor, doesn’t it?
We ought to love our country, oughtn’t we? Fortune favoures the brave, don’t they?
7. g~j ev‡K¨ †Kvb mvnvh¨Kvix Verb bv _vK‡j Tag wn‡m‡e
Past Indefinite
Tense(Subject+verb of past form+Extension )
Gi
†¶‡Î did em‡e |
Reza got a job, didn’t he? We saw the boys
playing, didn’t we? The boy saw a snake, didn’t he?
America attacked Iraq, didn’t she? They came here, didn’t they? Rahim went
to Dhaka yesterday, didn’t he?
He put the book on the table, didn’t he?
8. We e¨ZxZ †Kvb Sentence Gi Subject Plural n‡j Tag-G iƒcvšÍ‡ii mgq mvnvh¨Kvix Verb Gi c‡i they e‡m |
Sinners suffer in the long run, don’t they? Fishes can swim, can’t they?
Birds can’t swim, can
they?
9. ‡Kvb ev‡K¨i Subject
I n‡j, I Gi c‡i am e¨en~Z
n†j tag Gi †¶‡Î aren’t e‡m |
I am waiting for him, aren’t I? I am your well wishers, aren’t I? I am a student, aren’t
I?
I am happy, aren’t
I? I am ten years old, aren’t I? I
am punctual, aren’t I?
10. ‡Kvb ev‡K¨i Subject
I n‡j, I Gi c‡i am not
e¨en~Z n†j tag Gi †¶‡Î am I e‡m |
I am not a doctor, am I? I am not so interested in the
business, am I?
11. Imperative
Sentence Gi Tag mvavibZt will w`‡q kyiy nq |
Open the windows, will you ? Don’t tell it again, will you?
12. Positive
request(Aby‡iva) /Command(Av‡`k)Gi †¶‡Î tag wU Positive n‡Z cv‡i Avevi Negative I n‡Z
cv‡i |
Shut the door, will you? Shut the book, will
you? Please lend
me some money, will you?
Respect the old, won’t
you? Open the door, won’t you? Wait here a moment,
won’t you?
Kindly do me a favour, won’t you? Sit down please, won’t you?
13. wKšÍ Negative
request(Aby‡iva), command( Av‡`k) I advice (Dc‡`k) Gi †¶‡Î Tag wU me mgq Postive nq |
Don’t forget me, will you? Don’t boil rice, will you? Don’t disturb me, will you? Don’t
make a noise, will you? Do not touch live electric wire, will
you? Don’t forget me,
will you?
Do not hate the poor, will you?
14. ev‡K¨i ïi“‡Z Do not/Don’t/Never _vK‡j Tag
question As‡k Will you e¨eüZ
n†e |
Don’t disturb me, will you? Don’t waste time,
will you? Do
not tell it again, will you?
15. Aby‡ivam~PK (Please, Kindly, Would) ev‡K¨i †¶‡Î Would you/can you/can’t you/could you/couldn’t
you mvavibZ e¨eüZ nq | Z‡e will
you/won’t you I e¨eüZ n†Z cv‡i |
Kindly do me a favour, can you/will you? Please lend me
some money, could you/will you?
16. Let us
/Let’s (cÖ¯Íve †evSvq) hw` Statement G e¨eüZ nq Z‡e Tag G shall we e¨eüZ n†e |
Let’s have a walk, shall we? Let’s go on a picnic, shall we? Let’s have a walk by the riverside, shall
we?
Let’s discuss the matter, shall we? Let us build our nation, shall we ? Let us work together, shall we? Let’s arrange a picnic, shall we? Let’s discuss the matter,
shall we ? Let’s play cricket, shall we?
17. Let Gi ci hw` us bv †_‡K Let me/Let him/Let
her/Let them/Let the boy/Let Kamal w`‡q hw` AbygwZ †evSvq †m¶‡Î Tag
Question n‡e Will you?
Let me do the work, will you?
Let her come in, will
you?
Let me be alone, will you? Let
me enjoy the party, will you?
18. Nothing
, Anything,
Everything, something wb‡`©k Ki‡Z Tag G it e¨eüZ
nq|
Nothing is impossible, is it? Nothing is
certain, is it? Everything looked beautiful, didn’t it?
Something should be
done, shouldn’t it? Nothing can concern you, can it? Nothing comes from nothing, does it?
Nothing is
impossible in this world, is it?
19. Everyone,
Everybody, Someone, Somebody, Anyone, Anybody, All, Any father,
Every man, Every boy, Every person, Every mother, Some boys, All of them, Some of them, Many of
them, Most of them, Everyone
of them, Each of them ,Either of the boys, Øviv
MwVZ Sentence Gi Tag
question Gi Subject wn‡m‡e ‘they’ Pronoun wU
e¨eüZ nq |
Every mother loves her child, don’t they? Everybody should do his duty, shouldn’t
they? Somebody wanted to go with
you, didn’t they? Everybody should help the needy, shouldn’t they? Everybody is dancing, aren’t they? Everybody could understand it, couldn’t they?
Everybody played well, didn’t they? Everyone wants to be happy, don’t they? Every body desires success, don’t they ? Everybody is liable to error, aren’t
they ? Everybody
welcomed you, didn’t they ? Everybody
can read books, can’t they?
Every one knows it, don’t they?
Everybody saw you, didn’t they?
20. No one, Nobody, None, Neither, No woman, None of them, Neither of the students Øviv
MwVZ Sentence Gi Tag
question Gi Subject wn‡m‡e ‘they’ Pronoun wU e¨eüZ
nq |
Nobody called me, did they? None can do it, can
they? Nobody Phoned , did they?
Neither of them
went, did they? Nobody believes him, do they? Neither of them did it,
did they?
Nobody believes
a liar, do they? None
can avoid death, can they?
No one is free from mistake, are
they?
Nobody attended the meeting, did they ? Nobody has done it, have they? None came forward, did they ,?
None of them knew the answer, did they?
21. ‡h mg¯Í Statement wKQy wKQy we‡kl kã †hgb t never, no, not, none,
no one, nobody, neither, nothing, barely, hardly, rare, rarely, scarcely,
seldom, hardly, ever, few, little, too… to etc avib
K‡i Zv‡`i‡K Negative Statement wn‡m‡e
we‡ePbv Kiv nq | Ges G†`i Tag question G Affirmative
question e¨eüZ
nq |
He hardly comes here, does she? He hardly believes me, does
he? Never
tell a lie, do you?
Nobody called you, did
they? He has little idea, has he? He seldom comes
here, does he?
but ~> A few people have come, haven't
they?
22. g~j ev‡K¨ Subject I Auxiliary verb msw¶ß
AvKv‡i Aem&_vb Ki‡j Tag question Kivi Av‡M msw¶ß AvKv‡ii
mwVK iƒcwU wbwðZ n‡Z n‡e |
He’d go there, wouldn’t he? (He’d =He
would)
He’d gone there, hadn’t he? (He’d= He
had)
23. ev‡K¨i ïi“‡Z There is _vK‡j Tag question As‡k isn’t there e¨eüZ nq | ev‡K¨i ïi“‡Z There
are _vK‡j Tag question As‡k aren’t there e¨eüZ nq |
There is a mistake, isn’t there? There are many books on the
table, aren’t there?
24. wKšÍ ev‡K¨i ïi“‡Z There is no _vK‡j Tag question As‡k is
there e¨eüZ
nq |
There is no king in China, is there?
25. Statement
Gi Subject wn‡m‡e hw` all of you/none of you/some of you/most
of you/everyone of you, Each of you, Some of
you, Many of you, of you, e¨eüZ
nq †¶‡Î Tag question Gi
subject wn‡m‡e You e¨en~Z nq |
All of you know English, don’t you? None of you can do the sum,
can you?
# g~j Sentence Gi Subject hw` All of us, None of us, Some of
us, Many of us, Most of us, Everyone of us, Each of
us nq, Z‡e Tag question Kivi mgq Subject wn‡m‡e ‘we’ e¨envi Ki‡Z nq| †hgb-
Everyone of
us helped the man, didn’t we?
26. Statement
Gi Subject wn‡m‡e hw` BZi cÖvYx, wkky ev Ro c`v_© e¨en~Z nq
†m†¶‡Î Tag question Gi
subject wn‡m‡e It e¨eüZ nq |
The baby is crying for its mother, isn’t it? The dog is a faithful animal, isn’t
it? This is a
nice book, isn’t it?
27. Statement
Gi Subject wn‡m‡e This/that e¨eüZ
n‡j †m†¶‡Î Tag question Gi
subject wn‡m‡e It e¨en~Z nq | Avevi Statement Gi Subject wn‡m‡e This/that e¨en~Z
n‡j †m†¶‡Î Tag question Gi
subject wn‡m‡e They e¨eüZ nq |
This is a book, isn’t it? These
are my books, aren’t they?
28. ‡Uªb, (The Padma Express, The Surma Express etc) RvnvR,(The Titanic ,The The Bengal,) †`k,(Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Japan, etc)wegvb (The Biman Bangladesh Airlines, The Sudia Airlans )Puv`,(The moon)c„w_ex,(The
Earth)emšÍ (The Spring), river, motherland, The
Autumn,Nature,Liberty,Justic,Mercy,Hope,Charity,Love,Steamer,Launch,Boat,BuscÖf„wZ‡K Feminine gender wn‡m‡e Mb¨ Kiv nq| G me Noun Øviv gnZ¡,†mŠ›`h© I D`viZv cÖKvk K‡i| myZivs Gi
Subject wn‡m‡e
e¨en~Z n‡j Tag question Gi Subject
wn‡m‡e She e¨eüZ nq | Z‡e G†¶‡Î it e¨eüZ n‡Z cv‡i |
The moon has hidden her face behind the cloud, hasn’t
she/it? The
Spring came with all her beauties, didn’t she/it?
Bangladesh is not rich in mineral resources, is she? The
Jamuna Express is running at a full speed , isn’t she/it?
29. Statement
G Verb wn‡m‡e hw` have to _vK‡j Tag question G doesn’t/don’t e‡m Ges had to _vK‡j didn’t e‡m | Z‡e G†¶‡Î haven’t/hadn’t e¨eüZ n‡Z cv‡i |
They have to do it, don’t they?/haven’t they? We had to do
it, didn’t we?
30.The Sun, summer, Winter,
Fire, death, Storm , Flood, war, winter, Sidr, Tidal bore, Tidal wave,
Earthquake/Cyclone cÖf„wZ Masculine
gender wn‡m‡e MY¨ Kiv nq |myZivs Giv Subject
wn‡m‡e e¨eüZ n‡j G‡`i cwie‡Z© Tag
question G Subject wn‡m‡e he e‡m | G me Noun Øviv
w¶cÖZv,cÖPÛZv, cÖKvk K‡i| Z‡e it I
e¨eüZ n‡Z cv‡i |
The Sun sheds his beams on the rich hand the poor alike, doesn’t
he/it?
31. He has
a problem G ai‡bi †K `yfv‡e cwieZ©b Kiv hvq |
(a) He has a problem, doesn’t he? (b) He has a problem, hasn’t he?
32. ‡Kvb Statement G
Subject Gi c~‡e© hw`
Adjective _v‡K Z‡e †m†¶‡Î Tag
question G any e‡m |
No money is allowed,
isn’t any?
33.‡Kvb
ev‡K¨ had better /had rather _vK‡j
†m†¶‡Î Tag question G hadn’t e‡m |
You had better stay
in bed, hadn’t you? You had rather wait here a moment, hadn’t you?
34. ‡Kvb ev‡K¨ Would _vK‡j †m†¶‡Î Tag
question G wouldn’t e‡m |
You would rather help him, wouldn’t you?
35.Be Verb hy³ Exclamatory Sentence G
isn’t/aren’t/wasn’t/weren’t e‡m Ges Subject
Noun n‡j Gi Pronoun e¨eüZ nq |
How nice the flower is, isn’t it? How beautiful the garden is, isn’t
it?
36. g~j Verb hy³
Exclamatory Sentence G don’t/doesn’t/didn’t e¨eüZ
nq |
How sweetly the bird sings, doesn’t it?
37. Infinitive
(to+ verb) I Gerund
(Verb +ing ) ‡Kvb ev‡K¨ Subject wn‡m‡e e¨eüZ
n‡j Tag question Kivi mgq it †K Subject wn‡m‡e e¨envi Ki‡Z n‡e |
Walking is a good exercise, isn’t it?
Tag Question with COMPOUND SENTENCE
When there is a compound sentence, you normally form the question tag based on the last independent clause.
John is here and he seems angry, doesn't he?
They hit you hard but they have not
injured you much, have they?
COMPLEX SENTENCE
When the sentence is complex and is made of an independent clause and a dependent clause, the question tag is usually formed based on the independent clause.
Since David is here, I should bring the topic of him being too direct, shouldn't I?
(dependent clause) – Since David is here,
(independent clause)- I should bring the topic of him being too direct.
(independent clause)- I should bring the topic of him being too direct.
The children won't play in that dilapidated shack unless there is supervision, will they?
(dependent clause) – unless there is supervision(independent
clause)
The children won't
play in that dilapidated shack
REPORTED SPEECH
In reported speech, you form the question tag based on the
subject and reporting verb.
She didn't really say that you are
crazy, did she?
Gilmio has indeed declared he will
bring down his archrival's business empire, hasn't he?
COMPOUND -COMPLEX SENTENCE
When there is a compound-complex sentence, you ignore the
dependent clause and form the question tag from the last independent clause of
the sentence.
Example:
Sturtie usually visits his grandmother before he goes to the library but today he is sick, isn't he?
Sturtie usually visits his grandmother before he goes to the library but today he is sick, isn't he?
(dependent clause)- before he goes to the library
(1st independent clause)- Sturtie usually visits his
grandmother
(last independent clause)- Today, he is sick
Although Deborae looks helpless and at times she seems half-dead, she is still strong enough to perform many of her duties as a housekeeper, isn't she?
(dependent clause 1)- Although Deborae looked helpless and
at times she seemed half-dead,(dependent clause 2)- (and) at times she seemed
half-dead,
(independent clause)- She is still able to perform many of
her duties as a housekeeper.
COMPOUND VERB PHRASE
Even if the sentence is made of more than one verb phrase,
the general tag question formation rules still apply.
Example:
Mary is singing and dancing her traditional native song, isn't she?
They hit you and kicked you pretty
badly, didn't they?
COMPOUND SUBJECT
When the subject is a compound, the pronoun in the question tag is different
SUBJECT QUESTION TAG
When the subject is a compound, the pronoun in the question tag is different
SUBJECT QUESTION TAG
Pronoun/Noun+pronoun (he) ........they?
Pronoun/Noun+pronoun (she) ........they?
Pronoun/Noun+pronoun (it) ........they?
Pronoun/Noun+pronoun (they) ........they?
Pronoun/Noun+pronoun (I) ........we?
Pronoun/Noun+pronoun (we) ........we?
Pronoun/Noun+Pronoun/Noun ........they?
Example:
That boy and I are always together, aren't
we?
He and she will always remain the best
of friends, won't they?
Neither she nor I would help that
sniveling weasel, would we?
# “I
am” = “aren’t I”
· I am your mother, aren’t I?
But: I am not noisy, am I?
# That / This ~> it ; Those / These ~> they
* That / This is your hat, isn't it?
* Those /These have been legalized, haven’t they?
# Imperative ~> can't you? / can you?
* Shut up, can’t you? / can you?
# have / has / had = possess ~> don't / doesn't / didn't / haven't / hasn't
/ hadn't
* Mary has another sandwich, (doesn't she / hasn’t she)?
* Mary has another sandwich, (doesn't she / hasn’t she)?
# have /
has / had (other than possess) ~> don't / doesn't / didn't
* Your brothers have (= enjoy) coffee every morning, don't they?
* Your brothers have (= enjoy) coffee every morning, don't they?
·
have / has / had + to
(= must) ~> don't / doesn't / didn't
* All of us have to (must) get up early, don't (mustn't) we?
* All of us have to (must) get up early, don't (mustn't) we?
# In a
Complex sentence, we make the tag question from the independent / main clause.
* Independent clause: The lady will enroll herself in this university.
* Complex sentence: The lady who won the beauty contest last month will enroll herself in this university, won't she?
* Independent clause: He didn't want to take a rest.
* Complex sentence: Although he was sick, he didn't want to take a rest, did he?
* Independent clause: The lady will enroll herself in this university.
* Complex sentence: The lady who won the beauty contest last month will enroll herself in this university, won't she?
* Independent clause: He didn't want to take a rest.
* Complex sentence: Although he was sick, he didn't want to take a rest, did he?
# In a
Compound sentence, we make the tag question from the last independent / main
clause.
* Independent clause: He won't stop is work.
* Compound sentence: Rudy looks pale and tired but he won't stop his work, will he?
* Independent clause: He won't stop is work.
* Compound sentence: Rudy looks pale and tired but he won't stop his work, will he?
From:
The 'Holy Bible' Of Language
by: Pearson Longman
by: Philip D. Morehead
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