Tag Questions
Tag
Form
Am not = aren’t/ain’t
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Is not= isn’t/Do not=don’t
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Were not= weren’t
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Will not=won’t
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Shall not=shan’t
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Are not=aren’t
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Was not=wasn’t
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Could not=couldn’t
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May not= may’t
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Can not=can’t
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Might not=mightn’t
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Must not=mustn’t
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Has not=hasn’t
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Have not=haven’t
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Had not=hadn’t
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Does not=doesn’t
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Did not=didn’t
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Dare not= daren’t
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Ought not= oughtn’t
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Need not=needn’t
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K‡_vc_‡bi mgq ev‡K¨i †k‡l †h
GKwU mg_©b m~PK cÖkœ ms‡hvM Kiv nq Zv‡K Tag
Question e‡j|
1. Tag Questions Gi sub memgq pronoun n‡e|
2. Aux. verb hy³ positive _vK‡j sen.+comma(,) + mvnvh¨Kvwi verb +not/n’t + sen. + Gi sub +?
3. Aux. verb hy³ negative _vK‡j sen.+comma
(,) + aux.verb+sub +?
4. Aux. verb wenxb positive _vK‡j sen.+comma(,)
sentence wU present tense n‡j do/does Ges past n‡j didn’t +sub+?
5. Aux. verb wenxb negative _vK‡j sen.+comma(,)
sentence wU present tense n‡j do/does Ges past n‡j did +sub+?
6. Sentence wU‡Z sub plural _vK‡j we e¨ZxZ Ab¨me †¶‡Î they e‡m .
7. Sentence Gi g‡a¨ sub Ges verb msw¶ß AvKv‡i _vK‡Z cv‡i|
†m‡¶‡Î msw¶ß iƒcwU cÖK…Z iƒc Ki‡Z n‡e|
8. Sentence wU †Z have/has/had/can/could/may/might /must/ought /shall/ should/will/would _vK‡j Ges †Kvb g~j bv _vK‡j D³
k㸇jvi negative Ki‡Z n‡e|
9. All of you/Some of you/none of you/most
of you/ everyone of you _vK‡j sub wnmv‡e ïay you e‡m|
10. all of us/some of us/everyone of us/
most of us _vK‡j we e‡m
11. Everybody/ Somebody/ Anybody/everyone/
someone/ anyone/ nobody/none/either/all of them/ some of them/ no noe each/
none of them/ most of them _vK‡j they e‡m
12. g~j Exclamatory sentence, sen. +(,) + do/does/did +sub +?
13. Nothing/anything/something/everything _vK‡j subject wnmv‡e it e‡m.
14. Be verb hy³ exclamatory sentence, Sen.+(,)+isn’t/ aren’t + sub+?
15. let him / Let her/ Let them w`‡q AbygwZ eySv‡j will you e‡m .
16. let’s/let us _vK‡j shall we Ges let me _vK‡j shall I e¨eüZ nq
17. Imparative sentence don’t w`‡q ïi“ n‡j ev Aby‡iva ev
wb‡la Ki‡j will you e‡m
18. g~j verb w`‡q ïi“ Imperative sentence
G †kªvZvi mgœwZ
AvneŸvb Ki‡j won’t you Ges †Kvb wKQz Ki‡Z ejv n‡j will/can/would e‡m|
19. Statement G Negative kã
(hardly, seldom, scarcely, little, few,
rarely, never, nothing, nobody, none) _vK‡j Tag G Affirmative question n‡e| It has hardly
rained at this summer, has it ?
20. hw` sentence G sub wnmv‡e one _v‡K Z‡e tag question G subject wnmv‡e he e¨eüZ n‡e| one should do
one’s duty, shouldn’t he?
21. Statement Gi ïi“‡Z †Kvb adjective Gi c~‡e© the e‡m common noun wnmv‡e ev‡K¨i subject iƒ‡c em‡j tag
question Gi subject wnmv‡e they e‡m| †hgb t The rich are not always happy, are they?
22. ‡`‡ki †¶‡Î, Moon, train, ship, river, ferry, earth cÖf„wZ †¶‡Î Subject she nq .
23. Common gender wnmv‡e singular noun e¨eüZ n‡j subject
he n‡e| Man
is mortal,isn’t it?
24. SentenceG Subject
wnmv‡e That, this _vK‡j tag question Gi subject it nq| Subject hw` these ev those nq Zvn‡j tag question Gi subject they nq|
25. Compound Sentence G mvavib 2nd Clause Gi Subject
I verb Abymv‡i tag question MVb Ki‡Z n‡e| †hgb t Jack is short but his brother is tall, isn’t he?
26. As well as, and not, with, together
with, along with, accompanied by, in addiction to , rather than BZ¨vw` Øviv `ywU Noun/pronoun hy³ n‡j 1g Sub Abyhvqx tag n‡e|
27. e¨w³ I cÖvwYevPK Plural Subject (†hgb People,
children, birds, cows, fishes)†Kvb statement Gi Subject n‡j G‡`i pronoun wnmv‡e Tag
G they e¨en„Z nq|
28. Complex sentence G 1st G clause hope, believe, think, see BZ¨vw` verb Gi ci that conjunction wU Dn¨ _vK‡j 2nd clause Gi subject
I verb Abyhvqx tag question MVb Ki‡Z nq| wKš‘ that _vK‡j 1st clause Gi
subject I verb Abyhvqx tag question MVb Ki‡Z nq|
29. Not only............. but also, Not
............. but, Either........or, Neither.......nor Ges or Øviv `ywU sub. hy³ n‡j 2nd sub Abyhvqx tag question Gi Subject e‡m|
Exercise
1.
It’s
only drizzling, isn’t it?
2.
A
barking dog seldom bites, does it ?
3.
She
hardly comes here, does she ?
4.
He
seldom comes here , does he?
5.
None
can do it, can they?
6.
Neither
of them did it, did they?
7.
Don’t
waste your time, will you?
8.
Don’t
forget me, will you?
9.
Don’t
make a noise, will you?
10.
Shut
up, will you?
11.
Open
the window, will you?
12.
Shut
the book, will you?
13.
Respect
the old, will you?
14.
Please
lend me some money, will you?
15.
Sit
down please, will you?
16.
Don’t
make a noise, will you?
17.
Let
us go out for a walk, shall we?
18.
Let
me do the work, shall I?
19.
Let’s
have a discussion, shall we?
20.
Let’s
discuss this with him, shall we?
21.
Everything
looked beautiful, didn’t it?
22.
Don’t
hate the poor, will you?
23.
Nobody
believes a liar, do they?
24.
The
wind blows, doesn’t it?
25.
I
am punctual , aren’t I ?
26.
We
ought to love our country, oughtn’t we?
27.
Let’s
discuss the matter, shall we?
28.
She
is happy, isn’t she?
29.
Fortune
favours the brave, doesn’t it?
30.
Nothing
is impossible, is it?
31.
Everybody
should do his duty, Shouldn’t they?
32.
Imran
went to Khulna yesterday, didn’t he?
33.
Shila
hardly reads newspaper, does she?
34.
Reza
may pass in the exam, mayn’t he?
35.
I
am not a banker, am I?
36.
Nila
will sing a folksong, won’t she?
37.
The
moon shines at night, doesn’t she?
38.
Sinners
suffer in the long run, don’t they?
39.
He
had to go abroad for treatment, hadn’t he?
40.
You
dare not drive at night, dare you?
41.
A
story is told by him, isn’t it ?
42.
Do
your duty properly, won’t you?
43.
Everybody
played well, didn’t they?
44.
Every
mother loves her child, don’t they?
45.
How
sweetly the bird sings, doesn’t it?
46.
Last
night he had a sound sleep, didn’t he?
47.
Kamal
doesn’t follow me, does he?
48.
Do
not touch live electric wire, will you?
49.
None
can avoid death, can they?
50.
Neither
of them complained, did they?
51.
Fire
burns, doesn’t it?
52.
There
is no water in the glass, is there?
53.
You’ve
never been to paris, have you?
54.
I
can do it, can’t I?
55.
Mathematics
is my favourite subject, isn’t it?
56.
Shormi
put the book on the table, did’t she?
57.
Mr.
Ahmed teaches us English, does’t he?
58.
You
need not go to the field, need you?
59.
Kindly
do me a favour, will you?
60.
There
is no king in China, is there?
61.
I
shall never tell a lie, shall I?
62.
Grameen
Bank provides loan to the poor, doesn’t it?
63.
A
good student is always attentive to his study,isn’t he?
64.
I
prefer milk to tea, don’t I?
65.
Nasir
got a job, didn’t he?
66.
I
am ten years old, aren’t I?
67.
Birds
can’t swim, can they?
68.
Nobody
dislikes flowers, do they?
69.
Nothing
is certain, is it?
70.
He
always lags behind, doesn’t he?
71.
You
forgot my birthday, didn’t you?
72.
Farid
is taller than Hamid, isn’t he?
73.
You
are talking about the admission test, aren’t you?
74.
You
broke the machine, didn’t you?
75.
For
the boys the task was easy, wasn’t it?
76.
Please
put on the fan, will you?
77.
The
team is qualified, isn’t it?
78.
She
could have been more discreet, couldn’t she?
79.
He
locked the papers in the safe, didn’t he?
80.
For
the boys the task was easy, wasn’t it?
81.
You
broke the machine, didn’t you?
82.
Come
and see me tomorrow, will you?
83.
He
can go to the college by bus, can’t he?
84.
The
girl cried for help, didn’t she?
85.
we
didn’t play very well today, did we?
86.
Banks
close at 4 p.m, don’t they?
87.
He
is trying to give up smoking, isn’t he?
88.
The
girl broke the cup, didn’t she?
89.
Sohrb
was a brave man, wasn’t he?
90.
She
often visits her home town, doesn’t she?
91.
He
always lags behind, doesn’t he?
92.
Bangladesh cricket team won the match over SriLanka, didn’t
they?
93.
She
won’t dance in the party, will she?
94.
you
won’t eat it, will you?
95.
Give
me a hand, will you?
96.
I
am just hopeless at telling jokes,aren’t I?
97.
The
moon shines at night, doesn’t it?
98.
The
teacher will help the poor student, won’t he/she?
99.
She
knows you, doesn’t she?
100. Mr.
Brown teaches us English, doesn’t he?
101. Kindly do me a favour, will you?
102. Nobody went there , did they?
103. Let’s have some fun, shall we?
104. I am your friend, aren’t I?
105. There is a mistake, isn’t there?
106. There is no pond in this village, is
ther?
107. Nothing is certain, is it?
108. Nobody phoned , did they ?
109. Sinners suffer in the long run, don’t
they?
110. You dare not drive at night, dare you?
111. He may pass the exam, mayn’t he?
112. Do not disturb me,will you?
113. Let’s go on a picnic, shall we?
114. The sun shines by the day, doesn’t she?
115. Shut the book, won’t you?
116. He put the book on the table, didn’t he?
117. If I
found you, didn’t I?
118. The brave deserve the fair, don’t they?
119. Respect the old, can they ?
120. The mother rose in her to see the
pathetic scene of a child, didn’t it?
121. Do the sum at once, won’t you?
122. She attends school daily, doesn’t she?
123. I help my mother, don’t I?
124. He says that time is money, doesn’t he?
125. Everybody respect him, don’t they?
126. Neither of them did it, did they?
127. I am late, ain’t?
128. The mother rose in her, didn’t she?
129. Save something for the future, will you?
130. Nothing comes or goes, does it?
131. No man is happy in this world, do they?
132. Students must work, mustn’t they?
133. My friends play football, do they?
134. I play cricket, don’t I?
135. He invited us, didn’t he?
136. You like honey, don’t you?
137. I will be back very soon , wont I?
138. How fine the flower is, isn’t it?
139. Wait here a moment, can you?
140. Put it in writing, could you?
141. Give me a pen, can you?
142. Everybody should help the needy,
shouldn’t they ?
143. Neither of them did it, did they?
144. He seldom comes here, does he?
145. Clean water is safe, isn’t it?
146. Children must not lie , must they?
147. Dina slept , didn’t she?
148. Cows feed on grass , don’t they?
149. The people guarded the house from danger
, didn’t they?
150. All men are brothers, aren’t they?
151. Rivers run fast, don’t they?
152. The sky was not cloudy, was it?
Md. Mursalin Sardar
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