Tag Question

·         Tag Question:

Communicate languageGiGKwUwe‡kl Ask ev welq n‡jv Tag Question. Conversation Gi †ejvq Avgi vA‡bK mgq ev‡K¨i †k‡l †kÖvZvi ¯^xK…wZ, mg_©, gšÍe¨ e vZvi fve Rvb‡Z PvB | G‡ÿ‡Î Avgiv evK¨ ejvi c‡i †QvU †QvU cªkœ †hvM K‡i  _vwK | Giæc cªkœ‡K Tag Questione‡j |

Note :GLv‡b we‡klfv‡e D‡jøL¨ †h, G‡ÿ‡Î evK¨wU Positive n‡j , Tag QuestionwUn‡e Negative. Avevi evK¨wU Negativen‡j , Tag Question wU n‡e Positive. NegativeTag QuestionGi †ejvq Auxiliary verb Ges Negative sign Gi Contraction Form n‡e |

Shiva likes flowers, doesn’t she?  Sakhinadoesn,t do the work, does she?

The contraction forms in the Tag Questions:

am not	Aren’t/ain’t	Will not	Won’t
Is not	Isn’t	Can not	Can’t
Are not	Aren’t	Could not	Couldn’t
Was not	Wasn’t	Should not	Shouldn’t
Were not	Weren’t	Must not	Mustn’t
Have not	Haven’t	Might not	Mightn’t
Has not	Hasn’t	Do not	Don’t
Had not	Hadn’t	Does not	Doesn’t
Shall not	Shan’t	Did not	Didn’t

Note: Tag Question Gi †ejvq memgq Subject Gi pronoun em‡e |

Rules of  Tag Question :

1)     AV hy³ Affirmative sentenceGi †ejvqà‘AV+Negative sign+ S ’ Maria has made the mistake, hasn’t she?

2)     AV hy³ Negative sentenceGi †ejvqà‘AV+S’ We should not waste our time, should we?

3)     ev‡K¨ hw` AV bv _v‡K Z‡e Tense Abyhvqx Number & person Gi m½wZ †i‡L do/does/did emv‡Z n‡e | We learn English, don’t we?

4)     There hy³ evK¨‡K there ‡K subject a‡I Tag Question Ki‡Z n‡e | There is no money with Susmita, is there?

5)     Imperative sentence G ‡kªvZvi m¤§wZ Avnevb Kiv n‡j‘won’t + you’em‡e | Z‡e Aby‡iv‡ai †ÿ‡Î‘can/can’t/couldn’t + you’em‡e |

Open the door, won’t you?/can’t you/ couldn’t you?

6)     We e¨ZxZ †Kvb subject plural n‡jAV Gic‡i they em‡e | My students must be attentive to their studies, mustn’t they?

7)      Let hy³ Imperative ev‡K¨i Tag QuestionG shall+ S n‡e |G‡ÿ‡Î NegativeTagn‡e bv|let us learn English, shall we ? let them come, shall they?

8)      Don’t  hy³ev‡K¨ ïaygvΑwill you’ e¨envi Ki‡Z n‡e | Do not waste your time, will you?

9)      Nothing hy³ev‡K¨‘AV+it’ em‡e |Nothing can make me sad, can it?

10)   nobody, somebody, someone, everybody, everyone, anybody, anyone, none, no one & all Gi †ejvqAV Gic‡i they em‡e | Everybody took the pepsi, didn’t they?

11)   Never, hardly, rarely, scarcely, seldom, few, little hy³ev‡K¨ PositiveTag n‡e |There is hardly any book on the table, is there?

12)   AV hy³Exclamatory Sentence G  ‘isn’t/aren’t+S’ em‡e | How beautiful the girl is!/, isn’t she?

13)   Contraction AV hy³ ev‡K¨  Contraction  ivLv hv‡ebv | Tense Abyhvqx Dnvi we¯ÍvwiZ iæc †`Lv‡Z n‡e | He’d  take tea, wouldn’t he?  He ‘d taken tea, hadn’t he?

14)   AV QvovExclamatory Sentence ‡K don’t/doesn’t/didn’t ewm‡q Tag n‡e | How nicely the girl dances, doesn’t she?

15)   Complex & Compound sentence G principle clause Abyhvqx Tag n‡e |It is said that Samia is an intelligent girl, isn’t she?