Tag Question

Tag Question 

Primary Discription:A Tag Question is the question asked  by the speaker after a negative or affirmative statement during conversation .Through a Tag Question the speaker wants to have an answer in support of the statement .It is a Question for more assurances from the audience . 

     Tag Question হচ্ছে বক্তা কর্তৃক করা হ্যা-বাচক বা না বাচক প্রশ্ন ;এটি আলোচনার সময় তিনি করে থাকেন ।এখানে বক্তা তার বিবৃতির পক্ষ্যে শ্রোতার সমর্থন প্রত্যাশা করেন । মূলতঃ এটি শ্রোতার অধিক নিশ্চয়তা পাওয়ার জন্য কৃত প্রশ্ন ।

  Here: 1.The used the auxiliary verb or modal in the sentence  is again used to make the Tag Question .   বাক্যে ব্যবহৃত সাহায্যকারী ক্রিয়া বা Modal Verb পুণরায় Tag Question সৃষ্টিতে ব্যবহৃত হয় 

 2.The noun used as subject is again used by pronoun .

         বাক্যে কর্তা হিসেবে ব্যবহৃত বিশেষ্য পুণরায় সর্বনাম হিসেবে Tag Question সৃষ্টিতে ব্যবহৃত হয় ।

          Example:  Kamal is a good boy ,isn’t he ?

          উদাহরণঃকামাল একজন ভাল ছেলে ,সে কি নয় ?

     3.Will, would are used  as Tag Question  for the requesting of a sentence .

       Imperative Sentence_এর Tag Question সৃষ্টিতে Will, would,can ,could ব্যবহৃত হয়।

    4.The sentence which reveals  proposal or begins with let’s ,takes shall for making Tag Question .           Example:Let’s go for a walk ,shall we ?

     5.The contracted form of the auxiliary verbs is used as the Tag Question. Tag Question তৈরিতে                  সাহায্যকারী ক্রিয়ার সংকুচিত রুপ ব্যবহৃত হয় ।

যেমনঃ   Verbs Contracted form   Is not isn’t Are not Aren’t   Shall not Shan’t Will not Won’t Do not Don’t                                     

    6.Contracted form of subjects and verbs  .

Subject +verb	Contracted form
I would	I’d
I had	I’d

a.I would go to Dhaka during my early age ,wouldn’t I ?

 =I’d go to Dhaka during my early age ,wouldn’t I?

b.I had gone to Dhaka ,hadn’t I?  
 = I’d gone to Dhaka , hadn’t I?

     7. We can use a positive tag after a positive imperative
         Teacher: Get out your books, will/would/can/could you?

         8. A negative tag expresses greater feeling.
            Doctor: Keep still, won't/can'tyou?

           This suggests that the doctor is especially anxious that the patient should keep still,

          or annoyed because the patient cannot keep still.

          9. In warnings, reminders and good wishes, the tag is won'tyou? after a positive

            imperative and will you? after a negative.

           Have a nice holiday, won'tyou?

           Don'tforget your key, will you?

        10. In offers and invitations the tag is will you? or won'tyou?

         Have a chocolate, will/won'tyou?

        These tags make the sentences more emphatic.

Tag Question Exercise -1

1.         I go to school , _________?

2.         I do not go to school,__________?

3.         You go to school,________?

4.         You do not go to school,_________?

5.         He goes to school,____________?

6.         He does not go to school,___________?

7.         They go to school,_____________?

8.         I am happy,________?

9.         He is happy ,___________?

10.       You are a student,___________?

11.       He hardly goes there ,__________?

12.       I have a few books,_____________?

13.       Birds can fly,_________?

14.       They work hard,____________?

15.       Kamal and Rahim read books ,________?

16.       Kamal as well as Rahim went to market,__________?

17.       Some of them phoned me,____________?

18.       Some of you can help him,___________?

19.       Everybody likes him,_____________?

20.       Everybody came forward to help you ,__________?

Check Your Answer: Tag Question Exercise -1

1.don’t I ?   2.do I ?  3.don’t you ?4.do you ?    5. doesn’t he ? 6.does he ? 7.don’t they ?8.aren’t I ? 9.isn’t he ? 10.aren’t you ? 11.does he ?12.have I ? 13.can they ? 14.don’t they ?15.don’t they ?/didn’t they ? 16.didn’t he ? 17 .didn’t they ? 18.can’t you ? 19.don’t they ? 20 . didn’t they ?

Tag Question Exercise -2

1.Let's go for a walk,shall we?

2.Let us have some fun,shall we?

3.Let him go there, will you?

4.Come here,won't you/will you?

5. Don't go there,will you?

6.Don't tell a lie,will you?

7.Open the door,will you ?

8.Honey tastes sweet,doesn't it?

9.The poor wanted a help,didn't they?

10.Kindly do me a favour, will you/can't you?

11.None can do this, can they?

12.Nobody dislikes flowers, do they?

13.Everybody is working, aren't they?

14.He put the book on the table, didn't he?

 15.Please give me a book,would you/will you?

16.You have a dog, don't you/haven't you?

17.You do not have a dog,do you ?

18.The mother rose in her,didn't it ?

19.Have a cup of tea,will you ?

20.How nice the girl is! isn't she ?

Tag Question Exercise -3

1.Practice makes a man perfect,  doesn’t it ?

2.The baby is innocent,  isn’t it  ?

3.A barking dog seldom bites, does it ?

4.Every mother loves her child,  don’t they   ?

5.Economics is my favourite  subject,  isn’t it ?

6.You need not go to the field, need you ?

7.What a wonder it is! isn’t it ?

8.Allah alone can help us,  can’t He ?

9.Nothing is impossible on earth,  is it ?

10.Let them work in the field,  will you ?

11.This is a nice book, isn’t it  ?

12.Some of mangoes were ripe, weren’t they?

13.The colour of her eyes is black, isn’t it ?

14.The mice made holes, didn’t they ?

15.We ought to love our country, oughtn’t we?

16.The committee appointed him Headmaster, didn’t they?

17.People elected him a MP,  didn’t they?

18.The Peasantry of Bangladesh did not lead a happy life,  did they ?

19.The brave deserve the fair, didn’t they  ?

20.No pains, no gains, is it ?

Tag Question Exercise -4

1.I need go there ,don’t I  ?

2.He as well as his brother went there,didn’t he?

3.He’s waiting for me ,isn’t he ?

4.He’s done the work, hasn’t he?

5.He’d a cow ,didn’t he ?

6.He’d gone to school,hadn’t he?

7.He’d go there, wouldn’t he ?

8.He said that he had done the work,  didn’t he?

9.What he says is true, isn’t it?

10.Nobody cares, don’t they?