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This document provides examples of tag questions and the rules for forming them in English. It explains that a tag question is a short question added to the end of a statement or request to turn it into a question. The tag seeks confirmation, agreement or response. Some key rules covered include: - The tag takes the opposite polarity of the statement - Short forms are used for auxiliary verbs in the tag (e.g. aren't, won't) - Pronouns, plurals and other subjects are reflected correctly in the tag - Tags can be used with statements involving various tenses, including past and future - Imperatives and other special cases also have corresponding tag forms

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Tag Question

This document provides examples of tag questions and the rules for forming them in English. It explains that a tag question is a short question added to the end of a statement or request to turn it into a question. The tag seeks confirmation, agreement or response. Some key rules covered include: - The tag takes the opposite polarity of the statement - Short forms are used for auxiliary verbs in the tag (e.g. aren't, won't) - Pronouns, plurals and other subjects are reflected correctly in the tag - Tags can be used with statements involving various tenses, including past and future - Imperatives and other special cases also have corresponding tag forms

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Tag Question

1. Subject or pronoun---------- I, we, you, he, she, they, it, there


2. If the sentence is affirmative, answer is negative
If the sentence is negative, answer is affirmative
3. Short form is used (negative): am not = aren’t; will not = won’t; shall not= shan’t
4. Sentence with auxiliary verb:
(am/is/are/was/were/have/has/had/can/could/may/might/shall/should/will/would/
need/ dare/ought to/must)
They have done well, haven’t they?
5. Sentence without auxiliary verb:
Do / does/ did----
Did-------past tense
Does----present tense + sub. 3rd person. Singular num.(he, she, it)
Do-------others present
He works hard, doesn’t he?
He went to London, didn’t he?
6. Let’s or let us.---------------shall we?
Let’s have some fun, shall we?
7. Others imperative----------------- will you?
Kindly, do me a favour, will you?
Let me sing a song, will you?
Never tell a lie, will you?
8. Everybody, everyone, somebody, someone, anybody, anyone, nobody, no one, none,
plural subject----------------------they
Every mother loves her child, don’t they?
9. Something, nothing, anything, everything, thing(1), animal(1), baby----------it?
Nothing comes out of nothing, does it?
10. Hardly, scarcely, seldom, few, little, rare-------------------- negative
A barking dog seldom bites, does it?

Prepared by:
Md. Ataharul Islam (Manik)
Lecturer, Milestone College
Mob:01922-375089
Examples:
1. He put the book on the table,----------------?
2. What a shame,-----------------------------------?
3. How fool,------------------------------------------?
4. The mother rose in her,------------------------?
5. The headmaster and the secretary went there,------------------------?
6. The headmaster and secretary went there,------------------------------?
7. Shilpi as well as her parents left the village,-----------------------------?
8. Either I or he must do the work,--------------------------------------------?
9. Musfiq,------------------------?
10. Happy birthday/Thank you/Eid Mubarak,--------------------------------?
11. Rana and not his brothers went there,------------------------------------?
12. Who cares,-----------------------------------------------------------------------?
13. Who doesn’t want to be happy,---------------------------------------------?
14. She need not do this,----------------------------------------------------------?
15. I need money,--------------------------------------------------------------------?
16. I need to go there,--------------------------------------------------------------?
17. ‘I’ is a pronoun related to parts of speech,---------------------------------------------?
18. It is you who have done it,--------------------------------------------------------------------?
19. Though Bangladesh is a small country, it has vast population,-----------------------?
20. He like you is an idiot,………………………………………….………..?
21. God bless you,………………………………………………………….……?
22. Neither of them succeeded in life,------------------------------?
23. The wise say so/ The brave deserve the fair,-------------------?
24. The unfed should be fed,---------------------------?
25. (All/some/many) of you worked hard,------------------------------?
26. (All/some/many) of us did wrong,--------------------------------?
27. She has little idea about it,---------------------------?
28. Time and tide wait for none,------=------------------?
29. The widow cried a lot,---------------------------------?
30. The girl in her pleased us all,-------------------------?
31. The girl pleased us all,----------------------------------?
32. We ought to love our country,-----------------------?
33. He’d go there ,-------------------------------------------?
34. He’d done it,----------------------------------------------?
35. He’s gone to London,-----------------------------------?
36. There is little water in the pond,----------------------?
37. The jury gave different opinion,-----------------------?

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