August 12, 2021
Question Tag A Comprehensive Guide
Question Tag A Comprehensive Guide
Definition:- The part of a sentence, which serves The purpose of confirming the given statement is called a question tag.
Ex:-
1. She is a doctor, isn’t she?
The question tag is fallowed short
form
Long
form Short
form
Am
not aren’t
Is
not isn’t
Are
not aren’t
Was
not wasn’t
Were
not weren’t
Do
not don’t
Does
not doesn’t
Did
not didn’t
Has
not hasn’t
Have
not haven’t
Had
not hadn’t
Shall
not shan’t
Should
not shouldn’t
Will
not won’t
Would
not wouldn’t
Can
not can’t
Could
not couldn’t
May
not mayn’t
Might
not mightn’t
Before knowing the question tag we
should follow the following points:-
1. Question tag is used at the end of
the question
2. Question mark is used after the
question tag.
3. Only the short form “ n’t ” is used
(in the positive question ) in the question tag..
The subject noun in the given statement will be converted into a relative pronoun in the question tag.
Model: I
|
Helping Verbs Be forms:- Am, is, are, was, were, Do forms:- do, does, did, Have forms:- have, has, had, Model Auxiliaries:-
shall, should, can, could, will, would, may, might, |
|
must, dare, need, ought to. |
2. If
the statement is in positive, the
question tag should be in negative (not )
Positive statement Negative
question
1. Raju is a lawyer, isn’t
he?
2. we are studying well, aren’t
we?
3.I am a teacher , aren’t
I?
4. They were in Tirumal, weren’t
they?
5. Latha can speak English, can’t she?
6.We have finished our lunch, haven’t we?
7. They will come to our college, won’t they?
8. Sheela has many friends, hasn’t she?
9. Karna was a great warrior, wasn’t he?
10. Today is Wednesday, isn’t it?
11. Tiger is a Crual animal, isn’t it?
12. Apples are sweet, aren’t
they?
13. Sita write a letter, don’t
she?
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3. If the statement is in negative, the question tag should be in positive.
Negative statement Positive question tag
1. Raju is not a lawyer is he?
2. We are not studying well are
we?
3. I am not, teacher am
I?
4. They were not in Tirumala were
they?
5. Latha can not speak English can she?
6. You are not living in Rajampet are you?
7. I a not your survent am
I?
8. Suneel has not paid the bill has he?
9. They are not poor are
they?
10. Rani will not stay her will she?
4.when ‘am’ is used in positive statement “aren’t’’ is used in the question tag.
Ex:- I am a teacher
I
am a teacher, are n’t I?
5. When ‘I
am’ is used in the negative statement the question tag is ‘am’ .
Eg:-
I amn’t a teacher.
I amn’t a teacher, am I?
Model II
Question with do, does, did:-
Note:
- 1. If the statement is in positive and
the main verb is in the present tense (v1) we use ‘don’t’
to from the question tag.
Eg:-
eat (v1) don’t
Write
(v1) don’t
2.If the statement is in positive and the main verb is in the present tense (v1) with ‘s’ or ‘es’ we use ‘doesn’t” to frame the question tag.
Eg:-
1. He writes a letter, doesn’t he?
2. John goes Church every Sunday,
doesn’t he?
3. If th statement is positive and the
main verb (v2) is in past tense (v2), we use didn’t to
from the question tag.
Ex:- I wrote a letter
, Didn’t I?
Raju
went to Kadapa Yesterday, didn’t he?
Exercises :-
1. We play Cricket Don’t
we?
2. She cooked food didn’t
she?
3. They make kites don’t
they?
4. Sita sings songs doesn’t
she?
5. My uncle sold the House didn’t he?
6. My sister wrote the examination didn’t she?
7. My sister wrote the examination didn’t she?
8. The tiger eats me doesn’t
it?
9. They live in Rajampet don’t
they?
10. we bought mangoes didn’t we?
Some important points:-
1) If the statement begins with let
us (let’s), we use “shall we”, to frame the question tag.
Eg:- Let’s go for a walk, shall we ?
Let’s
have a cup of Coffee, shall we?
2) If the Statement is a request we use
“will you” to frame the question tag.
Eg;-Please come to my house, will you?
3) If the statement is imperative and
begins either ‘do’ or don’t we use ‘’ will you’’ to frame the question tag?
Eg:- Open
the door, will you?
Don’t do that work, will you?
4) If ‘this’ or ‘that’ as subject in the given statements we use ‘it’ to frame the question tag.
Eg:
- This is the map of India, isn’t it?
This story is not interesting
isn’t?
That is my house, is not it.
5) If “these or those” are subjects
the given statement we use “ They” to from the question tag
Eg:-
These are my books, are n’t they ?
Those are mangoes, aren’t they?
6) If “there” is as subject in the given
statement we use “there” to frame the question tag.
Eg:-
There is something strange isn’t there?
7) If the sentence has the following
words like no, none, neither, never, little, seldom, hardly,
few the question tag should be in positive.
Eg:- Hari never goes to College, does he?
They seldom go to movies, do they?
No body helped her, did they?
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