Definition of Tag question
The meaning of "tag" is adjoin or join and
"question "is query or enquiry.At the time of conversation we adjoin
a word at the end of the sentence which word may be confirmative or
non_supporting that's called tag question.
Exemple :
Fishes swim in water, don't they?
By this sentence asker expect support from his listener.Is
it clear?
Tag With Their Short Form
am not=aren't
is not=isn't
are not =aren't
was not=wasn't
were not=weren't
will not=won't
shall not=shan't
can not=couldn't
may not=mayn't
must not=mustn't
has not=hasn't
have not=haven't
did not=didn't
ought not=oughtn't
dare not=daren't
need not=needn't
might not =minghtn't
Rules of formation of tag question
01.Given sentence will sit unchanged condition
+comma(")+note of interrogation (?).
02.Negative tag will
sit with positive statement and positive
tag will sit with negative statement.
Exemple :
Sohel is a truthful boy, isn't he?
Here "Sohel is a truth ful boy " is a positive
statement that's why the negative tag "isn't he" has sit
N.B: Remember that the subject of tag question is always
pronoun.
03.The auxiliary verb which is used at the Time of form of
tag question that is called verb or operator.These type of operator are :
am,is,are,was,will,shall,should, may,might,
can,could,have,has,had,do,does,did,ought,dare,need.
04. If the subject
of any sentence is including everybody /somebody /enybody/everyone /someone
/anyone /nobody etc.Then
"they" will sit instead of these as a subject of tag question.
Example,
Everybody likes
flower, don't they?
Somebody came
here,didn't they?
Anybody can do
this,can't they?
Everyone has left
the place, hasn't they?
Somebody will go
there, won't they?
Anyone may answer,
mayn't they?
Nobody phoned, did
they?
None can help
you,can they?
05. If need/ needs is used as a verb of any assertive sentence then
don't /doesn't /didn't sit in accordance with tense and person instead of
"need".and needn't sit instead of need.
Example,
I need your help,do I?
She needs a pen,doesn't she?
She needed a blanket, didn't you?
You need not worry,need you?
If "need" work as modal auxiliary in any sentence then the
modal auxiliary of need is sit.
Example ,
I don't need any help from you, do I?
The girl does not need any tutor, does she?
You need not go,need you?
06 .The rules of tag question when "there" remain adjusted with
positive statement.
There were many problem, weren't there?
There are many solution to control any problem,aren't there?
07.The rules of tag question when be verb is remain adjusted with
exclamatery sentence.
·
Given sentence sit unchanged condition.
·
then comma(") sit.
·
then subject (if subject is noun its pronoun form will
sit).
·
The symbol of interrogative (?) will sit.
Example ,
How Sweetly the bird sings,doesn't it?
08. If the subject of any sentence is all of
us/some of us/Everyone of us/most of us.Then instead of these(everybody of
us/everyone of us etc) "we" will sit as a subject.
Example,
All of us attended the meeting, didn't we?
None of us can solve this problem, can we?
09.If the subject of any sentence is all of you/some of you/none of
you/most of you/everyone of you.Then as a subject of tag question
"you" will sit instead of (all of u,some of u etc,,,).
Example,
Some of you can speak well,can't you?
All of you were playing them,weren't you?
10. If they subject of any sentence is all of
them/some of them/everyone of them/most of them.Then "they" will sit
as a subject of tag question instead of (all of them/some of them etc)
Example,
All of them are very sincere, aren't they?
Most of them were absent, weren't they?
11.If in assertive sentence modal auxiliary (can,could, may,might,
must,ought, shall,should, will,would) is remain.Then these modal auxiliary will
sit unchanged condition in tag question.
Example,
It may rain today,mayn't it?
She can't speak English, can she?
You should see a doctor, shouldn't you?
12.If in any sentence there have "verb to have"(have/has/had)
is remain there doesn't have "main verb" then we will follow the
style of bellow.
Example,
She had a pen,hadn't she?(British style)
She had a pen,didn't she?(American style).
You have a nice garden, haven't you?(British)
You have a nice garden, haven't you?(American).
13.The rules of tag when imperative sentence start with main verb.
·
Given sentence will sit unchanged condition.
·
won't /will u/could u +can u/can't u/could u?
Note: when permission appeal to listener or audient then "won't
u" will use. and will/would /can/can't /could /u will sit when anything
tell to do.
Example,
open the door,won't you?
If imperative sentence start with "Don't " we
will do tag question by the way which has give below.
·
Given sentence will sit unchanged condition.
·
will u
·
(?)
Example,
Don't forget me,will you?
If imperative sentence start with "Let's "then we will do tag
question by following the rules of below.
·
Given sentence will sit unchanged condition.
·
(")
·
shall we.
·
(?).
Example,
let's do the work,shall we?
But if express permission for
anything by let him/let her/let them,,,,
then "will u" sit.
Example,
Let them do the work,will you?