Question Tags

Chapter Name: Question Tags and Comment Tags

Introduction

evK¨wU co, You went there. (Zzwg wK †mLv‡b wM‡qwQ‡j|)

evK¨wU GKwU assertive sentence evK¨wU ‡_‡K †evSv hvq ‡h e³v Rv‡b †h ev‡K¨i subject †mLv‡b wM‡qwQj| wKš‘--- Did you go there? (Zzwg wK †mLv‡b wM‡qwQ‡j?)

evK¨wU‡K e³v ev‡K¨i subject (you) ‡K GKwU cÖkœ Ki‡Q, A_©¨vr †m †mLv‡b wM‡qwQj wKbv †mUv Rvb‡Z Pv‡”Q| GwU GKwU mv`vgvUv cÖkœ| wKš‘ GBfv‡e cÖ‡kœi gva¨‡g †Kvb wKQz Rvb‡Z PvIqvi †P‡q gv‡S gv‡S Ab¨ Ab¨ GK we‡kl Kvq`vq ‡Kvb wKQz Rvb‡Z PvIqv Lye Riæix n‡q c‡o| ‡hgb evsjvq Avgiv wb‡Pi evK¨wU e¨envi K‡i _vwK

Zzwg‡Zv †mLv‡b wM‡qwQ‡j, ZvB bv?

GwU GKB m‡½ GKwU cÖkœ, Ab¨w`K †_‡K wePvi Ki‡j GwU GKwU †Rvi Z`šÍ| g‡b n‡”Q e³vi Zvi ‡mLv‡b hvIqvi  mg‡Ü Abygv‡bi gva¨‡g wKQzUv Rvwb, GLb cÖ‡kœi gva¨‡g Zvi avibv mwZ¨ wK bv Zv hvPvB Ki‡Z Pv‡”Q| GK‡Î evK¨wUi Bs‡iRx Abyev` n‡e      You went there, didn’t you? GB didn’t you? (= did you not?) Gi A_© nj     ÔZvBbvÕ? GwU‡K e‡j question tag. g‡b ivL‡e question tag evK¨ e¨envi n‡j eyS‡Z n‡e †h ev‡K¨i e³v Zvi ‡kÖvZvi wbKU †_‡K GKwU DËi Avkv Ki‡Q| †hgbt You went there, didn’t you? (Zzwg †Zv †mLv‡b wM‡qwQ‡j, ZvBbv?) ~ (Reve) Yes, I did. (n¨vu, wM‡qwQjvg|) wKš‘ Avi GK cÖKvi tag Av‡Q hv Øvi †Kvb cÖkœ Kiv nq bv, e³vi gšÍe¨ ( Comment) cÖKvwkZ nq| †hgbt You went there, did you? (didn’t you? bq) ( Zzwg †mLv‡b wM‡qwQ‡j bv. . . . I n¨uv wM‡qwQ‡j|) fveLvbv GiKg †h, e³v GKwU cÖkœ KÕ †i c‡i †`Lj †h †m Zvi DËi wU wb‡R Rv‡b, ZLb †m wb‡R‡K wb‡R ïa‡i wbj, A_©¨vr wb‡Ri D‡Ïk¨ gšÍe¨ ( Comment) Kij--- I nu¨v, wM‡qwQ‡j Z | GB tag wU‡K e‡j Comment tag. Gevi Zvn‡j wbðB eyS‡Z †c‡iQ question tag Ges Comment tag cÖ‡qvRbxqZv KZ Lvwb|

Basic Ideas of Tag Question

Ø     Tag question me mgq Sentence Gi †k‡l e‡m|

Ø     Tag question G ïay Subject Ges Auxiliary verb em‡e|

Ø     Sentence Gi cÖ_g Ask wU Negative n‡j Tag question wU Affirmative n‡e|

Ø     Sentence Gi cÖ_g Ask wU Affirmative n‡j Tag question wU Negative n‡e|

Ø     hw` Subject G Noun _v‡K Tag questionG Noun wUi Pronoun e¨envi Ki‡Z n‡e|

Ø     ‡k‡l Aek¨B cÖkœ ‡evaK wPý em‡e|

Subject Ges Auxiliary verb Gi ms‡ÿcb|

he is/he was/He has	he’s	does not	doesn’t
he had/he would	he’d	are not	aren’t
they are/were	they’re	have not	haven’t
i am/	i’m	has not	hasn’t
we will	we’ ll	should not	shouldn’t
is not	isn’t	did not	didn’t
do not	don’t	need not	needn’t
can not	can’t	used not	usedn’t
must not	mustn’t	might not	mightn’t

Rule 1.  Positive Statement G negative tag e¨envi Kiv nq|

a)     Rahim will be here soon, won’t he?

b)    She can swim, can’t she?

c)     You should pass in the exam, should n’t you? 

Rule 2.  Negative Statement G Positive tag e¨envi Kiv nq|

a)     He won’t help me, will he?

b)    She can’t swim, can she?

Rule 3.  Present Indefinite Tense Gi †ÿ‡Î Do, does, am, is, are, BZ¨vw` e¨envi Ki‡Z nq|

a)     You are intelligent, aren’t you?

b)    He does not play football, does he?

Rule 4. Present Indefinite Tense Gi †ÿ‡Î Negative tag question n‡j don’t, doesn’t, aren’t,  

             e‡m|

a)     He reads in the school, doesn’t he?

b)    Rana and Babu are friendly, aren’t they?

Rule 5.   Present Continuous Tense Gi †ÿ‡Î positive statement Gi †ÿ‡Î isn’t, aren’t Ges

              negative statement Gi †ÿ‡Î am, is, are e¨envi nq|

a)     He is studying now, isn’t he?

b)    They are not playing football, are they?

Rule 6.  Past indefinite Tense Gi †ÿ‡Î positive Gi †ÿ‡Î didn’t, wasn’t Ges negative statement

               Gi †ÿ‡Î did, was, were e‡m|

a)     I helped you, didn’t I?

b)    They were not doctors, were they?

Rule 7.  Present perfect Tense Gi †ÿ‡Î positive statement Gi †ÿ‡Î haven’t, hasn’t, weren’t,

              Ges negative statement have, has e‡m|

a)     You have seen him, haven’t you?

b)    You have not seen him, have you?

Rule 8.   Past perfect Tense n‡j  had negative statement Ges positive statement G hadn’t e‡m|

a)     Rana had not understood, had he?

b)    He had slept, hadn’t he?

Rule 9.  Future indefinite Tense Gi †ÿ‡Î negative statement G will Ges positive statement G

            won’t e¨envi Kiv nq|

a)     I will go there, won’t I?

b)    He won’t go there, will he?

Rule 10. Statement G hw` can, could, should, would, _v‡K Zvn‡j G¸‡jv †K Tag Question G e¨envi

              Kiv nq|

a)     You can do it, can’t you?

b)    You could do the sum, couldn’t you?

c)     You must go there, mustn’t you?

d)    The man shouldn’t do it, should he?

Rule 11. Let us hw` Statement G e¨envi Kiv nq Zvn‡j Tag G shall, will e¨envi Kiv nq|

a)     Let us go for walk, shall we?

b)    Let us go home, shall we?

c)     Let us help them, shall we?

Rule 12. It or there  Øviv ‡Kvb evK¨ ïiæ n‡j Tag Gi ci It or there em‡e|

a)     There was not enough time, wasn’t there?

b)    It is good time, isn’t it?

c)     It is not a bad idea, is it?

Rule 13. Statement G hw` neither, no, none, nobody, nothing, scarcely, barely, hardly, seldom.

G‡`i †h †Kvb kã _v‡K Zvn‡j  G‡`i‡K negative statement aiv nq A_¨©vr Giv negative A_© †`q| G‡`i cieZ©x Tag G not e‡m bv|

a)     He hardly comes here, does he?

b)    None can do it, can they?

c)     Nothing was it, was it?

d)    Neither of them went, did they?

Rule 14. Any one, any body, on one, nobody, none, neither hw` †Kvb Statement Gi subject iƒ‡c

               e¨envi nq Zvn‡j Tag Gi subject n‡e they.

a)     Nobody went there, did they ?

b)    None can do this, can they?

c)     Neither of them passed, have they?

d)    Any one is allowed, are they?

Rule 15. Av‡`k, Aby‡iva, cÖKvkK ev‡K¨i Tag question G can you, could you?

a)     Open the door, can you?

b)    With here for a moment, could you?

Rule 16.  Statement wU affirmative n‡j Ges Zvi subject wnmv‡e every one, every body, some

               body, someone BZ¨vw` _v‡K Zvn‡j Tag G not emv‡Z n‡e Ges subject wnmv‡e they emv‡Z n‡e|

a)     Every body saw you, didn’t they?

b)    Every one could understate it, couldn’t they?

c)     Someone should this pen, hasn’t they?

Rule 17. wb‡la cÖKvk evK¨ donot, never _vK‡j Tag question G will you n‡e|

a)     Do not be late, will you?

b)    Do not tell lie, will you?

c)     Never tell a lie, will you?

Rule 18. This/that/these/those _vK‡j Tag question G it/they n‡e|

a)     These are my books, are not they?

b)    This is my book, isn’t it?

Practice

1)     You need some people ho can speak English.............

a)     Can you?    b) Can’t you?    c) do you?     d) don’t you?  

2)     He went to the post office..........

     a) Went he?   b) Did he?    c) Didn’t he?    d) Couldn’t he?

  

      3) They are my friends..............

               a) Are they?    b)  Aren’t they?  c) Are not they?          d) Don’t they?

 

      4) Any body can read at private University.............

     a) Can anybody?        b) Can’t anybody? c) Can’t he?   d) Can they?

  

      5) There were so many students...............

               a) Weren’t they?   b) Were they?   c) weren’t there?   d) weren’t there?

Answer: 1. d;       2. c;           3. b;            4.d;             5.d;