Question tag 'd
=
Usage Examples
• Used for – confirmation / surety/ certainity Would Followed by He’d help you. (=
• Contain – Verb + Pronoun base verb He would help
• Basic – if sentence +ve -------tag ---➔ negative & (V1) you.)
vice versa Had Followed by She’d finished her
• If no auxillary verb – make tag by using Do/ past work. (= She had
Does/Did participle (V3) finished her work.)
• Hardly / scarcely/ barely/ rarely/ neither/ Did Used in informal Where’d you go? (=
seldom/ little/ few/ none etc... are (-ve)words -- (Rare) speech/writing, Where did you go?)
tag -- (+ve) usually in questions
• Contracted forms
❖ is not → isn't LET’S
❖ am not → aren't I
❖ are not → aren't "Let's" always means "Let us"
❖ was not → wasn't (suggestion or proposal).
❖ were not → weren't
Whether the sentence is positive or
❖ have not → haven't
❖ has not → hasn't
negative, the question tag is always
❖ had not → hadn't positive and that is -- "shall we?"
❖ will not → won't
❖ shall not → shan't • अगर "Need" या "Dare" Modal Verb है , तो Tag
❖ do not → don't खुद से बनेगा (need/dare से), लेकिन अगर Main
❖ does not → doesn't
❖ did not → didn't
Verb है , तो Tag "Do/Does/Did" से बनेगा।
❖ can not → can't • This / that -- िा tag हमेशा- It -- से बनेगा।
❖ could not → couldn't These / those --- िा tag हमेशा-- They--से
❖ should not → shouldn't
❖ would not → wouldn't
बनेगा।
❖ must not → mustn't There ---- िा tag हमेशा ----- There -- से बनेगा।
❖ might not → mightn'
• अगर "One" (Adjective (एि)) है , तो Subject िे
• is / am / are/ was / were (AV or Main )- tag इन्हीं
अनुसार Tag बनेगा, और अगर Pronoun (हरे ि )
से बनेगा
है , तो Tag "one" से बनेगा।
Do/ Does / did (AV or Main) -- -- tag इन्हीं से
• अगर वाक्य में दो clause हैं , तो question tag
बनेगा
बनाने िे कलए main clause दे खना जरूरी है ।
Has / Have /Had (Main )—do / does/ did से tag
Tag हमेशा main clause िे verb और
बनेगा
pronoun िे अनुसार बनेगा।
Has / Have /Had ( AV) --- tag इन्हीं से बनेगा
• "Everybody, Nobody, Somebody, Anybody"
• Meaning of contracted ‘s and ‘d लोगोों िे कलए होते हैं , इसकलए tag plural ----
"weren’t they" से बनेगा।
's = Usage Examples "Everything, Nothing, Something,
is With adjectives, She's happy. / Anything" चीजोों िे कलए होते हैं , इसकलए tag
prepositions, or - It's raining.
ing verbs singular "wasn’t it" से बनेगा।
has With past He's gone. /
participles (V3) She's finished.
was With She’s late • All were present---- weren’t they
(Rare) nouns/adjectives yesterday. All of you were present ---- weren’t you
/prepositions (informal) All of them were present----- weren’t they
All of us were present---- weren’t we
• Tag --- always subjective case
• Question tag हमेशा उसी tense में बनेगा,
कजस tense में main statement होता है ।
• Imperative sentence ( order/ advice / request/
suggestion/ command)
Request िे कलए "would you?"
बािी Imperative (Order, Advice,
Suggestion, Command) िे कलए "will you?" या
"won’t you?" दोनोों सही हैं ।
Negative sentence (Order/Command )िे
कलए ----- always ------"will you?"
Irritation/Anxiety वाले वाक्योों िे कलए "can
you?" या "can't you?" दोनोों सही हैं ।
Shut your mouth, can you ?/ can’t you?
Mind your language, can you?/ can’t you ?
"Shut your mouth" और "Mind your language"
झुोंझलाहट (irritation) या गुस्से में िहे जाने वाले वाक्य हैं।
इसकलए इनिा question tag "can you?" या "can’t
you?" दोनोों सही हैं।
