QUESTION TAGS
You love me, Question Question Tag
don't you ?
He wrote a letter,
didn't he ? Question Question Tags
You do not read, do Questions
you ? Questions Tags
He speaks the truth, 1. Question complete Sentences
doesn't he ? 1. Question tags sentences last
He has deceived
you, hasn't he ?
2.
He is your brother,
2.
isn't he ?
They don't
tell me a lie, do they ? 3.
Aditya does 3.
not take tea, does he ? Questions
I have a bicycle,
haven't I ? Question Tags
He had courage, hadn't he?
Sentences 4.
Speaker 4.
sentences 5. Question
express 5. Question Tags
Audience Audience
Audience
second part Assertive/Imperative
second part Interrogative Statement
second part Question tag
Contracted forms of auxiliary verbs + Not
Auxiliary verbs Short forms Auxiliary verbs Short forms
+ Not used in question tags + Not used in question tags
1. Do + not don't 2. does + not doesn't
3. did + not didn't 4. am I not... aren't I..... ?
5. Is + not isn't 6. are + not aren't
7. has + not hasn't 8. have + not haven't
9. had + not hadn't 10. was + not wasn't
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11. were + not weren't 12. shall + not shalln't
13. will + not won't 14. can + not can't
15. should + not shouldn't 16. would + not wouldn't
17. could + not couldn't 18. may + not mayn't
19. might + not mightn't 20. ought + not oughtn't
21. must + not mustn't 22. used + not usedn't
23. need + not needn't 24. dare + not daren't
Formate of Question tags
(i) Affirmative – Auxiliary Verbs + Subject + ?
(ii) Negative – Auxiliary verbs + n't + Subject + ?
Question tags
1. Question tags main verb – go, drink, come etc. –
He writes a letter, don't write he? ()
He writes a letter, doesn't he? ()
He does not drink milk, does drink he?()
He does not drink milk, does he?()
2. Question tags subject pronoun or there
3. Question tags subject noun
4. Question tags Auxiliary verbs or Auxiliary verbs + n't given sentence
Tense Question tag subject Number Person
5. sentence last Question tag Question tag
Auxiliary verbs Sentence Auxiliary verb
6. question tag Auxiliary verbs Question tag do/does/did
How to Make Question Tags
Question tags
(Rule 1) : Affirmative sentence question tag negative Auxiliary verb + n't
+ subject (A.P.) + ? Question Tag
Note : A.P. = Appropriate pronoun
He writes a letter, doesn't he ?
She is ugly, isn't she ?
He came here last night, didn't he ?
You are courageous, aren't you ?
She was a salesgirl, wasn't she ?
I am wrong, aren't I ?
You will help me, won't you ?
He spoke the truth, didn't he ?
He has done his homework, hasn't he ?
He had gone there, hadn't he ?
(Rule 2) : Negative sentence question tag Affirmative Auxiliary verb + subject
(A.P.) + ? Question Tag
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She does not make a noise, do I ?
I don't drink wine, do I ?
You are not laborious, are you ?
She did not see me, did she ?
He will not tell me a story, will he ?
I am not right, am I ?
He did not tell a lie, did he ?
He has not helped her, has he ?
You had not played well, had you ?
She was not lazy, was she ?
(Rule 3) : sentence negative words – Neither, no, not, never, none, no one, nobody,
nothing, few little, hardly, rarely, scarcely, seldom etc... Sentence Negative
Negative sentence Question tag Affirmative
Auxiliary verb + Subject (A.P.) + ? question tag –
We have no friends, have we ?
No one knows this matter, do they ?
They have nothing, have they ?
Nobody is perfect, are they ?
A barking dog seldom bites, does he ?
Nothing is yours, is it ?
Few students have come to attend the class, have they ?
Neither of us helped you, did we ?
I know little about you, do I ?
It is rarely found, is it ?
Note : A few a little positive meaning sentence
Affirmative sentence Question tag negative –
I have a little money, haven't I ?
I have read a few books, haven't I ?
(Rule 4) : Affirmative Imperative sentence question tag affirmative – 'will you' negative–
'won't you ?' –
Switch on the radio, will you ?
Switch on the radio, won't you ?
Please give me money, will you ?
Please give me money, won't you ?
Kindly post this letter, will you ?
Kindly post this letter, won't you ?
(Rule 5) : Negative Imperative sentence question tag affirmative – 'will you' –
Don't open the window, will you ?
Don't spit here, will you ?
Don't switch off the light, will you ?
Don't be late tomorrow, will you ?
Don't make a noise, will you ?
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(Rule 6) : Affirmative Imperative sentence more urgency
express question tag – Negative 'won't you ?' –
Remember to shut the window, won't you ?
Be careful while solving the sums, won't you ?
(Rule 7) : Imperative sentence verb question
tag – 'can't you ?' –
Use your own mind, can't you ?
Use your own book, can't you ?
(Rule 8) : Imperative sentence Let us Let's (Proposal/
Suggestion) question tag – 'shall we ?' –
Let us dance together, shall we ?
Let us help her, shall we ?
Let us do this work, shall we ?
Let's go there, shall we ?
Let's read the Gita, shall we ?
(Rule 9) : Imperative sentence Let me/him/her/them/Shyam/Veena etc... question
tag – 'will you ?' –
Let us do this work, will you ?
Let her be my beloved, will you ?
Let him go, will you ?
Let them do their homework, will you ?
Let Veena watch T.V., will you ?
(Rule 10) : sentence used to question tag usen't/didn't
–
He used to come here, usen't he ?
He used to come here, didn't he ?
They usedn't to come here, used they ?
They usedn't to come here, did they ?
(Rule 11) : Dare not / daren't need not / neen't marginal Auxiliary verbs
sentence question tag – affirmative – 'dare/need + subject
(A.P.) + ?' –
He daren't come here, dare he ?
I needn't go there, need I ?
He need not work hard, need he ?
You daren't touch the naked wire, dare they ?
(Rule 12) : Dare need main verh sentence question
tag –
He daren't to oppose his father, doesn't he ?
She needs your note book, doesn't she ?
We needed your help, didn't we ?
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She dared to abuse me, didn't she ?
You don't dare to go there, do you ?
They do not need to go there, do they ?
He did not need to read the Gita, did he ?
I don't dare to beat him, do I ?
Nobody will dare to beat me, will they ?
He will need nothing, will he ?
Note : (i) Negative question tag Auxiliary verbs + not Contracted form –
Auxiliary verb + n't
(ii) I am your best teacher. question tag – negative – 'aren't I ?' 'amn't
I ?'
(iii) I am your best teacher. question tag – affirmative – 'am I ?' 'am
I ?'
How to select the Subjects the Question tags
Question tag subject selection
Question tags subjects
Question tags subjects selection
(Rule 1) : sentence subject– personal pronoun question tag subject
Personal pronoun –
They write, don't they ?
He reads the Ramayana, doesn't he ?
You know me, don't you ?
We did our homework, didn't we ?
I did not see her yesterday, did I ?
(Rule 2) : sentence subject– noun question tag subject Noun
number, person gender he/she/it/they –
Binay and Sudhir are friends, aren't they ?
Bhavna is an intelligent girl, isn't she ?
Rudransh has a ball, hasn't he ?
The sofaset was not strong enough, was it ?
The girls were playing kho-kho, weren't they ?
(Rule 3) : sentence subject there, one, this/that, these/those
Question tag subjects there, one, it they –
There is a book on the table, isn't there ?
One cannot do this sum, can one ?
This is your book, isn't it ?
That is my table, isn't it ?
These are your caps, aren't they ?
Those are your buffaloes, weren't they ?
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Note : one, this/that, these/those noun Adjectives
sentence Subject Question tag Subject one, this/that, these/those
noun number, person gender he/she/it/they –
One girl can do this work, can't she ?
This man always disturbed me, didn't he ?
This pen is useless, isn't it ?
That boy has no knowledge, has he ?
These books are yours, aren't they ?
Those women were beautiful, weren't they ?
(Rule 4) : sentence subject no one, any one, someone, everyone, everybody,
somebody, nobody, anybody Question tag Subject they
–
Someone stole my watch, didn't they ?
Anyone can lift this box, can't they ?
Everybody is the master of his fate, aren't they ?
Nobody has seen God, have they ?
Some body knocked at the door, didn't they?
(Rule 5) : sentence subject everything, something, anything nothing
Question tag Subject 'it' they –
Everything looks beautiful, doesn't it?
Nothing is yours, is it ?
Something was there, wasn't it ?
Anything can be done for her, can't it ?
(Rule 6) : sentence subject All of us/you/them; None of us/you.them; one
of us/you/them; anyone of us/you/them; some of us/you/them; most of us/you/them; everyone of us/
you/them; either of us/you/them; neither of us/you/them Question tag Subjects
we, you they –
All of us can do this sum, can't we?
All of you can do this sum, can't you ?
All of them can do this sum, can't they ?
Either of you is innocent, aren't you ?
Neither of us was laborious, were we ?
None of them have seen the Red For, have they ?
Most of you are honest, aren't you ?
Most of them don't know this, do they ?
Some of us are intelligent, aren't we ?
Everyone of them has courage, haven't they ?
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