TAG Question Exceptional Exercise

 English grammar, there are 10 variations of Tag questions which help you to work out the advanced questions on Tag Questions. In these 10 rules or variations, you are going to learn the shortcut strategy of answering tag question in your academic exams such as J.S.C, S.S.C, H.S.C, University Admission, and various job exams.

ইংরেজি ব্যকারনে Tag Question এর উপর ১০ টি ভিন্ন নিয়ম কানুন রয়েছে যা তোমাকে Tag এর উপর আগত কঠিন প্রশ্নের সমাধান করতে সাহায্য করবে। এই ১০ টি নিয়মের মধ্যে তুমি শিখতে যাচ্ছ Tag questions এর সহজ কৌশল যা ব্যবহার করে তুমি বিভিন্ন প্রাতিষ্ঠানিক পরীক্ষায় যেমন জে.এস.সি, এস.এস.সি, এইচ.এস.সি, বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ভর্তি পরীক্ষা বা বিভিন্ন চাকুরীরপরীক্ষায় Tag এর উপর প্রশ্ন সুমুহের উত্তর করতে পারবে।

Before this lesson, i had published another one lesson Tag Questions in English Grammar in which i had discussed over the
primary facts of tag questions along with the structure. If you have not read that lesson before this lesson, you must read that first. Otherwise, you may face difficulties in understanding this lesson.

এর পূর্বে আমি এর উপর আরও একটি অধ্যায় প্রকাশ করেছিলাম যেখানে Tag Questions এর মৌলিক বিষয়বস্তু আলোচনা করা হয়েছে এবং এর গঠনতত্ত্ব। যদি তুমি পূর্বে সেই অধ্যায়টি Tag Questions in English Grammar না পড়ে এই অধ্যায়টি পড় তবে অনেক কিছুই বুঝতে সমস্যা হতে পারে।

However, now i want to start my discussion. Below, i have given a chart on the 10 Rules of tag questions and i have also explained those elaborately.

যাইহোক, এখন আমি আমার আলোচনা শুরু করতে চাই। নিম্নে আমি একটি ছক দিয়েছি যেখানে ১০ টি কৌশল সংক্ষেপে দেখানো হয়েছে এবং নিম্নে তা বিস্তারিত আলোচনা করা হয়েছে।

10 Variations in Tag Questions
Tag Questions এ ১০ টি ভিন্নতা

No.
Forms of Sentences
Tag Questions

1.

Let`s

Shall we?

2.

Don`t/let him,me,her

Will you?

3.

Request/order/advice

Will you/would you/can you/could you?

4.

Someone/somebody/everyone/everybody/none/nobody/anyone/anybody

Auxiliary Verb+they?

5.

Something/everything/anything/
nothing

Auxiliary Verb+it?

6.

Here/there/it

Auxiliary Verb+here/there/it?

7.

Negative word-(few/little/bit/never/hardly/scarcely/
barely/rarely/seldom/no sooner had/nobody/none/no one/nothing/without)

Affirmative form of auxiliary verb+ pronoun?

8.

Complex sentence
(principal clause+sub-ordinate clause)

Verb & subject from principal clause.

9.

All of us/some of them/none of you(as subject)

Auxiliary Verb+we/they/you?

10.

summer/fire/sun/moon/ship/country/river
(as a subject)

(summer/fire/sun=he)
(moon/ship/country/river=she)

Explanation of the Rules in Chart
ছকের নিয়মগুলোর ব্যাখাঃ

Variation-01:

If an imperative sentence starts with the word (let’s), the tag will be ‘Shall we?’.

যদি একটি imperative বাক্য (let’s) শব্দ দিয়ে শুরু হয় তবে tag হবে ‘Shall we?’

Example:
Let`s play football, shall we?

Variation-02:

If an imperative sentence starts with the word ‘don’t/let him/let me/let her/let them, the tag will be ‘will you?’.

যদি একটি imperative বাক্য (don’t/let him/let me/let her/let them) শব্দ দিয়ে শুরু হয় তবে tag হবে ‘will you?’

Examples:
Don`t run in the sun, will you?
Let him play the cricket now, will you?

Variation-03:

If an imperative sentence starts with a verb and indicates Request/order/advice, you will use one of the ‘Will you/would you/can you/could you?’ in answer.

যদি একটি imperative বাক্য verb শব্দ দিয়ে শুরু হয় এবং তা দিয়ে আদেশ,অনুরধ বা উপদেশ বোঝায় তবে ‘Will you/would you/can you/could you?’ হবে উত্তরে।

Examples:
Finish the work as soon as possible, will you?
Please stay here for them, will you?

Variation-04:

If the subject of the sentence is ‘Someone/somebody/everyone/everybody/none/nobody/anyone/anybody’, you will use the pronoun ‘they’ in tag question.

যদি বাক্যের subject হিসেবে ‘Someone/somebody/everyone/everybody/none/nobody/anyone/anybody’ থাকে তবে তুমি pronoun হিসেবে ‘they’ বসাবে।

Examples:
Somebody came here, didn`t they?
Everybody wants to be happy in life, don’t they?

Variation-05:

If the subject of the sentence is ‘Something/everything/anything/nothing’, you will use the pronoun ‘it’ in tag question.

যদি বাক্যের subject হিসেবে ‘Something/everything/anything/nothing’ থাকে তবে তুমি pronoun হিসেবে ‘it’ বসাবে।

Examples:
Everything is similar to you, isn`t it?
Something is similar to it, isn’t it?

Variation-06:

If the subject of the sentence is ‘Here/there/it’, you will use the same pronoun in tag question.

যদি বাক্যের subject হিসেবে ‘Here/there/it’ থাকে তবে এদের pronoun একই হবে tag question এর ক্ষেত্রে।

Examples:
There was a pond, wasn`t there?
Here is your new note-book, isn’t here?

Variation-07:

In English sentences, only ‘no or not’ is not the sign of negative sentences. There are some other negative words which make sentences negative. The negative words are: few/little/bit/never/hardly/scarcely/barely/rarely/seldom/no sooner had/nobody/none/no one/nothing/without. In this case, you will make the tag in affirmative form.

ইংরেজিতে শুধুমাত্র ‘no বা not’ না-বোধক বাক্যের চিহ্ন নয়। আরও কিছু শব্দ রয়েছে যেগুলো থাকলে সেই বাক্যটিকে না-বোধক রূপে গণ্য করতে হবে এবং তখন tag এর উত্তর হাঁ-বোধকে হবে। (few/little/bit/never/hardly/scarcely/barely/rarely/seldom/no sooner had/nobody/none/no one/nothing/without)

Examples:
They hardly come here, do they?
I have few tickets now, have I?
You never study hard, do you?

Variation-08:

If the sentence is a complex sentence, you will get two clauses or sentences in it. Definitely, you will be confused in this situation. But remember, for making tags, you have to follow the tense and subject of the principal clause. There is an easy method of recognizing the principal clause in a complex sentence. If there is a comma (,) between the two clauses, the last one is principal clause. But if there is no comma (,) between the two clauses, the first one is principal clause

Complex sentence এর ক্ষেত্রে তুমি দুটি বাক্য পাবে যার একটি হল principal clause এবং অপরটি হল sub-ordinate clause । মনে রাখবে tags করার জন্য তোমাকে সবসময় principal clause টি অনুসরন করতে হবে। principal clause চেনার একটি সহজ উপায় রয়েছে। যদি তুমি দুটি বাক্যের মাঝে কোন কমা(,) পাও তবে ২য় বাক্যটি principal clause এবং তার subject এবং tense অনুসরন করে করতে হবে। কিন্তু যদি কোন কমা না থাকে তবে ১ম বাক্যটি principal clause হবে।

Examples:
As they phoned me, I went there, didn`t i?
The boy waits here though I have ordered him to leave, doesn’t he?

Variation-09:

If the sentence starts with ‘All of us/some of them/none of you’, you will use the subjective form of the pronoun in tag such as (All of us=we)/(some of them=they)/(none of you=you).

যদি বাক্যটি ‘All of us/some of them/none of you’ দিয়ে শুরু হয় তবে tag করার সময় এদের subjective রূপটি ব্যবহার করতে হবে যেমনঃ (All of us=we)/(some of them=they)/(none of you=you)

Examples:
None of us can buy it, can we?
All of us were present in the last class, weren’t we?

Variation-10:

If we get the words ‘summer/fire/sun’ as a subject in the sentence, we use the pronoun ‘he’ in the subject of tag question but if we get the words ‘moon/ship/country/river’ as a subject in the sentence, we use the pronoun ‘she’ in the subject of tag question

যদি আমরা বাক্যের subject হিসেবে ‘summer/fire/sun’ পাই তবে এর pronoun হিসেবে ‘he’ বসাতে হবে কিন্তু যদি আমরা ‘moon/ship/country/river’ পাই তবে এর pronoun হিসেবে ‘she’ বসাতে হবে

Examples:
Summer is a hard time, isn’t it?
The country has developed, hasn’t she?

An exceptional form of tag!
Tag এর একটি ব্যতিক্রম রূপ!

Yes, there is an exceptional structure in a tag question if the verb is ‘am’. You can not use the form (am’nt) in tag. If there is the verb ‘am’, you will use the form ‘are/aren’t’ in that place.

হ্যাঁ, Tag এর গঠনে একটি ব্যতিক্রম নিয়ম রয়েছে। এটি হল ‘am’ এর ক্ষেত্রে। তুমি কখনোই ‘am’ রূপটি Tag এ ব্যবহার করতে পারবেনা। যখন তুমি verb হিসেবে ‘am’ পাবে তখন তাকে ‘are/aren’t’ এ পরিবর্তন করে বসাতে হবে।

See the examples:
I am writing a report for the project, aren’t I?
I am not aware of the fact, are I?

Finally, I want to show you some confused usages of tag questions in English grammar.

সবশেষে, আমি তোমাকে tag questions এর কিছু দ্বিধাযুক্ত ব্যবহারগুলো দেখাতে চাই।

Confusion-01:

You know, now-a-days, some learners follow British English and some follow American English.

তুমি জানো যে এখন শিক্ষার্থীদের মাঝে কেও British English অনুসরন করে আবার কেও American English অনুসরন করে।

See the examples:
He had a nice book, hadn`t he? (British style)
He had a nice book, didn`t he? (American style)

Confusion-02:

(The short form ‘d’ may indicate the verb ‘would/had’. If the form of principal verb after it is in base form, it indicates ‘would’. But If the form of principal verb after it is in past participle form, it indicates ‘had’

‘d’ এর সংক্ষিপ্ত রূপ দুটি verb কে বোঝাতে পারে যেমনঃ ‘would/had’ যদি তুমি ‘d’ এর পড়ে verb এর মূল রূপ পাও তবে সেটি ‘would’ কে বোঝায় আর যদি রূপ past participle পাও তবে সেটি ‘had’ কে বোঝায়।

See the examples:
I`d meet you in time, wouldn`t I?
I`d completed the task, hadn`t I?

Confusion-03:

Except assertive sentences, you may get also exclamatory sentences or different forms of subject. You will make tag of those sentences following these examples:

সাধারণ বাক্য ছাড়াও তুমি বিস্ময়মূলক বাক্য পেতে পারো বা subject এর ভিন্ন রূপ পেতে পারো। সেক্ষেত্রে বিষয়গুলো বোঝার জন্য নিম্নের উদাহরণগুলো লক্ষ্য করো।
See the examples:
How fine the morning is,isn`t it? (Exclamatory sentence)
Birds fly in the sky,don`t they? (Different subject)
Kindly do me a favour,will you? (Requesting words in Imperative sentence)

Tag Question এর উপর আর তেমন কিছু বলার নেই। যদি তুমি এই নিয়ম কানুনগুলো অনুসরন করো তবে তুমি Tag Question এর উপর যেকোনো প্রশ্নের উত্তর দিতে সক্ষম হবে। আমি আশা করছি যে এই অধ্যায়টি তোমাদেরকে প্রাতিষ্ঠানিক পরীক্ষায় ভালো ফলাফল করতে সাহায্য করবে। Tag Question এর উপর তোমার চিন্তাধারা কি তা আমাকে জানিও। ধন্যবাদ!

There is nothing more in tag questions. You will be able to work out any question on tag if you study all of these rules and variations. I hope, this lesson 10 Rules of Tag Questions in English will help you a lot to do better in your academic exams. Let me know about your thoughts on tag questions.

Thank you very much.

01.  No living being is above death, are they?

02.  A boy like you should not do this,should he?

03.  Allah may excuse a sinner,mayn’t He?

04.  Barking dogs seldom bite,do they?

05.  Be dignified,will you?

06.  Every action has an equal and opposite reaction,hasn’t it?

07.  Good bye,don’t I?

08.  He’s reading yesterday,wasn’t he?

09.  Men who live long grow old,don’t they?

10.  Morning shows the day,doesn’t it?

11.  My friends and I hardly go there,do we?

12.  My name and address he took with him,didn’t he?

13.  My parents and I are happy,aren’t we?

14.  Neither of them is guilty,are they?

15.  Study hard to succeed in life,will you?

16.  The sooner,the better,isn’t it?

17.  Who dares to disobey the law,don’t they?

18.  You and he went there,didn’t you?

19.  You and I came to terms,didn’t we?

20.  Many a man will come,won’t they?

21.  The little girl knew a little of the matter,did she?

22.  A barking dog seldom bites,does it?

23.  The Headmaster and the secretary said many things,didn’t they?

24.  The oldest of the men little thinks about death,does he?

25.  Some one is crying,aren’t they?

26.  What a same,isn’t it?

27.  Slow and steady win the race,don’t they?

28.  All that glitters is not gold,is it?

29.  Look here he comes,doesn’t he?

30.  The brother in him rose,didn’t it?

31.  He set up a school in his village,didn’t he?

32.  You never say what you are thinking,do you?

33.  Who cares,doesn’t he?

34.  Who dares to disobey the law,does he?

35.  What a pity,isn’t it?

36.  The will of people prevails,doesn’t it?

37.  One should do one’s duty,shouldn’t they?

38.  The girl in her will surprise you,won’t it?

39.  That he is honest is known to all,isn’t it?

40.  The tree has borne fruits,hasn’t it?

41.  The girl in her pleased us all,didn’t she?

42.  He spent few hours with us,didn’t he?

43.  I think that he is right,don’t I?

44.  The brother in him arose,didn’t it?

45.  Everybody desires success,don’t they?

46.  The pupil cut a sorry figure in the exam,didn’t they?

47.  Many a rose is born to blush unseen,aren’t they?

48.  The prime minister with all the members of the cabinet went to the U.S.A,didn’t they?

49.  It ‘s hardly rained at all this summer,has it?

50.  Your honesty charmed us,didn’t it?

51.  A lie never lies hidden for long,does it?

52.  The strong always oppress the weak,don’t they?

53.  This book is rare now,is it?

54.  When he came,I was sleeping,wasn’t I?

55.  Pray to Almighty for me,won’t you?

56.  The teacher as well as the workers may come,mayn’t they?

57.  How time does fly,doesn’t it?

58.  Something is better than nothing,isn’t it?

59.  That sounds good,doesn’t it?

60.  An ideal student hardly studies,does he?

61.  To err is human,isn’t it?

62.  The girl who came to me is my sister,isn’t she?

63.  Death knows no time,does it?

64.  That sounds great,doesn’t it?

65.  How awful,isn’t it?

66.  Good morning,isn’t it?

67.  No,there’s too much work to do,is there?

68.  He’d finished the work,hadn’t he?

69.  His economical policy played a vital role in our economy,didn’t it?

70.  Beacutiful secenary,isn’t it?

71.  It is man who pollutes the environment,isn’t it?

72.  A healthy man can reside only in a healthy body,can’t it?

73.  Every action has got an equal and opposite reaction,hasn’t it?

74.  No one knows what’ll happen next,do they?

75.  How odd! Isn’t it?

76.  The helpless will be helped,won’t they?

77.  Two and two make four,don’t they?

                More exercise

01. Nothing is impossible, is it?

02. I think everybody knows it, don’t they?

03. The idle always lag behind, don’t they?

04. Let’s motivate them, shall we?

05. Motivation seldom goes in vain, does it?

06. Congratulations, you have made an excellent result, haven’t you?

07. Thanks. But my parents and teachers also deserve the credit, don’t they?

08. We ought to remain grateful them, oughtn’t we?

09. You too studied hard, didn’t you?

10. It is our duty to study in a disciplined way, isn’t it?

11. Let us start our journey, shall we?

12. They used to play football in the afternoon, didn’t they?

13. Nobody should laugh at the blind.  Should they?

14. There is nothing for her to eat, is there?

15. Mina had better to stay at home, hadn’t she?

16. You aren’t doing the work, are you?

17. Somebody left their house yesterday, didn’t they?

18. What a beautiful day it is, isn’t it?

19. A cat catches a mouse, doesn’t it?

20. Bangladesh is our motherland, isn’t she?

21. Something is burning, aren’t they?

22. Rahim as well as his friends was present, wasn’t he?

23. He did it, didn’t he?

24. I know nothing about him, do I?

25. Let’s arrange a class party, shall we?

26. The moon shines at night, isn’t it?

27. Everybody loves flower, don’t they?

28. Nothing can satisfy him, can it?

29. He has few reasons for waiting, hasn’t he?

30. That was my pen, wasn’t it/ that?

31. Nobody believes a liar, do they?

32. We have to study English, haven’t we?

33. Let her solve the matter, will you?

34. You had better leave now, hadn’t you?

35. We ought to love our motherland, oughtn’t we?

36. Look at this paper, will you?

37. Let’s phone, shall we?

38. It is a beautiful afternoon, isn’t it?

39. Let’s go out for a walk, shall we?

40. The police arrested him, didn’t they?

41. Both are responsible, aren’t they?

42. Let’s take an oath today, shall we?

43. This is the right way to do it, isn’t this?

44. Life is very busy in the big cities, isn’t it?

45. We needed a change in thoughts, didn’t we?

46. Let us make them realize it, shall we?

47. Man is a social being, isn’t he?

48. He cannot live alone, can he?

49. It is man, who pollutes his environment, isn’t it?

50. Every mother loves her child, don’t they?

51. Don’t forget me, will you?

52. My father and I are happy, aren’t we?

53. Men should not tell a lie, should they?

54. We live in Bangladesh, don’t we?

55. The weather was fine yesterday, wasn’t it