Making Question Tag | English Grammar

Making Question Tag

1. यदि statement positive हो तो question tag negative होता है Positive statement + negative question tag

• You take tea, don’t you?


• She is beautiful, isn’t she?


• Rohit went to school, didn’t he?


• He will help me, won’t he?


• I am all right, aren’t I?

2. यदि statement negative हो तो question tag positive होता है Negative statement + Positive question tag

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  • You don’t take tea, do you?
  
  
  
  

• She is not beautiful, is she?


• Rohit did not go to school, did he?


• He will not help me, will he?


• I am not happy, am I?

3. यदि neither, no, not, never, none, no one, nobody nothing, few, little, hardly, rarely, scarcely, seldom का प्रमोग हो तो question tag positive होता है

• They had no friends, had they?


• No one knows this, do they?


• Nobody is allowed to come, are they?


• Nothing is perfect, is it?


• They have nothing, have they?


• Few people will come, will they?


• Neither of them helped her, did they?


• He knows little about her, does he?

4. When a few and a little is used than negative tag must be used.

• She has a little knowledge, hasn’t she?


• Only a few students will get the award, won’t they?

5. Positive or negative question tags can be used with positive request or command.

• Open the door, will you?
  Open the door, won’t you?


• Please give me a pen, will you?
  Please give me a pen, won’t you?

6. Positive question tag must be used with positive request or command.

• Don’t open the gate, will you?


• Don’t go there, will you?


• Don’t forget me, will you?


• Don’t try to cheat me, will you?

7. Shall we? Must be used with the sentences starting with let us or let’s.

• Let’s dance, shall we?


• Let’s go, shall we?
  But, with let him/her/them/Ram/My friend….etc. “Will you” must be used as a question tag.


• Let him play, will you?


• Let them go out, will you?

8. If an imperative sentence shows angriness than “can’t you?” Must be used as a question tag.

• Use your own car, can’t you?


• Use your own mind, can’t you?


• Shut up, can’t you?