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Structure of Tag Questions Positive structure →AV + PNHe is not clever, is he?

Negative structure →AV+ not +PNHe is clever, isn’t he?

�Positive main clause →Negative tag Question You are student, aren’t you?

�Negative main clause →Positive tag Question You are not student, are you?

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Long form to short form

Long form of verb Short form of verbDo not Don’t

Does not Doesn’t

Did not Didn’t

Am not Aren’t

Is not Isn’t

Are not Aren’t

Was not Wasn’t

Were not Weren’t

Shall not Shan’t

Will not Won’t

Has not Hasn’t

Had not Hadn’t

Have to Don’t

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Long form to short form

Long form of verb Short form of verb

Can not Can’t

Could not Couldn’t

May not Mayn’t

Might not Mightn’t

Should not Shouldn’t

Must not Mustn’t

Need not Needn’t

Dare not Daren’t

Have not Haven’t

Has to Doesn’t

Had to Didn’t

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R#01 �Present indefinite-AffirmativeV-1=Do /Don’t

V+s/es=Does/ Doesn’t

� We love Bangladesh, don’t we?

� She doesn't like me, does she?

�Past indefiniteV-2=Did/ Didn’t

� They went to Botanical park, didn’t they?

�Future Indefinite Will+V1=Will/ wont

� I will not learn English, will I?

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R#02 �Auxiliary verbs + other tenseYou are good boy, aren’t you?

You are not good boy, are you?

Classification of Tense

1.Present tense 2.Ppast tense 3.Future tense 1. Indefinite

2. Continuous

3. Perfect

4. Perfect continuous

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R#03 �Imperative sentence==Will you1. Do the work, will you?

2. Do not do the work, will you?

3. Please, help the poor, will you?

4. Let him do the work, will you?

R#04�Let’s/ let us>Shall weLet’s go to university, shall we?

Let us have a visit on Friday, shall we?

Imperative Sentence

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R#05�Imperative sentence-Invite>won’t you?Say something, won’t you?

�Imperative sentence-should to do/Not>can’t you

Write clearly to get marks, can’t you?

Imperative Sentence

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R#06

�it/there> it/thereThere is no pond in this village, is there?

It is a good idea, isn’t it?

R#07 �Nothing/ anything/ something/ baby/ this/ that/ it>it

Everything is all right, isn’t it?

R#08 �Nobody /anyone/ anybody/ neither/ no one/

everybody/ somebody/ everyone/ someone/ none>they

Nobody believes a liar, do they?

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R#09�Hardly/ scarcely/ seldom/ barely/ little/ few/ never/ rarely/ nothing/

neither/ no one/ nobody/ none>these are used negative sense

He hardly comes here, does he?�Exceptional>A little/ a few affirmative

R#10�When auxiliary verb used as a main verb>Tag question will be

according to indefinite tense

You have car, don’t you?

She had a nice pen, didn’t she?

R#11�No auxiliary verb & subject in Exclamatory sentence>isn’t it

How beautiful, isn’t it?

What a nonsense, isn’t it?

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R#12�If have auxiliary verb & subject>According to tag question

How beautiful the bird is, isn’t it?

How nice the gardens are, aren’t they?

R#13�Sub’d + V-1>S + would + V-1I’d take my exam well, wouldn’t I?

�Sub’d + V-3 >S + had + V-3He’d played football moderately, hadn’t he?

R#14�All of you/ some of you/ none of you/ most of you/everybody of

you/ everyone of you>you

Some of you can speak well, can’t you?

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R#15�All of us/ none of us/ some of us/ most of us/ everyone of

us/ everybody of us>We

All of us have done it, haven’t we?

R#16�All of them/ none of them/ some of them/ most of

them/ everyone of them/ everybody of them>They

Most of them were absent, weren’t they?

R#17�One>he

One cannot eat 1 kg of sweet alone, can he?

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R#18�The dog/ cat/ baby/ child/ table/ chair>it

The dog is beautiful, isn’t it?

R#19�The titanic-ship/ the surma express-train/ the moon/ the

earth/ the spring/ the name of aero-plane>she/ it

The earth is round, isn’t it?

R#20�The sun/ death/ the summer/ the winter/ war>he/it

The sun rises in the east, doesn’t it?

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R#21�The mother/ the father/ the boy/ the girl/ the lion/ the

fox/ the best + in him/ in her>it

The fox found in him, didn’t it?

R#22�The + Adjective>they

The rich are not always happy, are they?

R#23�Complex sentence>Main clause will be tag question-

Maximum time

Unless you come, I will not teach you, will I?

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R#24�Subject + think/believes/know>Both clause can be tag

question

I think you are right, aren’t you?

R#25�When dare/need use as a main verb>Tag question will

be according to tense. On other hand these are use as a

modals verb.

He dares to go, doesn’t he?

R#26�When Infinitive/Participle use as a subject>it use in tag

question

To speak the truth is virtue, isn’t it?

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R#27�Either/ Neither>They

Either of the boys complained against you, didn’t they?

R#28�Nation means-the Chinese/ the British>They

The Chinese work hard, don’t they?

R#29�When many person joint by and>

�You and I >we

�You and he>you

�You, he and I>we

�I and he>we

�I and you>we

�I, he and you>we

You and I have done the work, haven’t we?

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R#30�No subject in proverb>it

Money is second god, isn’t it?

R#31�Material noun-Singular>it, Plural>they

The pen writes well, doesn’t it?

The sticks are strong, aren’t they?

R#32�Animal singular>it, Plural>they

The cat likes milk, doesn’t it?

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R#33�The + Adjective-Singular noun>he/she, Plural>they

The ideal man has failed to do the work, hasn’t he?

The poor man suffers a lot, don’t they?

R#34�Mother land>she, Father land>he

Bangladesh is a beautiful country, isn’t she?

R#35�Masculine gender>he, Feminine gender>she

The master was cruel, wasn’t he?

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R#36�Who cares/who saves>do they

Who saves our country, do they?

R#37�Ought to>should

Student ought to study properly, shouldn’t they?

R#38�If we find two clause sentences, Principle clause will be

tag question.

When you go there, I will meet you, won’t I?

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