Saturday, December 4, 2021

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 Tag Question āĻ•ি?

Tag āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻেāϰ āφāĻ­িāϧাāύিāĻ• āĻ…āϰ্āĻĨ āϜুāĻĄ়ে āĻĻেāϝ়া।

āĻ•āĻĨোāĻĒāĻ•āĻĨāύেāϰ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝেāϰ āĻļেāώে āϝে āĻāĻ•āϟি āϏāĻŽāϰ্āĻĨāύ āϏূāϚāĻ• āĻĒ্āϰāĻļ্āύ āϏংāϝোāĻ— āĻ•āϰা āĻšā§Ÿ āϤাāĻ•ে Tag Question āĻŦāϞে। āϝেāĻŽāύঃ

  1. Rahi plays cricket, doesn’t he?
  2. She went there, didn’t she?
  3. Birds can play, can’t they?
  4. It is a nice story book, isn’t it?
  5. He has done the work, hasn’t he?

āĻ•িāĻ­াāĻŦে Tag Question āĻ—āĻ āύ āĻ•āϰāϤে āĻšā§Ÿ

Tag Question āĻāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āĻŽূāϞāϤ ā§Š āϟি āωāĻĒাāĻĻাāύ āĻĨাāĻ•ে, āĻāĻ—ুāϞো āĻšāϞ: ā§§) Auxiliary Verb (āϏাāĻšাāϝ্āϝāĻ•াāϰী āĻ•্āϰি⧟া), ⧍) not/n’t (āύা āĻŦোāϧāĻ•) āĻāĻŦং ā§Š) Subject Word āĻāϰ Pronoun

āϤাāχ āĻāχ ā§Šāϟি āωāĻĒাāĻĻাāύেāϰ āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰ āĻ­াāϞāĻ­াāĻŦে āĻŦুāĻāϤে āĻĒাāϰāϞে āϏāĻšāϜেāχ Tag question āĻĒাāϰāĻŦে।

Auxiliary Verb āĻ“ Not āĻāϰ āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰ

Tag question āĻ—āĻ āĻŖে Auxiliary verb āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšৃāϤ āĻšā§Ÿ।  Negative Tag question-āĻ Auxiliary verb āĻ—ুāϞোāϰ āϏংāĻ•্āώিāĻĒ্āϤ āϰূāĻĒ āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšৃāϤ āĻšā§Ÿ। āϝেāĻŽāύঃ

  • am + not = aren’t/ain’t
  • is + not = isn’t
  • are + not = aren’t
  • do + not = don’t
  • does + not = doesn’t
  • did + not = didn’t
  • was + not = wasn’t
  • were + not = weren’t
  • shall + not = shan’t
  • would + not = wouldn’t
  • should + not = shouldn’t
  • could + not = couldn’t
  • may + not = mayn’t
  • might + not = mightn’t
  • had + not = hadn’t
  • must + not = mustn’t
  • need + not = needn’t
  • ought + not = oughtn’t

Example: He must do this, mustn’t he?

āϏাāϧাāϰāĻŖāϤ positive āĻŦা  affirmative statement -āĻ negative tag āĻāĻŦং negative statement -āĻ affirmative tag āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšৃāϤ āĻšā§Ÿ। āϏেāχ āϏাāĻĨে statement āĻāϰ āĻļেāώে comma (,) āĻāĻŦং tag question āĻāϰ āĻļেāώে āĻĒ্āϰāĻļ্āύ āĻŦোāϧāĻ• (?) āϚিāĻš্āύ āĻŦāϏে।

Positive Statement: She knows you, Negative Tag: doesn’t he?

Negative Statement: She does not know you, Positive Tag: does she?

Tag Question āĻāϰ āϏāĻ•āϞ āϏāĻšāϜ āύি⧟āĻŽ

1. Primary Auxiliary verb do, does, did, am, is, are, was, were, have, has, had āϝোāĻ—ে āĻ—āĻ িāϤ āĻ•িāĻ›ু Tag Question āύিāĻŽ্āύে āφāϞোāϚāύা āĻ•āϰা āĻšāϞঃ

  1. I am a student, aren’t I?
  2. She didn’t go there, did she?
  3. You have done it, haven’t you?
  4. They were playing football, weren’t they?
  5. He had gone there, hadn’t he?
  6. He is not a teacher, is he?


2.  Auxiliary verb āϝুāĻ•্āϤ Exclamatory Sentence-āĻ isn’t/ aren’t/ wasn’t/ weren’t āĻŦāϏে। āφāĻŦাāϰ āĻŽূāϞ Verb āϝুāĻ•্āϤ Exclamatory Sentence āĻāϰ āĻļেāώে don’t/ didn’t/ doesn’t āĻŦāϏে। āĻāĻ•্āώেāϤ্āϰে Statement āĻ Subject Noun āĻšāϞে Tag-āĻ Subject āĻāϰ PronounāĻŦāϏে। āϝেāĻŽāύঃ

  1. How beautiful the picture is, isn’t it?
  2. How nicely the bird sings, doesn’t it?


3.  Model Auxiliary Verb (may, dare, might, can, could, shall, should, will, would, must, need etc.) āϝোāĻ—ে āĻ—āĻ িāϤ Tag Question:

  1. We may fail at first, mayn’t we?
  2. You must have heard the name of  Jalaluddin Rumi, mustn’t you?
  3. None could prosper in life without utilizing time, could he?
  4. I shall do that, shan’t I?

4.  Exclamatory Sentence-āĻāϰ Subject āĻāĻŦং Verb āωāĻš্āϝ āĻĨাāĻ•āϞে, āϏেāĻ•্āώেāϤ্āϰে Sentence āĻŦুāĻে Subject āĻ“ Verb āϧāϰে āύি⧟ে Tag āĻ—āĻ āύ āĻ•āϰāϤে āĻšā§Ÿ।

  1. What an idea!, isn’t it?
  2. What a pity, isn’t it?


5.  What/ how āĻĻ্āĻŦাāϰা Exclamatory Sentence-āĻāϰ Subject āĻāĻŦং  Verb āĻ…āύুāϝা⧟ী Tag Question āĻ•āϰāϤে āĻšā§Ÿ।

  1. What a beautiful garden it is!, isn’t it?
  2. How beautiful the picture is!, isn’t it?


6.  Statement-āĻ āϝāĻĻি need/needs Verb āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšৃāϤ āĻšā§Ÿ āϤাāĻšāϞে āϏেāĻ•্āώেāϤ্āϰে Tag Question-āĻ need/needs āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦāϰ্āϤে don’t/doesn’t āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšৃāϤ āĻšā§Ÿ। āϝেāĻŽāύঃ

  1. I need a note book, don’t I?
  2. She needs a piano, doesn’t she?


7.  Imperative Statement āĻāϰ āĻŽাāϧ্āϝāĻŽে āϝāĻĻি āĻ•োāύ advice āĻŦা order āĻŦুāĻা⧟ āϏেāĻ•্āώেāϤ্āϰে Tag āĻšিāϏাāĻŦে will you/won’t you āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšৃāϤ āĻšā§Ÿ। Request āĻŦুāĻাāϞে can you/could you āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšৃāϤ āĻšā§Ÿ।

  1. Do not go there, will you?
  2. Open the door, will you?
  3. Do not tell a lie, will you?

NOTE: won’t you āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰ āύা āĻ•āϰা⧟ āĻ­াāϞ।

8.  Let’s/Let us āϝুāĻ•্āϤ Imperative Statement āϝāĻĻি  Proposal āĻŦুāĻা⧟ āϤাāĻšāϞে Tag Question āĻšিāϏাāĻŦে shall we āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšৃāϤ āĻšā§Ÿ। āϝেāĻŽāύঃ

  1. Let us have a discussion, shall we?
  2. Let’s help the poor, shall we?
  3. Let us go for a walk, shall we?

9.  Let him/her/they/Arman āĻĻি⧟ে āϝāĻ–āύ āĻ•োāύ āĻ•িāĻ›ু āĻ•āϰাāϰ āĻ…āύুāĻŽāϤি āĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤ āĻ•āϰা āĻšā§Ÿ āϤāĻ–āύ Tag Question āĻ will you āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšৃāϤ āĻšā§Ÿ। āϝেāĻŽāύঃ

  1. Let Arman take a decision, will you?
  2. Let her do the work, will you?

10.  There is/ there are/ there was/ there were āĻĻ্āĻŦাāϰা āϏূāϚিāϤ Statement āĻāϰ āĻ•্āώেāϤ্āϰে Tag Question āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে is there/isn’t there, are there/aren’t there, wasn’t there, weren’t there āĻŦāϏে। āϝেāĻŽāύঃ

  1. There is something wrong with him, isn’t there?
  2. There are three big rooms in our school library, aren’t there?

11.  It is/ It was/ It has āĻĻ্āĻŦাāϰা āϏূāϚিāϤ Statement-āĻāϰ āĻ•্āώেāϤ্āϰে Tag Question āĻšিāϏাāĻŦে is it/ isn’t it, was it/wasn’t i, has it/hasn’t it āĻŦāϏে।

  1. Yes, it is our duty to study in a disciplined way, isn’t it?
  2. It is fairly a recent invention, isn’t it?

12.  Complex Sentence-āĻ Principal Clause-āĻāϰ Subject āĻ“ verb āĻ…āύুāϝা⧟ী Tag Question āĻ—āĻ āύ āĻ•āϰāϤে āĻšā§Ÿ।


  1. If you come, I will go, won’t I?
  2. He said that he would do the work, didn’t he?


13.  Compound Sentence-āĻ āϏাāϧাāϰāĻŖāϤ 2nd Clause-āĻāϰ Subject āĻ“ Verb āĻ…āύুāϝা⧟ী Tag Question āĻ•āϰāϤে āĻšā§Ÿ। āϝেāĻŽāύঃ 

  1. Kuddus is dishonest but his sister is honest, isn’t she?
  2. Rahi is short but his brother is tall, isn’t he?


14.  As well as, and not, with, together with, along with, accompanied by, in addition to, rather then āχāϤ্āϝাāĻĻি āĻĻ্āĻŦাāϰা āĻĻুāϟি Noun/Pronoun āϝুāĻ•্āϤ āĻšāϞে ā§§āĻŽ Subject āĻ…āύুāϝা⧟ী Tag Question āĻšāĻŦে।

  1. He as well as his friends has done the work, hasn’t he?


15.  Not only……but also, Not…….but, Either……..or, neither………nor āĻ“ or āĻĻ্āĻŦাāϰা āĻĻুāϟি Subject āϝুāĻ•্āϤ āĻšāϞে 2nd Subject āĻ…āύুāϝা⧟ী Tag Question-āĻāϰ Subject āĻšā§Ÿ। 

  1. Not only Tutul but also his friends are fond of football, aren’t they?


16.  Everybody/ any body/everyone/ nobody/someone/ none āχāϤ্āϝাāĻĻি āϝāĻĻি āĻ•োāύ Statement āĻāϰ Subject āĻšিāϏাāĻŦে āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšৃāϤ āĻšā§Ÿ āϤাāĻšāϞে Tag Question-āĻ Subject āĻšিāϏাāĻŦে they āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšৃāϤ āĻšāĻŦে।

  1. Everybody dislikes a liar, don’t they?
  2. Every student wants to do well in the examination, don’t they?
  3. Nobody liked him, did they?


17.  Something/ nothing/ anything/ everything āχāϤ্āϝাāĻĻি Statement-āĻāϰ subject āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšৃāϤ āĻšāϞে Tag Question-āĻ Subject āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে it āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšৃāϤ āĻšā§Ÿ।

  1. Nothing is certain, is it?
  2. Nothing has been finished, has it?


18.  Most of you, all of you, none of you, some of you āχāϤ্āϝাāĻĻি Statement-āĻāϰ subject āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšৃāϤ āĻšāϞে Tag Question-āĻ Subject āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে you āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšৃāϤ āĻšā§Ÿ।

  1. Most of you know Bangla, don’t you?
  2. All of you know English, don’t you?


19.  Most of them, none of them, all of them Statement subject āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšৃāϤ āĻšāϞে Tag Question-āĻ Subject āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে they āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšৃāϤ āĻšāĻŦে।

  1. Most of them have visited the museum, haven’t they?
  2. None of them have done the work, have they?


20.  āĻĻেāĻļেāϰ āύাāĻŽ Subject āĻšিāϏাāĻŦে āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšৃāϤ āĻšāϞে Tag Question-āĻ Subject āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে she āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšৃāϤ āĻšāĻŦে।āϝেāĻŽāύঃ

  1. Bangladesh is an agricultural country, isn’t she?
  2. Bangladesh has so many rivers, hasn’t she?


21.  Moon, train, ship, river, ferry, earth āχāϤ্āϝাāĻĻি Subject āĻšিāϏাāĻŦে āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšৃāϤ āĻšāϞে Tag Question-āĻ Subject āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে she āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšৃāϤ āĻšāĻŦে।āϝেāĻŽāύঃ

  1. The earth is round, isn’t she?
  2. The Padma is the largest river in Bangladesh, isn’t she?

22.  Common Gender āĻšিāϏাāĻŦে Singular Noun āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšৃāϤ āĻšāϞে Subject he āĻŦāϏে।

  1. Man is mortal, isn’t he?


23.  ‍Sentence-āĻ Subject āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে that, this āĻĨাāĻ•āϞে Tag Question-āĻāϰ Subject it āĻšā§Ÿ। Subject āϝāĻĻি these those āĻšā§Ÿ āϤাāĻšāϞে Tag Question-āĻāϰ Subject they āĻšā§Ÿ।

  1. These are my books, aren’t they?
  2. That was my pencil, wasn’t it?


24.  Complex Sentence-āĻ 1st Clause-āĻ hope, believe, think, see āχāϤ্āϝাāĻĻি Verb-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ ‘that’ Conjunction-āϟি āωāĻš্āϝ āĻĨাāĻ•āϞে 2nd clause-āĻāϰ Subject āĻ“ Verb āĻ…āύুāϝা⧟ী Tag Question āĻ—āĻ āύ āĻ•āϰāϤে āĻšā§Ÿ। āĻ•িāύ্āϤ ‘that’ āĻĨাāĻ•āϞে 1st clause-āĻāϰ Subject āĻ“ Verb āĻ…āύুāϝা⧟ী Tag Question āĻ—āĻ āύ āĻ•āϰāϤে āĻšāĻŦে।

  1. I believe you will do better in the examination, won’t you?
  2. I believe that you will do better in the examination, don’t I?


25.  Statement-āĻāϰ āĻļুāϰāϤে āĻ•োāύ Adjective-āĻāϰ āĻĒূāϰ্āĻŦে the āĻŦāϏে Common Noun āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝেāϰ Subject āϰূāĻĒে āĻŦāϏāϞে Tag Question-āĻāϰ Subject āĻšিāϏাāĻŦে ‘they’ āĻšāĻŦে।

  1. The rich are not always happy, are they?

26.  I, you, we āĻāχ Pronoun āĻ—ুāϞো Proper Noun āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে Sentence-āĻāϰ Subject āĻšāϞে Tag Question-āĻāϰ Subject ‘it’ āĻšāĻŦে।

  1. ‘You’ is a pronoun, isn’t it?


27.  ‍āĻ•োāύ Sentence-āĻ used to āĻĨাāĻ•āϞেAffirmative āĻšāϞে didn’t āĻŦāϏে āĻāĻŦং Negative āĻšāϞে did āĻŦāϏে। āϤাāϰāĻĒāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻĻāϤ্āϤ Sentence-āĻāϰ āĻ…āύুāϰূāĻĒ Subject āĻŦāϏে। āϤāĻŦে āĻ•āĻ–āύāĻ“ used to-āĻāϰ to āĻŦāϏে āύা।

  1. They used to play cricket, didn’t they?


28.  āϝāĻĻি Sentence-āĻ Subject āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে one āĻĨাāĻ•ে āϤāĻŦে Tag Question-āĻ Subject āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে he āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšৃāϤ āĻšāĻŦে। 

  1. One should do one’s duty, shouldn’t he?


29.  Statement āĻ Negative āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ (few, hardly, seldom, little, scarcely, rarely, never, nothing, nobody, none) āĻĨাāĻ•āϞে Tag-āĻ Affirmative Question āĻšā§Ÿ। āϝেāĻŽāύঃ

  1. It has hardly rained at this summer, has it?
Noor E Alam Sir
University of Dhaka
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Former teacher, BIT, Gulshan
& South Point School, English Version.
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