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Tag Question āĻি?
Tag āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻেāĻ° āĻāĻিāĻ§াāĻ¨িāĻ āĻ āĻ°্āĻĨ āĻুāĻĄ়ে āĻĻেāĻ¯়া।
āĻāĻĨোāĻĒāĻāĻĨāĻ¨েāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§ āĻŦাāĻ্āĻ¯েāĻ° āĻļেāĻˇে āĻ¯ে āĻāĻāĻি āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ°্āĻĨāĻ¨ āĻ¸ূāĻāĻ āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻļ্āĻ¨ āĻ¸ংāĻ¯োāĻ āĻāĻ°া āĻšā§ āĻ¤াāĻে Tag Question āĻŦāĻ˛ে। āĻ¯েāĻŽāĻ¨ঃ
- Rahi plays cricket, doesn’t he?
- She went there, didn’t she?
- Birds can play, can’t they?
- It is a nice story book, isn’t it?
- He has done the work, hasn’t he?
āĻিāĻাāĻŦে Tag Question āĻāĻ āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ে āĻšā§
Tag Question āĻāĻ° āĻŽāĻ§্āĻ¯ে āĻŽূāĻ˛āĻ¤ ā§Š āĻি āĻāĻĒাāĻĻাāĻ¨ āĻĨাāĻে, āĻāĻুāĻ˛ো āĻšāĻ˛: ā§§) Auxiliary Verb (āĻ¸াāĻšাāĻ¯্āĻ¯āĻাāĻ°ী āĻ্āĻ°িā§া), ā§¨) not/n’t (āĻ¨া āĻŦোāĻ§āĻ) āĻāĻŦং ā§Š) Subject Word āĻāĻ° Pronoun
āĻ¤াāĻ āĻāĻ ā§ŠāĻি āĻāĻĒাāĻĻাāĻ¨েāĻ° āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšাāĻ° āĻাāĻ˛āĻাāĻŦে āĻŦুāĻāĻ¤ে āĻĒাāĻ°āĻ˛ে āĻ¸āĻšāĻেāĻ Tag question āĻĒাāĻ°āĻŦে।
Auxiliary Verb āĻ Not āĻāĻ° āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšাāĻ°
Tag question āĻāĻ āĻŖে Auxiliary verb āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšৃāĻ¤ āĻšā§। Negative Tag question-āĻ Auxiliary verb āĻুāĻ˛োāĻ° āĻ¸ংāĻ্āĻˇিāĻĒ্āĻ¤ āĻ°ূāĻĒ āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšৃāĻ¤ āĻšā§। āĻ¯েāĻŽāĻ¨ঃ
- 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?
āĻ¸াāĻ§াāĻ°āĻŖāĻ¤ positive āĻŦা affirmative statement -āĻ negative tag āĻāĻŦং negative statement -āĻ affirmative tag āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšৃāĻ¤ āĻšā§। āĻ¸েāĻ āĻ¸াāĻĨে statement āĻāĻ° āĻļেāĻˇে comma (,) āĻāĻŦং tag question āĻāĻ° āĻļেāĻˇে āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻļ্āĻ¨ āĻŦোāĻ§āĻ (?) āĻিāĻš্āĻ¨ āĻŦāĻ¸ে।
Positive Statement: She knows you, Negative Tag: doesn’t he?
Negative Statement: She does not know you, Positive Tag: does she?
Tag Question āĻāĻ° āĻ¸āĻāĻ˛ āĻ¸āĻšāĻ āĻ¨িā§āĻŽ
1. Primary Auxiliary verb do, does, did, am, is, are, was, were, have, has, had āĻ¯োāĻে āĻāĻ িāĻ¤ āĻিāĻু Tag Question āĻ¨িāĻŽ্āĻ¨ে āĻāĻ˛োāĻāĻ¨া āĻāĻ°া āĻšāĻ˛ঃ
- I am a student, aren’t I?
- She didn’t go there, did she?
- You have done it, haven’t you?
- They were playing football, weren’t they?
- He had gone there, hadn’t he?
- He is not a teacher, is he?
2. Auxiliary verb āĻ¯ুāĻ্āĻ¤ Exclamatory Sentence-āĻ isn’t/ aren’t/ wasn’t/ weren’t āĻŦāĻ¸ে। āĻāĻŦাāĻ° āĻŽূāĻ˛ Verb āĻ¯ুāĻ্āĻ¤ Exclamatory Sentence āĻāĻ° āĻļেāĻˇে don’t/ didn’t/ doesn’t āĻŦāĻ¸ে। āĻāĻ্āĻˇেāĻ¤্āĻ°ে Statement āĻ Subject Noun āĻšāĻ˛ে Tag-āĻ Subject āĻāĻ° PronounāĻŦāĻ¸ে। āĻ¯েāĻŽāĻ¨ঃ
- How beautiful the picture is, isn’t it?
- How nicely the bird sings, doesn’t it?
3. Model Auxiliary Verb (may, dare, might, can, could, shall, should, will, would, must, need etc.) āĻ¯োāĻে āĻāĻ িāĻ¤ Tag Question:
- We may fail at first, mayn’t we?
- You must have heard the name of Jalaluddin Rumi, mustn’t you?
- None could prosper in life without utilizing time, could he?
- I shall do that, shan’t I?
4. Exclamatory Sentence-āĻāĻ° Subject āĻāĻŦং Verb āĻāĻš্āĻ¯ āĻĨাāĻāĻ˛ে, āĻ¸েāĻ্āĻˇেāĻ¤্āĻ°ে Sentence āĻŦুāĻে Subject āĻ Verb āĻ§āĻ°ে āĻ¨িā§ে Tag āĻāĻ āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ে āĻšā§।
- What an idea!, isn’t it?
- What a pity, isn’t it?
5. What/ how āĻĻ্āĻŦাāĻ°া Exclamatory Sentence-āĻāĻ° Subject āĻāĻŦং Verb āĻ āĻ¨ুāĻ¯াā§ী Tag Question āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ে āĻšā§।
- What a beautiful garden it is!, isn’t it?
- How beautiful the picture is!, isn’t it?
6. Statement-āĻ āĻ¯āĻĻি need/needs Verb āĻšিāĻ¸েāĻŦে āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšৃāĻ¤ āĻšā§ āĻ¤াāĻšāĻ˛ে āĻ¸েāĻ্āĻˇেāĻ¤্āĻ°ে Tag Question-āĻ need/needs āĻāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°িāĻŦāĻ°্āĻ¤ে don’t/doesn’t āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšৃāĻ¤ āĻšā§। āĻ¯েāĻŽāĻ¨ঃ
- I need a note book, don’t I?
- She needs a piano, doesn’t she?
7. Imperative Statement āĻāĻ° āĻŽাāĻ§্āĻ¯āĻŽে āĻ¯āĻĻি āĻোāĻ¨ advice āĻŦা order āĻŦুāĻাā§ āĻ¸েāĻ্āĻˇেāĻ¤্āĻ°ে Tag āĻšিāĻ¸াāĻŦে will you/won’t you āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšৃāĻ¤ āĻšā§। Request āĻŦুāĻাāĻ˛ে can you/could you āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšৃāĻ¤ āĻšā§।
- Do not go there, will you?
- Open the door, will you?
- Do not tell a lie, will you?
NOTE: won’t you āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšাāĻ° āĻ¨া āĻāĻ°াā§ āĻাāĻ˛।
8. Let’s/Let us āĻ¯ুāĻ্āĻ¤ Imperative Statement āĻ¯āĻĻি Proposal āĻŦুāĻাā§ āĻ¤াāĻšāĻ˛ে Tag Question āĻšিāĻ¸াāĻŦে shall we āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšৃāĻ¤ āĻšā§। āĻ¯েāĻŽāĻ¨ঃ
- Let us have a discussion, shall we?
- Let’s help the poor, shall we?
- Let us go for a walk, shall we?
9. Let him/her/they/Arman āĻĻিā§ে āĻ¯āĻāĻ¨ āĻোāĻ¨ āĻিāĻু āĻāĻ°াāĻ° āĻ āĻ¨ুāĻŽāĻ¤ি āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻ্āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°া āĻšā§ āĻ¤āĻāĻ¨ Tag Question āĻ will you āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšৃāĻ¤ āĻšā§। āĻ¯েāĻŽāĻ¨ঃ
- Let Arman take a decision, will you?
- Let her do the work, will you?
10. There is/ there are/ there was/ there were āĻĻ্āĻŦাāĻ°া āĻ¸ূāĻিāĻ¤ Statement āĻāĻ° āĻ্āĻˇেāĻ¤্āĻ°ে Tag Question āĻšিāĻ¸েāĻŦে is there/isn’t there, are there/aren’t there, wasn’t there, weren’t there āĻŦāĻ¸ে। āĻ¯েāĻŽāĻ¨ঃ
- There is something wrong with him, isn’t there?
- There are three big rooms in our school library, aren’t there?
11. It is/ It was/ It has āĻĻ্āĻŦাāĻ°া āĻ¸ূāĻিāĻ¤ Statement-āĻāĻ° āĻ্āĻˇেāĻ¤্āĻ°ে Tag Question āĻšিāĻ¸াāĻŦে is it/ isn’t it, was it/wasn’t i, has it/hasn’t it āĻŦāĻ¸ে।
- Yes, it is our duty to study in a disciplined way, isn’t it?
- It is fairly a recent invention, isn’t it?
12. Complex Sentence-āĻ Principal Clause-āĻāĻ° Subject āĻ verb āĻ āĻ¨ুāĻ¯াā§ী Tag Question āĻāĻ āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ে āĻšā§।
- If you come, I will go, won’t I?
- He said that he would do the work, didn’t he?
13. Compound Sentence-āĻ āĻ¸াāĻ§াāĻ°āĻŖāĻ¤ 2nd Clause-āĻāĻ° Subject āĻ Verb āĻ āĻ¨ুāĻ¯াā§ী Tag Question āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ে āĻšā§। āĻ¯েāĻŽāĻ¨ঃ
- Kuddus is dishonest but his sister is honest, isn’t she?
- 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 āĻāĻ¤্āĻ¯াāĻĻি āĻĻ্āĻŦাāĻ°া āĻĻুāĻি Noun/Pronoun āĻ¯ুāĻ্āĻ¤ āĻšāĻ˛ে ā§§āĻŽ Subject āĻ āĻ¨ুāĻ¯াā§ী Tag Question āĻšāĻŦে।
- 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 āĻĻ্āĻŦাāĻ°া āĻĻুāĻি Subject āĻ¯ুāĻ্āĻ¤ āĻšāĻ˛ে 2nd Subject āĻ āĻ¨ুāĻ¯াā§ী Tag Question-āĻāĻ° Subject āĻšā§।
- Not only Tutul but also his friends are fond of football, aren’t they?
16. Everybody/ any body/everyone/ nobody/someone/ none āĻāĻ¤্āĻ¯াāĻĻি āĻ¯āĻĻি āĻোāĻ¨ Statement āĻāĻ° Subject āĻšিāĻ¸াāĻŦে āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšৃāĻ¤ āĻšā§ āĻ¤াāĻšāĻ˛ে Tag Question-āĻ Subject āĻšিāĻ¸াāĻŦে they āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšৃāĻ¤ āĻšāĻŦে।
- Everybody dislikes a liar, don’t they?
- Every student wants to do well in the examination, don’t they?
- Nobody liked him, did they?
17. Something/ nothing/ anything/ everything āĻāĻ¤্āĻ¯াāĻĻি Statement-āĻāĻ° subject āĻšিāĻ¸েāĻŦে āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšৃāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ˛ে Tag Question-āĻ Subject āĻšিāĻ¸েāĻŦে it āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšৃāĻ¤ āĻšā§।
- Nothing is certain, is it?
- Nothing has been finished, has it?
18. Most of you, all of you, none of you, some of you āĻāĻ¤্āĻ¯াāĻĻি Statement-āĻāĻ° subject āĻšিāĻ¸েāĻŦে āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšৃāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ˛ে Tag Question-āĻ Subject āĻšিāĻ¸েāĻŦে you āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšৃāĻ¤ āĻšā§।
- Most of you know Bangla, don’t you?
- All of you know English, don’t you?
19. Most of them, none of them, all of them Statement subject āĻšিāĻ¸েāĻŦে āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšৃāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ˛ে Tag Question-āĻ Subject āĻšিāĻ¸েāĻŦে they āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšৃāĻ¤ āĻšāĻŦে।
- Most of them have visited the museum, haven’t they?
- None of them have done the work, have they?
20. āĻĻেāĻļেāĻ° āĻ¨াāĻŽ Subject āĻšিāĻ¸াāĻŦে āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšৃāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ˛ে Tag Question-āĻ Subject āĻšিāĻ¸েāĻŦে she āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšৃāĻ¤ āĻšāĻŦে।āĻ¯েāĻŽāĻ¨ঃ
- Bangladesh is an agricultural country, isn’t she?
- Bangladesh has so many rivers, hasn’t she?
21. Moon, train, ship, river, ferry, earth āĻāĻ¤্āĻ¯াāĻĻি Subject āĻšিāĻ¸াāĻŦে āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšৃāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ˛ে Tag Question-āĻ Subject āĻšিāĻ¸েāĻŦে she āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšৃāĻ¤ āĻšāĻŦে।āĻ¯েāĻŽāĻ¨ঃ
- The earth is round, isn’t she?
- The Padma is the largest river in Bangladesh, isn’t she?
22. Common Gender āĻšিāĻ¸াāĻŦে Singular Noun āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšৃāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ˛ে Subject he āĻŦāĻ¸ে।
- Man is mortal, isn’t he?
23. Sentence-āĻ Subject āĻšিāĻ¸েāĻŦে that, this āĻĨাāĻāĻ˛ে Tag Question-āĻāĻ° Subject it āĻšā§। Subject āĻ¯āĻĻি these those āĻšā§ āĻ¤াāĻšāĻ˛ে Tag Question-āĻāĻ° Subject they āĻšā§।
- These are my books, aren’t they?
- That was my pencil, wasn’t it?
24. Complex Sentence-āĻ 1st Clause-āĻ hope, believe, think, see āĻāĻ¤্āĻ¯াāĻĻি Verb-āĻāĻ° āĻĒāĻ° ‘that’ Conjunction-āĻি āĻāĻš্āĻ¯ āĻĨাāĻāĻ˛ে 2nd clause-āĻāĻ° Subject āĻ Verb āĻ āĻ¨ুāĻ¯াā§ী Tag Question āĻāĻ āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ে āĻšā§। āĻিāĻ¨্āĻ¤ ‘that’ āĻĨাāĻāĻ˛ে 1st clause-āĻāĻ° Subject āĻ Verb āĻ āĻ¨ুāĻ¯াā§ী Tag Question āĻāĻ āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ে āĻšāĻŦে।
- I believe you will do better in the examination, won’t you?
- I believe that you will do better in the examination, don’t I?
25. Statement-āĻāĻ° āĻļুāĻ°āĻ¤ে āĻোāĻ¨ Adjective-āĻāĻ° āĻĒূāĻ°্āĻŦে the āĻŦāĻ¸ে Common Noun āĻšিāĻ¸েāĻŦে āĻŦাāĻ্āĻ¯েāĻ° Subject āĻ°ূāĻĒে āĻŦāĻ¸āĻ˛ে Tag Question-āĻāĻ° Subject āĻšিāĻ¸াāĻŦে ‘they’ āĻšāĻŦে।
- The rich are not always happy, are they?
26. I, you, we āĻāĻ Pronoun āĻুāĻ˛ো Proper Noun āĻšিāĻ¸েāĻŦে Sentence-āĻāĻ° Subject āĻšāĻ˛ে Tag Question-āĻāĻ° Subject ‘it’ āĻšāĻŦে।
- ‘You’ is a pronoun, isn’t it?
27. āĻোāĻ¨ Sentence-āĻ used to āĻĨাāĻāĻ˛েAffirmative āĻšāĻ˛ে didn’t āĻŦāĻ¸ে āĻāĻŦং Negative āĻšāĻ˛ে did āĻŦāĻ¸ে। āĻ¤াāĻ°āĻĒāĻ° āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻĻāĻ¤্āĻ¤ Sentence-āĻāĻ° āĻ āĻ¨ুāĻ°ূāĻĒ Subject āĻŦāĻ¸ে। āĻ¤āĻŦে āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻ used to-āĻāĻ° to āĻŦāĻ¸ে āĻ¨া।
- They used to play cricket, didn’t they?
28. āĻ¯āĻĻি Sentence-āĻ Subject āĻšিāĻ¸েāĻŦে one āĻĨাāĻে āĻ¤āĻŦে Tag Question-āĻ Subject āĻšিāĻ¸েāĻŦে he āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšৃāĻ¤ āĻšāĻŦে।
- One should do one’s duty, shouldn’t he?
29. Statement āĻ Negative āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ (few, hardly, seldom, little, scarcely, rarely, never, nothing, nobody, none) āĻĨাāĻāĻ˛ে Tag-āĻ Affirmative Question āĻšā§। āĻ¯েāĻŽāĻ¨ঃ
- It has hardly rained at this summer, has it?
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