Question tag | English

• Question tags are short questions at the end of statements.
• A positive statement is followed by a negative question tag
• He’s a doctor, isn't he?
• A negative statement is followed by a positive question tag
• She isn't coming, is she?
• with auxiliary verb
  You've got a car, haven't you?
• without auxiliary verb  (don't, doesn't, didn't use appropriate form). He likes tennis , doesn't he?

Exceptions

• I am use aren't I  - I am attractive, aren't I?
• Let's use shall we  - Let's go to the beach, shall we?
• Although the negative word not is not in the sentence, the sentence can be negative. Then we use the positive question tag. Few , little, hardly, scarcely, rarely, barely, seldom, nobody,no one,none,nothing, never etc are negative words.
  He never goes out with his dog, does he?
• A few , a little etc are positive words so we use negative question tag.
• Use will/would with imperatives ( ‘won't you’ is used for  inevitable statement)
  Open the window, will you?
• Be careful while you are driving, won't you?
• When subject is nothing,something, everything,this,that,little,a little we use it
• Nothing bad happened, did it?
• When subject is nobody, no one, somebody ,someone, everybody, everyone , anyone , anybody, these,those….followed by singular verb , but in question tag part plural verb and  plural pronoun(they)
• No one likes going to the hospital , do they?

Questions

1.The question tag for ‘He said nothing, _________’ ? Is 
Answer : did he ?(LD Clerk SR for ST only 2020)

2018
1.They haven't remitted their fees, _______________?
Answer : have they (Caretaker Male 2018)

2.They are neither brilliant, nor hardworking,______?
 Answer : are they (STORE KEEPER-KSFDC 2018)

3.Chitra dances well, ––––––––––––? 
Answer : doesn’t she? (WOMEN POLICE CONSTABLE NCA 2018) 


4.Add a suitable question tag to the following sentence
Let's watch the movie,_______?
Answer : Shall we ? (Secretary,Block Panchayat 2018)

5.Let us sing a song. ______ ?
Answer : shall we (Civil Police Officer 2018)

6.Drinking and driving do not go together, _______ ?
Answer : do they (Assistant Prison Officer 2018)

7.You are going home now, __________ ?
Answer : aren’t you (Lab Assistant in HSE 2018)

8.You understand what I'm saying. Add question tag?
Answer : Don't you? (Attender Gr.II 2018)

9.I am a fisherman , __________
Answer : aren't I (Lab Assistant in HSE 2018)

10.No one __________ going to the hospital. Do they ?
Answer : likes (Women Civil Excise Officer 2018)

11.Roy stood first in the test, ________ ? 
Answer : didn’t he ? (Lab Assistant - HSE 2018)

2017

1.She seldom phones me, ______?
Answer : does she? (ARMED POLICE SUB INSPECTOR TRAINEE 2017)

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