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Question Tag

In English grammar we use sentences and  try to confirm its result. In the sentence  what we use as an additional portion is called Question Tag.
Example: The robbers were caught by the police, weren't they?
Here the under lined words are tag and they are using for confirm.                                            Short forms for Tag:

Long forms

Short forms

is not

isn’t

am not

aren’t/ ain’t

are not

aren’t

was not

wasn’t

were not

weren’t

has not

hasn’t

have not

haven’t

had not

hadn’t

can not

can’t

could not

couldn’t

should not

shouldn’t

shall not

shan’t

will not

won’t

would not

wouldn’t

may not

mayn’t

must not

mustn’t

might not

mightn’t

do not

don’t

does not

doesn’t

did not

didn’t

need not

needn’t

There are some rules for Tag Question: They are as follows:

R-1. Tag with auxiliary and modal auxiliary,: auxiliary and modals are used for questions.
They are poor, aren't they?We  should obey our parents, shouldn't we?
R-2.Without auxiliary verb/ with principle /main verb: do/does(a) Kamal plays football, doesn’t he?(b) We read book, don’t we?
R-3. With ‘Let’s’ in an imperative sentence: shall we(a) Let us go out for a walk, shall we?(b)  Let’s have a picnic, shall we?

R-4. With ‘Don’t’ in an imperative sentence:we have to put  will you
(a) Don’t run in the sun, will you?
(b) Don’t waste time, will you?

R-5. Tag with subject “I”:we have to put  aren’t/ ain’t  and Subject I.
(a) I am happy, aren’t I ?
(b) I am not quick at work, am I?

R-6. Sentence with Nothing, Nobody, everybody, somebody: Subject They/ anybody
(a) No body called me, did they/ did anybody?
(b) Everybody does this, don’t they/ doesn’t anybody?

R-7.Tag with negative words: never, no, hardly, scarcely, little, none etc.
(a) No two people think exactly alike, do they?
(b) Nobody help me, do they?

R-8. Subject with “there”: “There’ remains as a subject.
(a)There was a king in Scotland, wasn’t there?
(b) There were many problems, weren’t there?

R-9. Exclamatory sentence with  and without auxiliary verb:
(a) How meritorious the boy is, isn’t he?
(b)How loudly the boys speak, don’t they?

R-10. Imperative sentence: won’t, can, could, can’t, would, will, shall, --you? Places.
(a).Give me a pen, won’t  you?
(b) Open the door, won’t you?
(c) shut up the door, can’t you?
(d) Help me , can’t you?

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