English 2 nd paper Class: 9 & 10 Tag questions Md. Zeaul Hassan Assistant teacher Gazalia Adarsha High School Kachua, Bagerhat.

He is a good boy. She has not bought a book. + Is he a good boy? Is he not a good boy? Isn’t he a good boy? He is a good boy, isn’t he? Has she bought a book? + She has not bought a book, has she? Tag questions =

How to make tag questions 1. Use auxiliary/helping verb to make the question. 24 helping verbs: To be: am, is, are, was, were To do: do, does, did To have: have, has, had Modal: can, could, may, might, will, would, shall, should, ought to, used to, need, dare, must If there is no helping verb, use ‘do/does’ in present tense and use ‘did’ in past tense.

Make a negative question if the statement is affirmative. a) He was reading a letter, wasn’t he? b)They have killed a tiger, haven’t they? c)We are playing ball, aren’t we ? a)She is not sleeping, is she? b)You are not sincere to your study, are you? c)I do not hate the poor, do I? Make an affirmative question if the statement is negative.

Use contracted form of helping verb and not (n’t) Such as: Is not=isn’t Are not=aren’t Was not=wasn’t Some exceptional: Am not= aren’t/ ain’t Shall not= shan’t Will not= won’t Can not= can’t

Use pronoun in the question ifso Rahim, Karim, any name like thesehe Rina, Shila, any name like theseshe Any plural subjectsthey Name of a thingit Name of animalIt Name of a country, ship etc.She To+verb/ verb+ingIt The+adjectiveThey Somebody, someone, anybody, anyone, Nobody, no one, every body, everyone, all they

SOME NEGATIVE WORDS No, not, never, nothing, neither, nobody, no one, none, hardly, rarely, seldom, few, little, If any one of the above stated word is used in the statement, the question will be affirmative. a)I hardly go there, do I? b)He has few friends, has he? c)Nobody believes a liar, do they?

Tag question in imperative sentences. a)Come here, will you/won’t you? b)Open the door, will you/won’t you? c)Do not waste your time, will you? d)Never tell a lie, will you? An imperative sentence without ‘let’ takes question ‘will you’ or ‘won’t you.’ a)Let me sing a song, will you? b)Let us play ball, shall we? If there is ‘let me/let him/let them, question will be ‘will you’ and if there is ‘let us/let’s’ the question will be ‘shall we’.

Evaluation a)Bangladesh is a beautiful country, ? b)Fishes cannot fly, ? c)Birds can fly, ? d)The rich are not always happy, ? e)Nobody can tolerate this, ? f)Please, sit down, ? g)Do not hate the poor, ? h)Let him say whatever he likes, ? i)Let us do the work, ? j)Walking is a good exercise, ? a)isn’t she? B) can they? C)can’t they? D)are they? E)can they? F)will you/won’t you? G) will you? H) will you? i) shall we? J) isn’t it ?

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