Rules of Tag Question

Md. Delowar Hossen

B.A. Hon.s (English Literature)

What is Tag Question?

Ø  Tag শব্দের আভিধানিক অর্থ হল জুড়ে দেয়া, অর্থাৎ কথাবার্তা বলার সময় আমরা কথার সঠিকতা যাচাইয়ের জন্য শ্রতার সমর্থন চেয়ে বাক্যে যা জুড়ে দেয়া হয় তাই Tag question বা টেগ ।  সাধারণত Tag question-এ শব্দগুচ্ছ জুড়ে দিয়ে Subject-এর কাজ বা অবস্থা সম্পর্কে Negative (Not) বা Positive (Yes) উত্তর প্রত্যাশা করা হয়। অর্থাৎ, Assertive-এর affirmative sentence-কে Tag question করলে এবং Negative (Not) এবং Negative Sentence-কে Tag question করলে তা Positive form ধারণ করে।  Example:

·         You are sick, aren’t you? 

·          He is coming, isn’t he?

Ø  Tag এর মধ্যে capital letter ব্যবহার করা যাবে না। শুধু Allah এর পরিবর্তে He এবং আমি অর্থে  “I” capital letter হবে।

Ø  বাক্যটি affirmative হলে tag হয় negative আর বাক্যটি negative হলে tag হবে affirmative.

Rules of tag question:

1.      বাকের মধ্যে auxiliary verb থাকলে তার সাথে সংক্ষেপে not এবং subject নিতে হয়। [not থাকলে তা উঠে যায়। ]

Example: He is a brilliant student, isn`t he?

    You need not go to the field, need you?

2.      বাকের মধ্যে auxiliary verb না থাকলে tense নির্ধারণ করতে হয়। present tense হলে do/does এবং past tense হলে did যোগ করতে হয়।

Example: We learn English, don`t we? / We do not learn English, do we?

                  They solved the problem, didn`t they? / They did not solve the problem, did they?

3.      Sentence  Gi   মধ্যে am থাকলে are দ্বারা tag করতে হয় । তবে am not থাকলে amদ্বারা tag করতে হয়।

Example: I am a student, aren`t I?

    I am not busy, am I?

4.      Imperative sentence হলে tag হবে will you? অন্যান্য modal দ্বারা ও করা যায়।

Example: open your book, will you?

5.      Imperative Sentence  Gi   Positive request(Aby‡iva) /Command(Av‡`k)Gi  †¶‡Î tag wU Positive n‡Z cv‡i Avevi  Negative I n‡Z cv‡i |

Example: Shut the door, will you?                   

                   lend me some money, won’t you?

6.      Do not/Never দ্বারা শুরু হলে tag হবে will you?

Example: Do not disturb me, will you?

7.      Aby‡ivam~PK (Please, Kindly, Would) ev‡K¨i †¶‡Î  Would you/can you/can’t you/could you/couldn’t you  mvavibZ e¨eüZ nq | Z‡e will you/won’t you I e¨eüZ  n†Z cv‡i |

Kindly do me a favour, can you/will you?

Please lend me some money, could you/will you?

8.      Let me/let her/let him/let them দ্বারা বাক্য শুরু হলে tag হবে will you?

Example: Let me do it, will you?

9.      Let us দ্বারা বাক্য শুরু হলে tag হবে shall we?

Example: Let us go out for a walk, shall we?

10. Exclamatory sentence –এ subject ও verb না থাকলে tag হবে isn`t it?

Example: How funny! isn`t it?

11. Be Verb hy³ Exclamatory Sentence G isn’t/aren’t/wasn’t/weren’t e‡m Ges Subject Noun  n‡j Gi Pronoun  e¨eüZ  nq |

Example: How nice the flower is, isn’t it?           How beautiful the garden is, isn’t it?

12. g~j Verb hy³ Exclamatory Sentence  G don’t/doesn’t/didn’t  e¨eüZ  nq |

Example: How sweetly the bird sings, doesn’t it?

13. We e¨ZxZ †Kvb Sentence Gi Subject Plural  n‡j Tag-G iƒcvšÍ‡ii mgq mvnvh¨Kvix  Verb Gi  c‡i  they e‡m |

Example: Sinners suffer in the long run, don’t they?           Birds can’t swim, can they?

14. বাকের subject হিসেবে everybody/everyone/somebody/someone/nobody/no one/none/neither etc. থাকলে ইহার পরিবর্তে they বসে।

Example: Everybody wants success, don`t they?

15. No + noun/Every + noun/Some + noun থাকলে এগুলোর পরিবর্তে they বসে।

Example: No man can prosper in life without industry, can they?

16. বাকের subject  হিসেবে nothing/something/anything/everything/baby etcথাকলে ইহার পরিবর্তে it বসে।

Example: Nothing is impossible, is it?

17. বাকের sub হিসেবে the mother/ the father/ the sister/the brother থাকলে এবং abstract quality বোঝালে ইহার পরিবর্তে it বসে।

Example: The mother rose in her, didn`t it?

18. g~j ev‡K¨ Subject I Auxiliary verb msw¶ß AvKv‡i Aem&_vb Ki‡j Tag question Kivi Av‡M msw¶ß AvKv‡ii mwVK iƒcwU wbwðZ n‡Z n‡e |

Example: He’d go there, wouldn’t he?                                    (He’d =He would)

      He’d gone there, hadn’t he?                                    (He’d= He had)

19. বাকের মধ্যে hardly/scarcely/seldom/barely/little/few/never/nobody/none/nothing/no/neither/rarely

/ever /little etc থাকলে tag এ not যুক্ত হয় না।

Example: She hardly visits me, does she?

20. Complex sentence এর ক্ষেত্রে main clause এর tag question করতে হয়।

Example: when he came, I was reading, wasn`t I ?

21. Subject +think/ believe/know থাকলে উভয় clause দ্বারা tag করা যায়।

Example: I think you are Razzak Saheb, don`t I ?/ aren`t you?

22. বাকের subject হিসেবে যদি all of you/ some of you/ most of you/ none of you/everyone of you etc থাকে তবে tag এ you বসে।

Example: Most of you have failed, haven`t you?

23. বাকের subject যদি all of them/some of them/most of them/none of them/ everyone of them etc থাকে তবে tag এ they বসে ।

Example: Some of them did the job, didn`t they?

24. Who cares/ who loves/who saves- এ ধরনের বাক্য হলে tag হয় do they?

Example: who loves, do they?

25. বিভিন্ন person and দ্বারা যুক্ত হলেঃ

You and I	We		You, He and I	We
You and He	You		I and He	We
I and You	We		I, He and You	We

Example: I and he are doing the work, aren`t we?

26. ev‡K¨i ïi“‡Z There is _vK‡j Tag question As‡k  isn’t there  e¨eüZ  nq | ev‡K¨i ïi“‡Z There are _vK‡j Tag question As‡k  aren’t there  e¨eüZ  nq |

Example: There is a mistake, isn’t there?         There are many books on the table, aren’t there?

27. wKšÍ ev‡K¨i ïi“‡Z There is no _vK‡j Tag question As‡k is there e¨eüZ  nq |

Example: There is no king in China, is there?

28. Statement Gi Subject  wn‡m‡e  hw` BZi cÖvYx, wkky ev Ro c`v_© e¨en~Z nq †m†¶‡Î Tag question Gi subject wn‡m‡e It e¨eüZ  nq |

Example:  The baby is crying for its mother, isn’t it?             The dog is a faithful animal, isn’t it?                      

29. Statement Gi Subject  wn‡m‡e  This/that e¨eüZ n‡j †m†¶‡Î Tag question Gi subject wn‡m‡e It e¨en~Z nq | Avevi Statement Gi Subject  wn‡m‡e  These/those e¨en~Z n‡j †m†¶‡Î Tag question Gi subject wn‡m‡e They e¨eüZ  nq

Example:  This is a book, isn’t it?                                         These are my books, aren’t they?

30. ‡Uªb, (The Padma Express, The Surma Express etc) RvnvR,(The Titanic ,The The Bengal,) †`k,(Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Japan, etc)wegvb (The Biman Bangladesh Airlines, The Sudia Airlans )Puv`,(The moon)c„w_ex,(The Earth)emšÍ (The Spring), The Autumn,Nature,Liberty,Justic,Mercy,Hope,Charity,Love,Steamer,Launch,Boat,BuscÖf„wZ‡K Feminine gender wn‡m‡e Mb¨ Kiv nq| G me Noun Øviv gnZ¡,†mŠ›`h© I D`viZv cÖKvk K‡i| myZivs Gi Subject wn‡m‡e  e¨en~Z n‡j Tag question Gi Subject wn‡m‡e She e¨eüZ  nq | Z‡e G†¶‡Î it e¨eüZ  n‡Z cv‡i |

Example: The moon has hidden her face behind the cloud, hasn’t she/it?

The Spring came with all her beauties, didn’t she/it?

Bangladesh is not rich in mineral resources, is she?

The Jamuna Express is running at a full speed, isn’t she/it?

31. Statement G Verb  wn‡m‡e  hw`  have to _vK‡j  Tag question G  doesn’t/don’t e‡m Ges had to _vK‡j didn’t e‡m | Z‡e G†¶‡Î haven’t/hadn’t e¨eüZ  n‡Z cv‡i |

Example: They have to do it, don’t they?/haven’t they?         We had to do it, don’t we?

32. The Sun, summer, Winter, Fire, death, Storm,Flood, war, winter, Sidr, Tidal bore,Tidal wave, Earthquake/Cyclone cÖf„wZ Masculine gender wn‡m‡e MY¨ Kiv nq |myZivs Giv Subject wn‡m‡e e¨eüZ  n‡j G‡`i cwie‡Z© Tag question G Subject wn‡m‡e he e‡m | G me Noun Øviv w¶cÖZv,cÖPÛZv, cÖKvk K‡i| Z‡e it I e¨eüZ  n‡Z cv‡i |

Example: The Sun sheds his beams on the rich hand the poor alike, doesn’t he/it?

33. He has a problem G ai‡bi †K `yfv‡e cwieZ©b Kiv hvq |

Example:  He has a problem, doesn’t he?         He has a problem, hasn’t he?

34. ‡Kvb Statement G Subject Gi c~‡e© hw` Adjective _v‡K Z‡e †m†¶‡Î Tag question G any e‡m |

Example:  No money is allowed, isn’t any?

35. ‡Kvb ev‡K¨ had better /had rather _vK‡j †m†¶‡Î Tag question G hadn’t e‡m |

Example:  You had better stay in bed, hadn’t you?   You had rather wait here a moment, hadn’t you?

36. ‡Kvb ev‡K¨ Would  _vK‡j †m†¶‡Î Tag question G wouldn’t  e‡m |

Example:  You would rather help him, wouldn’t you?

37. Infinitive(to+ verb)I Gerund (Verb +ing ) ‡Kvb ev‡K¨  Subject  wn‡m‡e e¨eüZ  n‡j Tag question Kivi mgq it †K Subject  wn‡m‡e e¨envi Ki‡Z n‡e |

Example:  Walking is a good exercise, isn’t it?