questions are commonly used in conversations and not usually in formal English. Points to remember while framing tag questions The question tag always begins with an auxiliary verb or a modal verb. Question tags are formed with the same auxiliary or modal verb found in the main part of the sentence. The subject of the question tag is a personal pronoun (except ‘there’), which is a substitute for the subject of the statement.
The pronoun should agree with the number, gender and person of the subject of the statement. The negative adverb ‘not’ is always used in contracted form. [isn’t, wasn’t, aren’t, weren’t, hasn’t, haven’t, hadn’t, doesn’t, don’t, didn’t, won’t, shan’t, can’t, wouldn’t, shouldn’t, couldn’t, mustn’t, needn’t, oughtn’t, daren’t] If the statement is in the affirmative, the tag it takes is usually negative. If the statement is negative, the tag it takes is positive.
e.g. Mr. Ranjith is a great scholar, isn’t he ? You can complete this project in a week, can’t you ?
e.g. Ahalya will never accept your proposal, will she ? If the main part of the sentence doesn’t have an auxiliary verb or a modal verb, the question tag is formed with the appropriate form of ‘do’ based on the tense of the main verb and the number of the subject. e.g.
Mahathi sings very well, doesn’t she ? ( present tense – singular subject) These girls sing very well, don’t they ? ( present tense – plural subject) Mahathi sang very well yesterday, didn’t she ? ( past tense – singular subject) These girls sang very well yesterday, didn’t they ?
( past tense - plural subject) The subject hidden in an imperative sentence is always ‘you’ and so the subject of the question tag is also ‘you’. Imperative sentences that express a polite request, obligation, suggestion, invitation, impatience, warning etc. 12th - - Page take ‘will or would’ as verbs in the question tag. e.g.
Please, bring me a glass of water, would you ? (polite request) Always follow the traffic rules,