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Grammar Core

TAG QUESTION

Statement-এর tail-এ থাকা question = Tag Question

POSITIVE SENTENCE NEGATIVE TAG
She is happy, isn't she?
NEGATIVE SENTENCE POSITIVE TAG
She can't dance, can she?

Universal Rules

  • কমা ( , ) বসে
  • Auxiliary Verb / do | does | did বসে
  • Not বসে / not বসে না
  • Subject এর pronoun বসে
  • প্রশ্নবোধক চিহ্ন ( ? ) বসে

3 Things to Remember

1. Negative Words: Hardly, Rarely, Scarcely, Seldom, Few, Little
2. With / Along with / Accompanied by: থাকলে প্রথম Subject অনুযায়ী Verb বসে
3. Either..or / Neither..nor / Not only..But also: থাকলে শেষের Subject অনুযায়ী Verb বসে

Subject Replacements

এগুলো থাকলে (Statement) এগুলো বসবে (Tag Pronoun)
ThereThere
This / That | Those / TheseIt | They
Anything / Something / Everything / NothingIt
All / Some / Everyone / Most + of + us/them/youOf এর পরের pronoun
Anybody / Anyone / Somebody / Everyone / Nobody / NoneThey
Let us / Let'sShall we
Imperative sentenceWill you / won't you
The + Adjective [The rich, the poor]They

Contractions

VerbTag Form
Am notain't / aren't
Is notisn't
Are notaren't
Was notwasn't
Were notweren't
Have nothaven't
Has nothasn't
Had nothadn't
VerbTag Form
Do notdon't
Does notdoesn't
Did notdidn't
Will notwon't
Shall notshan't
Can notcan't
Must notmustn't
Should notshouldn't

NOW IT'S YOUR TURN

1 There is little water in the bottle,
____?
2 A little knowledge is a risky thing,
____?
3 Few students are there,
____?
4 A few students solved it,
____?
5 Fish in the pond,
____?
6 I along with my brother solved it,
____?
7 Little boys are there,
____?
8 He has a few friends,
____?
9 He let me make tea,
____?
10 The titanic sank on its first voyage,
____?
11 The mother has risen in her,
____?
12 Neither he nor his brothers joined the party,
____?
13 The guide was a woman,
____?
14 The girl in her pleased me,
____?
15 You, he and I did the best,
____?
16 He said, "I am ill",
____?
17 Who forgets these memories,
____?
18 I’d establish a hospital,
____?
19 I’d never seen such a beautiful sight,
____?
20 She said, "It is cold",
____?
CHECK THE ANSWERS
1. isn't there
2. isn't it
3. are they
4. didn't they
5. will you/ won't you
6. didn't I
7. aren't they
8. hasn't he? / doesn't he
9. didn't he
10. didn't it?
11. hasn't it
12. didn't they
13. was he
14. didn't it
15. didn't we
16. didn't he
17. aren't I
18. do they
19. wouldn't I
20. had I
21. isn't it
22. didn't she
23.
24.