{"id":120,"date":"2020-04-20T13:23:43","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T13:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/texpertssolutions.com\/notes\/?p=120"},"modified":"2025-05-23T09:54:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T04:24:20","slug":"rules-usage-of-question-tag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/texpertssolutions.com\/notes\/2020\/04\/20\/rules-usage-of-question-tag\/","title":{"rendered":"Rules & usage of Question Tag"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Rules & Usage<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 If the statement Part of a Question Tag is  in Affirmative or positive, the Question Part is written in Interrogative \u2013Negation tag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    <\/strong> <\/strong>Ram is a dancer,<\/strong> <\/strong>isn\u2019t she?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 If the Statement Part of a Question Tag is  in Negative,or having negative words like \u2013nay,no,none,non,not,nothing,naught,never,nor,neither,   the Question Part is written in Affirmative or possitve question tag .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            <\/strong> <\/strong>Ramesh  is not a dancer<\/strong>, is he?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The words like This \/ That, are used  as the Subject of Statement  is changed into \u2018It\u2019 in Question tag .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

               <\/strong> <\/strong>This is a new car,<\/strong> <\/strong>isn\u2019t it?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The words like This \/ That + Noun,  are used as the Subject of Statement gets Pronoun in Question tag   according to the Noun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This Boy is honest,   <\/strong>isn\u2019t he?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This Pen is red<\/strong>,   isn\u2019t it?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The words like These \/ Those, are used as the Subject of Statement  is changed into \u2018they\u2019 in Question tag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 <\/strong>These are new cars<\/strong>, <\/strong>aren\u2019t they?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The word like One (In sense of everybody \/ anybody) is used as the Subject of Statement  is changed into \u2018we \/<\/p>\n\n\n\n

they\u2019 in Question tag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 <\/strong>One can do this work,<\/strong> <\/strong>can\u2019t we \/ they?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The words like An Indefinite Pronouns ending with One \/ body, are used as the Subject of Statement  is changed into \u2018they\u2019 in Question tag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 <\/strong>Someone is calling you<\/strong>, <\/strong>aren\u2019t they?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 The word like An Indefinite Pronoun ending with \u201cthing\u201d as the Subject of Statement  is changed into \u2018it\u2019 in Question tag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 <\/strong>Something is burning<\/strong>, <\/strong>isn\u2019t it?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 The word like An Indefinite Pronoun ending with. \u201cSome of us\u201d as the Subject of Statement is changed into \u2018we\u2019 in Question tag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 <\/strong>Some of us are very intelligent<\/strong>, <\/strong>aren\u2019t we?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The word like An Indefinite Pronoun ending with \u201csome of you\u201d as the Subject of Statement  is changed into \u2018you\u2019 in Question Part.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 <\/strong>Some of you are very intelligent,<\/strong> <\/strong>aren\u2019t you?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 If the Subject of  Statement of a Question Tag has the first person pronoun -\u2018I\u2019, Verb \u2018am\u2019 and Sentence Affirmative the Question tag is written as \u2018aren\u2019t I?\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 <\/strong>I am a singer<\/strong>, <\/strong>aren\u2019t I?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the Subject of Statement of a Question Tag has the first person pronoun -\u2018I\u2019, Verb \u2018am\u2019 and Sentence Negative the Question Part is written as  \u2018am I?\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 I am not a dancer<\/strong>, <\/strong>am I?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the Subject of  Statement of a Question Tag has the first person pronoun -\u2018I\u2019, Verb \u2018was\u2019 and Sentence (Affirmative) the Question tag  is written as \u2018weren\u2019t I?\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was a dancer,<\/strong> <\/strong>weren\u2019t I?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the Subject of Statement of a Question Tag has the first person pronoun -\u2018I\u2019, Verb \u2018was\u2019 and Sentence<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Negative the Question tag is written as \u2018was I?\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was not a dancer,<\/strong> <\/strong>was I?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 The Statement of a Question Tag without Auxiliary Verb or having main verbs only , gets Question tag  with the help of \u2018do \/ does \/ did\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Mohan plays cricket<\/strong>, doesn\u2019t he<\/strong>?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He bought a car<\/strong>, <\/strong>didn\u2019t he?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The words like \u2018Need\u2019 and  \u2018Dare\u2019 are used as Auxiliary Verbs  in Statement Part, gets Question tag with the help of \u2018need \/ dare\u2019only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 I need not buy a car<\/strong>, <\/strong>need I?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 The words like \u2018Need\u2019 and  \u2018Dare\u2019 are used as  main Verbs in Statement, gets Question tag with the help of \u2018do \/ does \/ did\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I need to buy a car, don\u2019t I?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rules & Usage  If the statement Part of a Question Tag is  in Affirmative or positive, the Question Part is written in Interrogative \u2013Negation tag.      Ram is a dancer, isn\u2019t she?  If the Statement Part of a Question Tag is  in Negative,or having negative words like \u2013nay,no,none,non,not,nothing,naught,never,nor,neither,   the Question Part is written in Affirmative…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":887,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[552],"tags":[9,38,39,6,7,8,10,4,14],"class_list":["post-120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics","tag-english","tag-grammar","tag-important","tag-karnataka","tag-karnataka-state","tag-karnataka-state-syllbus","tag-second-language","tag-sslc","tag-sslc2020"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t