{"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 &#038; usage of Question Tag"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\"><strong>Rules &amp; Usage<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;If the statement Part of a Question Tag is &nbsp;in Affirmative or positive, the Question Part is written in Interrogative \u2013Negation tag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Ram is a dancer,<\/strong><strong> <\/strong><strong>isn\u2019t she?<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;If the Statement Part of a Question Tag is &nbsp;in Negative,or having negative words like \u2013nay,no,none,non,not,nothing,naught,never,nor,neither,&nbsp;&nbsp; the Question Part is written in Affirmative or possitve question tag .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Ramesh&nbsp; is not a dancer<\/strong><strong>, is he?<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The words like This \/ That, are used &nbsp;as the Subject of Statement &nbsp;is changed into \u2018It\u2019 in Question tag .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>This is a new car,<\/strong><strong> <\/strong><strong>isn\u2019t it?<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The words like This \/ That + Noun,&nbsp; are used as the Subject of Statement gets Pronoun in Question tag&nbsp; &nbsp;according to the Noun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>This Boy is honest,&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/strong><strong>isn\u2019t he?<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>This Pen is red<\/strong><strong>,&nbsp;&nbsp; isn\u2019t it?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The words like These \/ Those, are used as the Subject of Statement &nbsp;is changed into \u2018they\u2019 in Question tag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>These are new cars<\/strong><strong>, <\/strong><strong>aren\u2019t they?<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The word like One (In sense of everybody \/ anybody) is used as the Subject of Statement &nbsp;is changed into \u2018we \/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>they\u2019 in Question tag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>One can do this work,<\/strong><strong> <\/strong><strong>can\u2019t we \/ they?<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The words like An Indefinite Pronouns ending with One \/ body, are used as the Subject of Statement &nbsp;is changed into \u2018they\u2019 in Question tag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Someone is calling you<\/strong><strong>, <\/strong><strong>aren\u2019t they?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;The word like An Indefinite Pronoun ending with \u201cthing\u201d as the Subject of Statement &nbsp;is changed into \u2018it\u2019 in Question tag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Something is burning<\/strong><strong>, <\/strong><strong>isn\u2019t it?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;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<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Some of us are very intelligent<\/strong><strong>, <\/strong><strong>aren\u2019t we?<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The word like An Indefinite Pronoun ending with \u201csome of you\u201d as the Subject of Statement &nbsp;is changed into \u2018you\u2019 in Question Part.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Some of you are very intelligent,<\/strong><strong> <\/strong><strong>aren\u2019t you?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;If the Subject of&nbsp; 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<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>I am a singer<\/strong><strong>, <\/strong><strong>aren\u2019t I?<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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 &nbsp;\u2018am I?\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp;I am not a dancer<\/strong><strong>, <\/strong><strong>am I?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the Subject of&nbsp; Statement of a Question Tag has the first person pronoun -\u2018I\u2019, Verb \u2018was\u2019 and Sentence (Affirmative) the Question tag &nbsp;is written as \u2018weren\u2019t I?\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I was a dancer,<\/strong><strong> <\/strong><strong>weren\u2019t I?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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<p>Negative the Question tag is written as \u2018was I?\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I was not a dancer,<\/strong><strong> <\/strong><strong>was I?<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;The Statement of a Question Tag without Auxiliary Verb or having main verbs only , gets Question tag &nbsp;with the help of \u2018do \/ does \/ did\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<strong>Mohan plays cricket<\/strong><strong>, doesn\u2019t he<\/strong><strong>?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>He bought a car<\/strong><strong>, <\/strong><strong>didn\u2019t he?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The words like \u2018Need\u2019 and &nbsp;\u2018Dare\u2019 are used as Auxiliary Verbs &nbsp;in Statement Part, gets Question tag with the help of \u2018need \/ dare\u2019only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp;I need not buy a car<\/strong><strong>, <\/strong><strong>need I?<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;The words like \u2018Need\u2019 and &nbsp;\u2018Dare\u2019 are used as&nbsp; main Verbs in Statement, gets Question tag with the help of \u2018do \/ does \/ did\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I need to buy a car, don\u2019t I?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaAvyPv23n3XL8kpGZ2d\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/texpertssolutions.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/3-1.png?resize=1024%2C341&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/texpertssolutions.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/3-1.png?resize=1024%2C341&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/texpertssolutions.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/3-1.png?resize=300%2C100&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/texpertssolutions.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/3-1.png?resize=768%2C256&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/texpertssolutions.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/3-1.png?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rules &amp; 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