📘 QUESTION TAGS: THE ULTIMATE GUIDE (BASIC TO ADVANCED)
Prepared with Excellence by Amit Sir.
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🔰 WHAT IS A QUESTION TAG?
A Question Tag is a short mini-question added at the end of a sentence, used to confirm or
check information.
हिंदी में : यह वाक्य के अंत में जड़
ु ा एक छोटा प्रश्न होता है जो वक्ता की बात की पष्टि
ु या सहमति प्राप्त करने के
लिए होता है ।
📝 Examples:
She is a teacher, isn’t she?
You don’t like tea, do you?
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📜 GOLDEN RULES OF QUESTION TAGS:
Sentence Type। Use This Type of TagExample
Positive Sentence Negative Tag He plays well, doesn’t he?
Negative Sentence Positive Tag She doesn’t sing, does she?
I am aren’t I? I am your friend, aren’t I?
Let’s / Let us shall we? Let’s go for a walk, shall we?
Imperative Sentence will you? Open the door, will you?
Negative Imperative will you? Don’t shout, will you?
With Nobody/Everybody Use they Nobody came, did they?
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⚙️ HELPING VERBS AND THEIR TAGS (WITH TENSES)
Tense/Verb Sentence Correct Tag
Simple Present He plays football, doesn’t he?
Present Negative He doesn’t sing, does he?
Present Continuous She is singing,isn’t she?
Simple Past He went home, didn’t he?
Past Continuous They were reading, weren’t they?
Present Perfect He has done it, hasn’t he?
Past Perfect She had left, hadn’t she?
Future SimpleHe will come, won’t he?
ModalsShe can help, can’t she?
They must go,mustn’t they?
🟨 Note: Use the same helping verb as in the sentence. If no helping verb is present, use
do/does/did as per the tense.
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🚨 SPECIAL ADVANCED CASES
🔸 1. “I am” → “aren’t I?”
I am your best friend, aren’t I?
🔸 2. Let’s → shall we?
Let’s begin the session, shall we?
🔸 3. Imperative Sentences:
Help me, won’t you? (Polite Request)
Don’t be late, will you? (Negative Command)
🔸 4. Negative words = Positive Tag
Nobody came, did they?
Nothing was missing, was there?
🔸 5. With “There”
There is a problem, isn’t there?
🔸 6. With Infinitive or Passive
The work was completed, wasn’t it?
To be honest, he is lazy, isn’t he?
🔸 7. Contrast / Emphatic Statements
He said he would help, didn’t he?
Oh, she looks lovely, doesn’t she?
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❌ COMMON MISTAKES TABLE
Incorrect Correct Reason
I am late, amn’t I? I am late, aren’t I? “amn’t” is not used in English
Everybody is here, isn’t it? Everybody is here, aren’t they? Use they for indefinite
subject
He sings well, does he? He sings well, doesn’t he? Positive sentence → Negative tag
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🧾 SUMMARY TABLE (CHEATSHEET)
PatternTag
Positive sentence Negative Tag
Negative sentence Positive Tag
Let’s shall we?
Don’t / Never will you?
I am aren’t I?
No one / Nobody / Everyone they in tag
There is/was isn’t there / wasn’t there
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📚 PRACTICE SECTION (ADVANCED FILL IN THE BLANKS)
1. Rani dances well, __________?
2. I am speaking the truth, __________?
3. Let’s go to the market, __________?
4. They don’t like fast food, __________?
5. Nothing was stolen, __________?
6. You can drive a car, __________?
7. She won’t be late, __________?
8. No one helped me, __________?
9. He had gone home, __________?
10. This is your pen, __________?
✅ Answer Key:
1. doesn’t she?
2. aren’t I?
3. shall we?
4. do they?
5. was there?
6. can’t you?
7. will she?
8. did they?
9. hadn’t he?
10. isn’t it?
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🎯 MCQs – BOARD + COMPETITIVE LEVEL
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1. He hasn’t done the work, __________?
A) hasn’t he B) has he C) doesn’t he D) did he
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2. Let’s not waste time, __________?
A) will we B) shall we C) won’t we D) do we
✅ D) isn’t I
3. I am right, __________?
A) am I B) amn’t I C) aren’t I
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4. No one was present, __________?
A) wasn’t he B) was he C) were they D) was anyone
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5. She should help the poor, __________?
A) shouldn’t she B) doesn’t she C) should she D) hasn’t she
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🧠 MASTER TIPS & MEMORY BOOSTERS
📌 Tag = Helping Verb + Pronoun (from main sentence)
📌 Positive → Negative, Negative → Positive
📌 “I am” always takes aren’t I
📌 Everyone / Nobody / Someone → Use they
📌 Let’s → shall we? | Imperative → will you?
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👨🏫 This guide is crafted professionally for exam success — with clarity, precision and
care — by Amit Sir.
