কথা বলার সময় বক্তা শ্রোতার স্বীকৃতি বা সমর্থন চেয়ে sentence এর শেষে যে সংক্ষিপ্ত প্রশ্ন জুড়ে দেয়, তাকে Tag Question বলে।


Tag Question এর নিয়মাবলি ও উদাহারণ




*Operator 24 টি
am, is, are, was, were, have, has, had, shall, will, can, could, may, might, must, should, would, ought, dare, need, used, do, did, does


* Subject 9 টি
I, we, you, he, she, they, it, that, there


*Negative 11 টি
No, not, never, neither, few, scarcely, hardly, seldom, rarely, barely, little
* পরিবর্তন হয় ৪টির
am=aren't
shall=shan't
will=won't
can=can't


* Tag Question এ উপরের ১১টি negative শব্দ এর মধ্যে যে কোন একটি থাকলে শুধুমাত্র Operator হবে । negative শব্দ না থাকলে Operator এর সাথে n't যোগ হবে।


*Tag Question এর গঠন
Operator Subject ?

-------- -------
For Example
We are writing. aren't we ?
You can not see it. can you?
** যত thing/যত ইতর প্রাণী/যত বস্তু বাচক------it
**যত body/যত one/যত plural----they



Tag Question এর গুরুত্বপূর্ণ Rules


Rule 1. প্রশ্নবোধক বাক্যের (Interrogative Sentence) Tag হয় না।

Rule 2. Tag-এর Subject সব সময়ই pronoun হয়।

Rule 3. Complex Sentence এর ক্ষেত্রে Principal Clause-এর Tag হয়।

N.B: বোর্ড কর্তৃপক্ষের নির্দেশে Principal/Sub-ordinate যেকোনো অংশে Tag করলেই চলে।

a) Formal English এ Question Tag এ Negative interrogative এর Full form হতে পারে; কিন্তু আমরা তা ব্যবহার করব না। যেমন:
They promised to pay the money, did they not?
b) প্রদত্ত বাক্যটি লিখে নিচে কমা দিতে হয় এবং Tag করে শেষে প্রশ্নবোধক চিহ্ন দিতে হয়।




Rules of making Tag
1. প্রদত্ত হ্যাঁ-বোধক বাক্যে auxiliary verb হিসেবে am, is, are, was, have, has, had, shall, will, can, may, could, might, would, should, must প্রভৃতি থাকলে Tag করতে ওই verb গুলোর Negative-এর সংক্ষিপ্ত রূপ ব্যবহার করতে হয় এবং Subject-এর pronoun রূপ বসাতে হয়।

a. Birds can fly, can't they?
b. She is doing her lesson, isn't she?


2. প্রদত্ত হ্যাঁ-বোধক বাক্যে auxiliary গুলো main verb হিসেবে ব্যবহূত হলেও ওপরের নিয়মেই Negative verb-এর সংক্ষিপ্ত রূপ বসাতে হয়।

a. You are tired, aren't you?
b. Tamim was right, wasn't he?


3. প্রদত্ত হ্যাঁ-বোধক বাক্যে ওপরে উল্লিখিত দুটো নিয়মে যে verb গুলো ব্যবহার করা হয়েছে, সেগুলো বাদে অন্য কোনো verb main verb হিসেবে ব্যবহূত হলে Tag করতে don't/ doesn't/didn't অর্থানুযায়ী বসাতে হয়।

N.B: মূল ক্রিয়ার present form এর সঙ্গে s/es যুক্ত না থাকলে don't, s/es যুক্ত থাকলে doesn't, ক্রিয়ার past form থাকলে didn't এবং এর কর্তার pronoun রূপ বসে। উল্লেখ্য, কিছু Subject Singular হিসেবে ব্যবহূত হওয়ায় ক্রিয়ার সঙ্গে s/es যুক্ত থাকে; কিন্তু Tag করতে Subject plural হয়। সে ক্ষেত্রে doesn't, না হয়ে don't হবে।


a. Birds fly, don't they? [Fly present form কিন্তু s/es হয়েছে।]
b. Kabir slept, didn't he? [slept past তাই didn't হয়েছে।]
c. Tamina makes her lessons, doesn't she? [she s/es যুক্ত।]
d. Everybody loves the honest, don't they?

N.B: es যুক্ত থাকলেও Everybody যেহেতু they হয়েছে, তাই doesn't they সম্ভব নয়। ফলে don't they হয়েছে।


4. প্রদত্ত না-বোধক বাক্যে am not, is not, are not, was not, were not, have not, has not, shall not, will not, cannot, could not, might not, would not, should not থাকলে Tag করতে ক্রিয়া থেকে not তুলে দিয়ে প্রদত্ত ক্রিয়া + কর্তার pronoun রূপ হবে।


Rule 4 : all of them/noun, some of them, most of them, everyone of them, none of them কোনো বাক্যের Subject হলে Tag Question এর Subject হবে they.

All of them are very sincere, aren’t they ?
Most of them were absent, weren’t they ?
Some of them can sing well, can’t they?
Most of the girls are intelligent, aren’t they?


Rule 5 : all of you, some of you, most of you, none of you কোন বাক্যের Subject হলে Tag Question এর Subject হবে you.

Some of you can speak well, can’t you?
All of you were playing them, weren’t you ?
All of you know English, don’t you?
None of you went there, did you?


Rule-6 : Few, little, scarcely, hardly, seldom, barely, never থাকলে Affirmative Tag হবে।

I have few friends, have l?
There is little water in the glass, is there?
it’s hardly rained in this summer, has it? A barking dog seldom bites, does it?

ব্যতিক্রম : I have a few friends, haven’t l? There is a little water, isn’t there?



Rule-7 : Put, cut, read, cast, spread, hurt, beat, hit, ...এই verb গুলোর Present, Past and Past Participle Form একই ধরনের। So, Be careful while making Tag of those verbs.

He put the book on the table, didn’t he? she hurt her self, didn’t she?


Rule-8 : Imperative Sentence মূল Verb দিয়ে শুরু হলে will you/won’t you/can you/can’t you/could you/ couldn’t you?

ব্যবহৃত হবেঃ- Wait here a moment, will you/ won’t you?
close the door, will you/ won’t you?
Have patience, will you/ won’t you?
come in will you/ won’t you?
Never touch live wire, will you?


Open the door, won’t you? (দরজা খুলতে রাজি আছে কি না ?)
Open the door, will you/can’t you/can you/could you? (দরজা খুলতে বলা হয়েছে)

* kindly do my a favour, will/ would, you? Please, friend, help me, will/ would you?


Rule-9 : Imperative Sentence Don’t দিয়ে শুরু হলে will you? ব্যবহৃত হবেঃ-

Don’t forget me, will you ?


Rule-10 : Imperative Sentence Let’s/ Let us দিয়ে শুরু হলে shall we? ব্যবহৃত হবেঃ-

Let’s have a rest now, shall we?
Let’s do the work, shall we?
Let us discuss the matter, shall we?


Rule-11: Imperative Sentence Let him/ Let her/ Let them দিয়ে শুরু হলে will you? ব্যবহৃত হবেঃ-


Let me do the work, will, you ?
Let them play here, will you?



Rule-12: Be verb যুক্ত Exclamatory Sentence এর শেষোক্ত Subject এবং Verb অনুযায়ী Tag হবে।

How nice the flower is! isn’t it?
What a pity! isn’t it?


Rule-13: Main verb যুক্ত Exclamatory Sentence এর do/ does/ did হবে।

How sweetly the bird sings!, doesn’t it?
What nice the bird is, isn’t it?
Rule-14: বাক্যের প্রথমে Here/ There/One থাকলে Tag Question- এ here/ there/one হবে।
There are many trees, aren’t there?
Here is the money, isn’t here?
One should obey one’s parents, shouldn’t one ?
ote: There lived a king, didn’t he ?


Rule-15: The+ Adjective (Virtuous, Pious, Poor, Rich, Educated, civilized, unfed....) থাকলে They হবে।


The rich are not always happy, are they?
The educated should be respected, shouldn’t they?


Rule-16: Complex Sentence এর ক্ষেত্রে (If/that/ when/ though/ who যুক্ত অংশ বাদ দিয়ে) Principal Clause এর Tag হবে।

If you come, I shall go with you, shan’t l?
He told that you were no at home, didn’t he?



Rule-17: Statement এর Subject শিশু, ইতর প্রাণী বা জড় পদার্থ হলে Tag question এ it হবে।

The baby is crying, isn’t it?
The dog is a faithful animal, isn’t it ?
Our house looks nice, doesn’t it?


Rule-18: দেশ, চাঁদ, পৃথিবী, বসন্ত, ট্রেন, জাহাজ, বিমান Subject হিসেবে ব্যবহৃত হলে Tag question এ she/it হবে।

The moon shines at night, doesn’t she/it?
Bangladesh is a beautiful country, isn’t she/it?


Rule-19 : Sun, Summer, Winter, Death, War Subject হিসেবে ব্যবহৃত হলে Tag Question এ he/it হবে।


The sun is shining, isn’t he/it ?
Rule- 20 : This/ That থাকলে it হবে।
This is my book, isn’t it?
These are my books, aren’t they ?
Rule-21: Have to, has to, ought to...... থাকলে....
I have to do it, haven’t I ? / don’t I ?
They had to do it, hadn’t they/ didn’t they?
We ought to love our country, oughtn’t we?
We ought not to commit crime, ought we?
Rule-22 : Subject ও Verb এরshort from এর ক্ষেত্রে প্রথমে সংক্ষিপ্ত
আকারটির প্রকৃত রূপ নির্ণয় করে tag question করতে হয়।
He’s=He, is/was/has
He’d=He would/ had
They’re = They are/ were I’m =I am
We’ll= we will
Let’s= Let us
She’s going to the NCC Coaching, isn’t she?
He’s gone to school, hasn’t he?
I ‘d rather die than beg, wouldn’t I?
I’d meet you, wouldn’t I?
He’d got a prize, hadn’t he?
Let’s there, shall we?
They’re working overtime, aren’t they?
We’ll meet you, won’t we?
Rule-23 : বাক্যে neither of/either of/ all of+ you থাকলে Tag Questions এ you হয়।
All of you have heard the name, haven’t you ?
Rule-24 : বাক্যে neither of/either of/ all of+ us থাকলে Tag Questions এ we হয়।
All of us know it, don’t we ?
Rule-25 : বাক্যে neither of/either of/ all of+ them/boys থাকলে Tag Questions এ they হয়।
Neither of the boys will come, will they ?
Rule-26. Imperative sentenceটি মূল ক্রিয়া দ্বারা শুরু হয়ে অনুরোধ বা আদেশ বোঝালে Tag করতে শেষে will you/won’t you/would yoy/can you/can’t you/could you/couldn’t you ব্যবহার করতে হয়—
1. Open the door, will you/won’t you
2. Shut the door, will/won’t/can/can’t/would/ wouldn’t/could/couldn’t you?
3. Please call in a doctor, would you? (Polite sense)
4. Call in a doctor at once, will you? (Polite sense absent)
Rule-27. Imperative sentenceটি Do not দ্বারা শুরু হলে (Negative request/
command বোঝায়) বাক্যের শেষে positive tag ‘will you’ ব্যবহার করতে হয়—
1. Do not play in the rain, will you?
2. Don’t waste your time, will you?
3. Don’t run in the sun, will you?
4. Please do not shout, will you?
Rule-28. Imperative sentenceটি Let’s (Let us) দ্বারা শুরু হলে Tag করতে বাক্যের শেষে ‘shall we’ ব্যবহার করতে হয়।
1. Let’s walk by the riverside, shall we?
2. Let’s arrange a picnic, shall we?
3. Let us solve the problem, shall we?
Rule-29. Imperative sentenceটি let me/let him/let her/let them/let Kabir দ্বারা শুরু হয়ে কোনো কিছু করার অনুমতি বোঝালে Tag করতে will/won’t you ব্যবহার করতে হয়—
1. Let me do the work, will you/won’t you?
2. Let Kabir take a decision, will you/won’t you?
Rule-30. Exclamatory sentence-এ auxiliary verb (am, is, are, was, were) না থাকলে শুধু মূল verb থাকলে Tag করতে—don’t, doesn’t, didn’t, hadn’t+subject বাক্যে বর্তমান verb অনুযায়ী বসাতে হয়—
1. How sweetly Tanin sings, doesn’t she?
2. How nervous I look, don’t I?
3. What a fantastic drama I had enjoyed, hadn’t I?
4. What a tremendous job she did, didn’t she?
Rule-31. Exclamatory sentence-এর Question Tag করতে বাক্যে am, is, are, was, were উল্লেখ থাকলে নিচের নিয়মে Tag question করতে হয়—
1. What a nice scenery it is, isn’t it?
2. How cruel he was, wasn’t he?
3. How beautiful the full moon looks, doesn’t she/it?
মাঝে মাঝে Exclamatory sentence-এ predication incomplete থাকতে পারে, সে ক্ষেত্রে predicate complete ধরে Tag করতে হয়—
1. What a fantastic journey, isn’t it? (প্রকৃতপক্ষে বাক্যটি) What a fantastic jouney it is!)
2. What a pity, isn’t it? (প্রকৃত বাক্য What a pity is is!)
Rule-32. Informal English-এ মাঝে মাঝে Pronoun subject ও auxiliary verb-এর উল্লেখ থাকে না। সে ক্ষেত্রে ধরে নিয়ে Tag complete করতে হয়—
1. (It’s a) nice day, isn’t it?
2. (She was) talking to my mother, wasn’t she)
3. Seen Reba, haven’t you?
Rule-33. I think, me thinks, I guess, I feel, I hope থাকলে এগুলোর পরের clauseটির Tag করতে হয়; কিন্তু এগুলোর পরে that থাকলে ‘that’-এর পূর্বের subject ও verb অনুযায়ী Tag করতে হয় (Principal clause অনুযায়ী)—
1. I think he is honest, isn’t he?
2. I hope you are keeping well, aren’t you?
3. I guess you are older than he, aren’t you?
4. I think that you will do better in the exam, don’t I?
Rule-34. It is I, It is you, It is he-এ জাতীয় শব্দের পর ‘who’ Relative pronoun থাকলে মূল subject ও মূল verb খুঁজে বের করে Tag করতে হয়—
1. It is I who am your teacher, aren’t I?
2. It is I who have broken the glam, haven’t I?
3. It is you who did the sum, didn’t you?
4. It is Tanni who wrote the novel, didn’t she?
N.B. Question Tag ছাড়াও Reinforcement tag ও Comment tag আছে। Reinforcement Tag-এ শেষে subject ও Auxiliary verb-এর পুনরাবৃত্তি ঘটে—
1. You have gone mad, you have.
2. I’m getting tired, I am.
3. She likes her cat, she does.
কিন্তু Comment Tag-এ Question Tag-এর মতোই positive statement-এর শেষে ordinary interrogative Tag ব্যবহার করা হয়—
Examples:
1. You did it, did you?
2. You saw the girl, did you?
আর, Negative statement-এর পরে negative interrogative Tag ব্যবহার করা হয়—
Examples:
1. He did not pay the money, didn’t he?
2. She has not found a job, hasn’t she?
Rule-35. Pro-verb বা প্রবাদবাক্যের Tag করতে Subject plural মনে হলেও Subject it করতে হয়—
1. All that glitters is not gold, is it?
2. Where there is a will, there is a way, isn’t there?


Tag question exercise
1.    Nothing is impossible.   ——–?
2.    I think everybody knows it. ——–?
3.    The idle always lag behind.  ——–?
4.    Let’s motivate them. ——–?
5.    Motivation seldom goes in vain. ——–?
6.    Congratulations, you have made an excellent result. . ——–?
7.    Thanks. But my parents and teachers also deserve the credit. ….?
8.    We ought to remain grateful them. ——–?
9.    You studied hard. ——–?
 10.   It is our duty to study in a disciplined way. ——–?
11. Let us start our journey.  ——–?
12.  They used to play football in the afternoon. ——–?
13. Nobody should laugh at the blind.  ——–?
14. There is nothing for her to eat. ——–?
15.  Mina had better to stay at home. ——–?
16.  You aren’t doing the work. ——–?
17.  Somebody left there house yesterday. ——–?
18. What a beautiful day it is. ——–?
19.  A cat catches a mouse. ——–?
20. Bangladesh is our motherland. ——–?
21.  Something is burning. ——–?
22.  Rahim as well as his friends was present. ——–?
23.  He did it. ——–?
24.  I know nothing about him. ——–?
25.  Let’s arrange a class party. ——–?
26. The moon shines at night. ——–?
27.  Everybody loves flower. ——–?
28.  Nothing can satisfy him. ——–?
29.  He has few reasons for waiting. ——–?
30.  That was my pen. ——–?
31.  Nobody believes a liar. ——–?
32.  We have to study English. ——–?
33.  Let her solve the matter. ——–?
34. You had better leave now. ——–?
35.  We ought to love our motherland. ——–?
36.  Look at this paper. ——–?
37.  Let’s phone. ——–?
38.  It is a beautiful afternoon. ——–?
39.  Let’s go out for a walk. ——–?
40.  The police arrested him. ——–?
41.   Both are responsible. ——–?
42.  Let’s take an oath today. ——–?
43.  This is the right way to do it.——–?
44.  Life is very busy in the big cities. ——–?
45. We needed a change in thoughts. ——–?
46.  Let us make them realize it. ——–?
47. Man is a social being. ——–?
48.  He cannot live alone. ——–?
49.  It is man who pollutes his environment. ——–?
50.  Every mother loves her child. ——–?
51.  Don’t forget me.——–?
52. My father and I are happy. ——–?
53.  Men should not tell a lie.——–?
54.   We live in Bangladesh. ——–?
55.   The weather was fine yesterday. ——–?
Answer of Tag questions
 01. Nothing is impossible, is it?
02. I think everybody knows it, don’t they?
03. The idle always lag behind, don’t they?
04. Let’s motivate them, shall we?
05. Motivation seldom goes in vain, does it?
06. Congratulations, you have made an excellent result, haven’t you?
07. Thanks. But my parents and teachers also deserve the credit, don’t they?
08. We ought to remain grateful them, oughtn’t we?
09. You too studied hard, didn’t you?
10. It is our duty to study in a disciplined way, isn’t it?
11. Let us start our journey, shall we?
12. They used to play football in the afternoon, didn’t they?
13. Nobody should laugh at the blind.  Should they?
14. There is nothing for her to eat, is there?
15. Mina had better to stay at home, hadn’t she?
16. You aren’t doing the work, are you?
17. Somebody left their house yesterday, didn’t they?
18. What a beautiful day it is, isn’t it?
19. A cat catches a mouse, doesn’t it?
20. Bangladesh is our motherland, isn’t she?
21. Something is burning, aren’t they?
22. Rahim as well as his friends was present, wasn’t he?
23. He did it, didn’t he?
24. I know nothing about him, do I?
25. Let’s arrange a class party, shall we?
26. The moon shines at night, isn’t it?
27. Everybody loves flower, don’t they?
28. Nothing can satisfy him, can it?
29. He has few reasons for waiting, hasn’t he?
30. That was my pen, wasn’t it/ that?
31. Nobody believes a liar, do they?
32. We have to study English, haven’t we?
33. Let her solve the matter, will you?
34. You had better leave now, hadn’t you?
35. We ought to love our motherland, oughtn’t we?
36. Look at this paper, will you?
37. Let’s phone, shall we?
38. It is a beautiful afternoon, isn’t it?
39. Let’s go out for a walk, shall we?
40. The police arrested him, didn’t they?
41. Both are responsible, aren’t they?
42. Let’s take an oath today, shall we?
43. This is the right way to do it, isn’t this?
44. Life is very busy in the big cities, isn’t it?
45. We needed a change in thoughts, didn’t we?
46. Let us make them realize it, shall we?
47. Man is a social being, isn’t he?
48. He cannot live alone, can he?
49. It is man, who pollutes his environment, isn’t it?
50. Every mother loves her child, don’t they?
51. Don’t forget me, will you?
52. My father and I are happy, aren’t we?
53. Men should not tell a lie, should they?
54. We live in Bangladesh, don’t we?
55. The weather was fine yesterday, wasn’t it?