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Tag Question Definition of Tag Question: This is used frequently in conversation to verify a statement. Examples: I write a letter, ...

Tag Question
Definition of Tag Question: This is used frequently in conversation to verify a statement.
Examples:
I write a letter, don’t I?
They can read, can’t they?
Details on Tag Question:
Short forms of Auxiliary Verb:
(am= aren’t, is= isn’t, are= aren’t, was= wasn’t, were= weren’t, do= don’t, does= doesn’t, Did= didn’t, have= haven’t, has= hasn’t, had= hadn’t, shall= shan’t, will= won’t, can= can’t, Could= couldn’t, must= mustn’t, might= mightn’t, dare= daren’t)
Auxiliary Verbs:
Primary Auxiliary: am, is, are, was, were, have, has, had, do, does, did.
                           
Modal Auxiliary:  can, could, may, might, shall, should, will, would, etc.
Pronouns: I, me, my, we, us, our, you, your, he, him, his, she, her, they, them, their, it etc.
Structure of Tag Question:   Auxiliary Verb + (n’t) + Pronoun +?
Rule 1: If statement is affirmative then the tag is negative.
Examples:
I can go there, can’t I ?   
He reads in this school, doesn’t he ?       
Rule 2: If statement is negative then the tag is affirmative.
Examples:
He has no cow, has he ?  
You are not intelligent, are you ?
Rule 3: If we get any primary or modal auxiliary verb in the statement then we have to use those auxiliary verbs.
Examples:
Roy is going there, isn’t he  ?   
You can do it, can’t you  ?
            
Rule 4: If we do not find any Auxiliary Verb in the statement then we have to use do, does (for present statement) & did (for past statement).
Examples:
They go to the school, don’t they ?  
He plays football, doesn’t he ?                
She went there, didn’t she  ?

Rule 5: If we get ‘let us’ (let’s) in the statement then we have to use ‘Shall we’ as a tag question.
Examples:
Let us go home, shall we  ?  
Let’s go for a walk, shall we ?
       
Rule 6: If a statement begins with ‘It’ or ‘There’ then as a pronoun of the tag, ‘it’ or ‘there’ is used.
Examples:
There is no pond in this village, is there ? 
It is a good idea, isn’t it ?
        
Rule 7: If we find neither, none, no one, nobody, anyone, anybody, no, not, nothing, scarcely, barely, hardly, seldom, hardly ever etc. in the statement then the tag is affirmative, because those word give a negative meaning.
Examples:
Nothing was done, was it ?  
None can do this, can they ?

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