TET Exam 2019, English - Question tags
🌟 Question tags are short questions spoken at the end of a statement either to confirm the statement or to add force to what is said.
a) He is smart, isn′t he?
A negative tag is added to a postive statement.
b) He isn′t smart, is he?
A positive tag is added to a negative statement.
🌟 The shortened forms of the negative.
👉 am not - aren′t
👉 is not - isn′t
👉 are not- aren′t
👉 was not - wasn′t
👉 were not - weren′t
👉 do not- don′t
👉 does not - doesn′t
👉 did not- didn′t
👉 have not - haven′t
👉 has not - hasn′t
👉 had not - hadn′t
👉 shall not - shan′t
👉 will not - won′t
👉 should not - shouldn′t
👉 would not - wouldn′t
👉 can not - can′t
👉 could not - couldn′t
👉 may not - mayn′t
👉 might not - mightn′t
👉 need not - needn′t
👉 must not - mustn′t
👉 ought not - oughtn′t
Fill in the blanks with suitable question tags:
1. He does not waste his time, -----------------? - does he?
2. Kanagaraj could not make it, ----------------? - could he?
3. He can hear music, ----------------? - can′t he?
4. You haven′t met him,-------------? - have you?
5. They are not from America, -----------? - are they?
6. We ought to be leaving now, ------------? - oughtn′t we?
7. ArulKumar is really tired, ------------? - isn′t he?
8. Jothi has lost her wits, -----------? - hasn′t she?
9. They had not met earlier, ------------? - had they?
10. Your brother didn′t come here, --------------? - did he?
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