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Why do we ask questions? Obviously to get some information! But why do we use question tags? We use them after a statement for confirmation. In other words, questions are asked for information. Question tags are used for seeking confirmation. తెలుగులో ‘అవునా’, ‘కదా’, ‘కాదా’ అంటే సరిపోతుంది. ఇంగ్లిష్‌లో వేరే విధంగా ఉంటుంది. Q Tags ఎప్పుడూ spoken form లోనే ఉంటాయి. కాబట్టి మనం QTagsని contracted forms [కుదించిన] వాడాలి. such as, can't, won't, aren't etc.
Positive వాక్యాల్లో negative tags వాడాలి. Negative వాక్యాల్లో positive tags ఉపయోగించాలి.
ఉదాహరణకు
Peter helped you, didn't he? (Positive sentence, hence negation is used in the Q tag.)
She never comes on time,doesshe? (Negative sentence, hence negation is removed.)
Do not forget to put a question mark after the Question tag and also a comma after the statement. Also do not use a capital letter to begin the Question tag because it is a part of the sentence.
Q Tags with ‘do’ forms (do, does and did)
In sentences where the ‘do’ form is in an embedded form (దాగి ఉన్నది), we should use that ‘do’ form. ఉదాహరణకు ‘went’ అనే క్రియలో ‘did’ is embedded, అలాగే in ‘goes’ క్రియ రూపంలో ‘does’ is embedded and in ‘go’ ‘do’ is embedded.
Positive వాక్యాల్లో negative tags వాడాలి. Negative వాక్యాల్లో positive tags ఉపయోగించాలి.
ఉదాహరణకు
Peter helped you, didn't he? (Positive sentence, hence negation is used in the Q tag.)
She never comes on time,doesshe? (Negative sentence, hence negation is removed.)
Do not forget to put a question mark after the Question tag and also a comma after the statement. Also do not use a capital letter to begin the Question tag because it is a part of the sentence.
Q Tags with ‘do’ forms (do, does and did)
In sentences where the ‘do’ form is in an embedded form (దాగి ఉన్నది), we should use that ‘do’ form. ఉదాహరణకు ‘went’ అనే క్రియలో ‘did’ is embedded, అలాగే in ‘goes’ క్రియ రూపంలో ‘does’ is embedded and in ‘go’ ‘do’ is embedded.
- She helped you, didn’t she?
- Radha never cries, does she?
- The kids want chocolates, don’t they?
- Your school bus scarcely comes late, does it?
- Nehru always wore a red rose on his coat, didn’t he?
- Mother Teresa cared for all the destitute, didn’t she?
Q Tags with “be” forms. (be forms: am, is, was, are, were)
In this type of sentences where there is one of the ‘be’ forms is present as a main verb. అలాంటప్పుడు B be formనే యథాతథంగా వాడాలి . తర్వాత మిగతావి follow కావడమే. అంటే అది ఒక positive వాక్యమా లేదా ఒక negative వాక్యమా అని చూసుకోవాలి. దాన్నిబట్టి negation పెట్టాలా లేదా తీసివేయాలా అనేది నిర్ణయించుకోవాలి. Proper pronoun has to be used.
- It was an interesting story, wasn’t it?
- Amita is very bright, isn’t she?
- I suppose, you are a doctor, aren’t you?
- He is never on time to office, is he?
- Sheela is hardly interested in movies, is she?
Q Tags with “modals”
(They are also called helping/auxiliary verbs)
Eg : can, could, may, might, shall, ought, should, need, has, have.
In this type of sentences where there is one of the modals (auxiliary/helping verbs) is a main verb, use it as it is (యథాతథంగా) and see whether it is a positive sentence or a negative sentence. మిగతా ప్రక్రియ మామూలే. Depending upon that, either insert negation or remove it.
- Krishnamoorthy will carve wonderful objects out of vegetables, won’t he?
- You should not say such things, should you?
- They shall finish the next stage of the metro project this year, shan’t they?
- Children normally won’t lie, will they?
- I am your English teachers, aren’t I?/am I not?
- Let’s go to market, shall we?
- Let me do it myself, shall I?
- Please close the door, won’t you?
- Keep quiet, can’t you?
- Please visit us, won’t you?
1. Honey tastes good, _____________?
2. Ravi at last has found his watch, _____________?
3. The ship at last dropped the anchor, _____________?
4. The baby never allows its toys to be touched, _____________?
5. Narender is a popular doctor, _____________?
6. Your wife likes coffee without sugar, _____________?
7. He needs a cup of coffee, _____________?
8. We have never liked him, _____________?
9. Everybody kept talking about it, _____________?
10. Neither of the children has done their homework, _________?
11. The weather is too morose (dull), _____ ?
12. That movie was boring, _____________?
13. He will complete the work by tomorrow, _____________?
14. The child can’t lift it, _____________?
15. All of them are not good players, _____________?
16. Sujatha never cries, _____________?
17. During winter fog delays flights, _____________?
18. You were not sure of his success, ________?
19. Nobody should play with fire, _________?
20. Neither Radha nor Rama is hard working, _____________?
Key
1) doesn’t it 2) hasn’t he
3) didn’t she (the pronoun for ship is ‘she’)
4) does it (baby is a neutral gender)
5) isn’t he 6) doesn’t she
7) doesn’t he 8) have we
9) didn’t they (please note that for everybody, somebody, nobody, none, the pronoun is ‘they’)
10) have they (note why ‘they’ is used)
11) isn’t it 12) wasn’t it
13) won’t he 14) can she/he
15) are they 16) does she
17) doesn’t it 18) were you
19) should we (we is better than they)
20) are they
Published date : 22 Aug 2019 05:38PM
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