1. Dear colleagues,
I have tried to cover maximum area of tag question. If you find any lacking, please mention and inform me through no. Your valuable suggestion is essential to make it a standard digital content.
Thanking you
Hasan Cambrian
Special Note: Students are advised to write the statement in the answer scripts then to add tag, It is mentioned that tag answer should be underlined.

2. This is a welcome slide.
Welcome dear students.
Good Morning

3. Introduction Md. Hasan Hafizur Rahman English 2nd Paper Class-9-10
Lecturer & Head of the Department (English)
Cambrian School & College
Campus-5, Dhaka
Identity of teacher and class.
English 2nd Paper
Class-9-10
Grammar

4. Bag
Tag
To show actual meaning of Tag ( Tag means to add something with other thing).
A bag with a tag.

5. Suspension to take out tag question from the students.
Question Tag.
isn’t he?
He is a student,
What is this?
Suspension to take out tag question from the students.

6. Our Today’s Class is on Tag questions
English 2nd Paper
Unit-8, part-1
Lesson declaration.

7. Students will achieve the aims from this lesson.
Learning Outcomes
After we have studied this lesson, we will be able to-
define question tag
identify tag operators
know how to add tag
different use of tag
Students will achieve the aims from this lesson.

8. Adding something with other
What is a Tag question?
He is Jisan, isn’t he?
Tag
Adding something with other
Definition of tag question.
A tag question is a question that is used at the end of a statement to get the support from the listener.

9. Tag question operators
A computer operator.
Am, is, are ,was, were, shall, should, will , would, can, could, may, might, have, has, had, must, ought, dare, need.
Tag question operators
This slide is to teach the operators of tag questions to the students.
Do, does & did (Used in action verbs)

10. Tag question basic/contraction form of the operators.
Am not = aren’t/ain’t
Is not = isn’t
Are not = aren’t
Was not = wasn’t
Were not = weren’t
Will not = won’t
Shall not = shan’t
Can not = can’t
Could not = couldn’t
May not = mayn’t
Might not = mightn’t
Must not = mustn’t
Has not = hasn’t
Have not = haven’t
Had not = hadn’t
Do not = don’t
Does not = doesn’t
Did not = didn’t
Ought not = oughtn’t
Dare not = daren’t
Need not = needn’t
Tag form of contraction forms of the operators.

11. Mahbuba is our good friend, isn’t she?
First teacher may show the picture and sentence to ask tag to the students then he can show the answer to check.
Mahbuba is our good friend,
isn’t she?

12. Hasan is a truthful boy, isn’t he? is she? How to form a tag question?
1. Structure in positive statement
Statement + , + operator +n’t+ subject (pronoun) +?
Hasan is a truthful boy,
isn’t he?
2. Structure in negative statement
The rules are mentioned here how to add tag to the statements.
Statement + , + operator + subject (pronoun) +?
She is not my mother,
is she?

13. Talib is a smart boy, isn’t he?
Teacher may show the picture and sentence to ask tag to the students then he can show the answer to check.

14. Add tag to the following
1. Rubina was a brilliant student, __________?
wasn’t she
2. You were not a player,__________?
were you
3. They are our guests,_____________?
aren’t they
4. We cannot do this now,_________?
can we
5. He may come tomorrow,__________?
mayn’t he
6. We should not disobey our parents,___________?
should we
Teacher may ask orally or write to get answers from the learners as class acticvities.
7. You could do it easily,_____________?
couldn’t you
8. They must not play bad,__________?
must they
9. I have a pen, _______?
don’t I
10. You had better go,_____________?
hadn’t you

15. How will you add tag, if there is no operator in the sentence?
My mother cooks very well,
doesn’t she?
We play football regularly,
don’t we?
He went to market yesterday,
didn’t he?
How to add tags to the action verb sentences are shown in this page.
Notes
If there is V1 with ‘s/es’, add tag with doesn’t/does,
2. If you find V1 without ‘s/es’, add tag with ‘don’t/do’,
3. If you find V2 , add tag with ‘didn’t/did’ as operator.

16. Exceptional use f tag begins from here.
Every mother loves her child,
don’t they?

17. Exceptional use of tag question.
Nobody believes a liar,
do they?

18. Exceptions
If you find ‘s/es after everybody, everyone, nobody, no one, somebody, some one, one, none, the above rules will not be effective. In that place you have to add ‘don’t they/do they’
The rules of exceptional use of tag question are shown here. Teacher may explain it if necessary.
Everyone respects him,
don’t they?
Nobody likes a man of bad temper,
do they?

19. never, rarely, seldom, hardly, barely and scarcely are--
treated as negative though they
appear to be positive.
Positive tag
He never came again,
did he?
She can rarely come these days,
can she?
You hardly ever came late,
did you?
I barely know you,
do I?
You would scarcely expect her to come,
would you?
Notice carefully
There are some words which seem to be affirmative but in tag question they are treated negatives. Teacher may explain it clearly.

20. a few, a little = Affirmative
More exceptions
I have a few money,
don’t I/haven’t I ?
a few, a little = Affirmative
few, little = Negative
I have few money,
do I/ have I?
There is a little water in the jar,
isn’t there?
There is little water in the jar,
is there?

21. ‘Need’ is used as action verb but ‘need not’ is used as modal verb.
Action /do verb
don’t/doesn’t +?
I need your help,
don’t I?
She needs a pen,
doesn’t she?
But
‘Need’ is used as action verb but ‘need not’ is used as modal verb.
You need not worry,
need you?
I need not go there,
need I?
Modal verb
need + Sub(pronoun) +?

22. If I had any scope, I’d visit London, wouldn’t I?
Subordinate clause
Principal clause
Follow
I’d visit = I would+ v1
If there is a complex sentence, students will have to follow the verb of principal clause. Teacher may make it clear to the students with the example above.
I’d visited = I had+ v3
Last year I’d visited London,
hadn’t I?

23. Tag question in imperative sentence
While adding tag with an imperative sentence, it indicates simple future . So ‘will you/won’t you’ is suggested to use.
Follow me,
will you?

24. Don’t stop, will you? Go on, will you? Please help me, will you?
While adding tag with an imperative sentence, it indicates simple future . So ‘will you/won’t you’ is suggested to use.
Kindly do me a favour,
will you?

25. Let us settle the matter, shall we? Let’s go out for a walk, shall we?
Let me say something,
will you?
Let him go,
will you?
Let them enjoy the game,
will you?
Exception in one place
The differences between let me, let him, let them and let us are shown here. Teacher may explain it if necessary.
Let us settle the matter,
shall we?
Let’s go out for a walk,
shall we?

26. Good bye (I bide good bye), don’t I? Hasan, (He is Hasan), isn’t he?
Who cares (Nobody cares),
do they?
Yes, (Yes, it is)
isn’t it?
No, (No, it is not)
is it?
Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, good night, thank you, ( I bide / wish / say…) don’t I?
Actually these are not tag related statements but recently these are shown according to modern English. In the recent curriculum we have got conversation style in tag question.

27. Group Work Write the tag operators and their contraction forms
It is just to have a revision of operators and the rules of exceptional use of tag questions.
Group 3 & 4
Write the exceptional use of tag question

28. Evaluation Answer the following questions. What is a Tag question?
Why is a Tag question used for?
What Tag question is used for ‘nobody’?
What is the rule of using Tag question
in a complex sentence?
What is the exceptional use of Tag question in imperative sentence?
If the learners can ask the answer of these questions, we can understand that they have achieved the outcomes.

29. Assignment at home for the next class.
Home Work
: You want to visit the zoo with me,___________?
: yes. You told me that after the exam you would take me to the zoo,___________?
: My exam ended yesterday.
: OK. I will take you to the zoo now,__________?
Assignment at home for the next class.
: Get ready soon,__________?
: OK. I am ready,__________?
: Let’s go,__________?

30. These are all for today.
Ending greeting.