প্রদত্ত বাক্যের statement affirmative হলে tag question negative হবে। আবার, statement negative হলে tag question affirmative হবে।
Affirmative এর গঠন: প্রদত্ত বাক্যের statement + কমা (,) + negative verb এর contracted form + subject-এর pronoun রূপ + question mark (?)
Negative এর গঠন: প্রদত্ত বাক্যের statement + কমা (,) + positive verb + subject এর pronoun রূপ + question mark (?)
Verb ব্যবহারের নিয়ম:
(a) Statement-এ যদি 'be' verb থাকে তাহলে সেই verb টাই positive অথবা negative আকারে tag question-এ ব্যবহৃত হবে।
যেমন:
Your father is a teacher, isn't he?
Your mother isn't a doctor, is she?
(b) Statement-এ যদি কোন auxiliary verb কিংবা modal থাকে তাহলে সেই auxiliary verb কিংবা modal টাই tag question-এ ব্যবহৃত হয়।
যেমন :
He does not teach English, does he?
She was then cooking, wasn't she?
(c) Statement-এ 'be' এবং auxiliary/modal ছাড়া অন্য কোন verb সরাসরি থাকলে tag question-এ subject এবং tense অনুসারে do/does/did ব্যবহৃত হয়।
যেমন:
Your friend works here, doesn't he?
They like you very much, don't they?
She went to Dhaka last week, didn't she?
Inc: Man cannot swim, is it?
Cor: Man cannot swim, can he?
Inc: A fish can swim, does it?
Cor: A fish can swim, can't it?
Inc: I went to Dhaka, wasn't it?
Cor: I went to Dhaka, didn't I?
Inc: Rahim has done the work, is it?
Cor: Rahim has done the work, hasn't he?
Inc: Birds fly in the sky, can they?
Cor: Birds fly in the sky, don't they?
Inc: It will happen, isn't it?
Cor: It will happen, won't it?
Contracted forms of some negative verbs: do + not = don't,
does + not = doesn't,
did + not = didn't,
am + not = ain't/aren't,
is + not = isn't,
are + not = aren't,
have + not = haven't,
has + not = hasn't,
had + not = hadn't,
can + not = can't,
was + not = wasn't,
were + not = weren't,
shall +not = shan't,
will not = won't,
would + not = wouldn't,
should +not = shouldn't,
must + not = mustn't