Rules & Uses
1. If the statement Part of a Question Tag Sentence is Affirmative, the Question Part is written Interro-Negative.
Ex.:- Ram is a dancer, is he? (X)
Ram is a dancer, isn’t he?
2. If the Statement Part of a Question Tag Sentence is Negative, the Question Part is written Interro-Affirmative.
Ex.:- Ram is not a dancer, isn’t he? (X)
Ram is not a dancer, is he?
3. This / That as the Subject of Statement Part is changed into ‘It’ in
Ex.:- This is a new car. Isn’t this? – (X)
This is a new car, isn’t it? –
4. This / That + Noun as the Subject of Statement Part gets Pronoun in Question Part according to the Noun.
Ex.:- (a) This Boy is honest, isn’t he?
(b) This Pen is red, isn’t it?
5. These / Those as the Subject of Statement Part is changed into ‘they’ in Question Part. Ex.:- These are new cars, aren’t these? – (X)
These are new cars, aren’t they?
6. One (In sense of everybody/anybody) as the Subject of Statement part is changed into ‘we/they’ in Question Part.
Ex.:- One can do this work, can’t one? (X)
One can do this work, can’t we/they?
7. An Indefinite Pronoun ending with One / body as the Subject of Statement Part is changed into ‘they’ in Question Part.
Ex.:- Someone is calling you, isn’t someone? (X)
Someone is calling you, aren’t they?
