Tag Questions & Completing Sentences
isn't it? গঠন আর অসম্পূর্ণ বাক্য শেষ করা
Positive → Negative tag
Positive statement, + negative tag?
মূল বাক্য ইতিবাচক হলে tag-টা নেতিবাচক হয়।
• He is a good boy, isn't he?
• They play cricket, don't they?
Negative → Positive tag
Negative statement, + positive tag?
মূল বাক্য নেতিবাচক হলে tag-টা ইতিবাচক হয়।
• He is not a good boy, is he?
• They don't play cricket, do they?
Auxiliary verb মিলিয়ে নেওয়া
same auxiliary verb + subject pronoun
মূল বাক্যে যে auxiliary/modal verb (am/is/are/was/were/have/has/had/will/can/should ইত্যাদি) থাকে, tag-এও সেটাই (উল্টো অর্থে) বসে।
• She has finished her work, hasn't she?
• You can swim, can't you?
• He will come, won't he?
Auxiliary না থাকলে do/does/did
কোনো auxiliary না থাকলে tag-এ do/does/did
মূল verb যদি সাধারণ verb হয় (be/have/modal ছাড়া), tag-এ do/does/did বসে, tense অনুযায়ী।
• He goes to school, doesn't he?
• She sang a song, didn't she?
I am → aren't I
I am..., aren't I?
'I am' দিয়ে বাক্য শুরু হলে ব্যতিক্রমী tag 'aren't I?' ব্যবহার হয় ('am not I' নয়)।
• I am late, aren't I?
⚠️ I am late, am I not I? ❌ → aren't I? ✅
Indefinite pronoun subject
Everybody/Everyone/Someone/No one + ..., + they + tag
Everybody, everyone, someone, anyone ইত্যাদি subject হলে tag-এ pronoun 'they' বসে (মানুষ বোঝালে)।
• Everybody wants to be happy, don't they?
• Someone has called, haven't they?
আগে থেকেই নেতিবাচক শব্দ
never/hardly/scarcely/seldom/no one/nothing + ..., + positive tag
যে শব্দগুলো নিজেই নেতিবাচক অর্থ বহন করে (never, hardly, scarcely, no, nothing, nobody), সেই বাক্যের tag ইতিবাচক হয়।
• He never tells a lie, does he?
• There is nothing wrong, is there?
• She hardly goes out, does she?
Imperative sentence-এর tag
আদেশ: ..., will you? · অনুরোধ: ..., won't you? · Let's...: ..., shall we?
আদেশসূচক বাক্যে 'will you?', বিনীত অনুরোধে 'won't you?', Let's দিয়ে শুরু বাক্যে 'shall we?' বসে।
• Open the door, will you?
• Help me, won't you?
• Let's go for a walk, shall we?
This/That/These/Those subject
This/That + ..., + it + tag · These/Those + ..., + they + tag
This/That subject হলে tag-এ 'it', These/Those হলে tag-এ 'they' বসে।
• This is your book, isn't it?
• These are your shoes, aren't they?
Let us vs Let him/them
Let us... → shall we? · Let him/her/them... → will you?
'Let us/let's' প্রস্তাব বোঝালে tag 'shall we?', কিন্তু 'let him/her/them' অনুমতি/আদেশ বোঝালে tag 'will you?'।
• Let's play football, shall we?
• Let him go now, will you?
Completing sentences — If-clause
If + present, ... will + V1 · If + past, ... would + V1 · If + had + V3, ... would have + V3
If-clause-এর ধরন দেখে conditional-এর সঠিক rule (Module 1) মেনে বাকি অংশ সম্পূর্ণ করতে হয়।
• If it rains, ___ → I will not go out.
• If I were rich, ___ → I would help the poor.
Completing — Unless
Unless + present subject + verb, ... (positive result)
Unless মানে 'যদি না' — তাই unless-clause-এ নেতিবাচক verb বসে না (Module 4), বাকি অংশে স্বাভাবিক ফলাফল লিখতে হয়।
• Unless you work hard, ___ → you will not succeed.
Completing — so that / in order that
so that + subject + can/may/could/might + V1
উদ্দেশ্য সম্পূর্ণ করতে so that-এর পর নতুন subject+can/may বসাতে হয়।
• He is studying hard so that ___ → he may pass the exam.
Completing — No sooner/Hardly
No sooner had + subject + V3 ... than + subject + V2 · Hardly had ... when
এই জোড়া শুরু হলে বাকি অংশও একই কাঠামোয় (Module 4) সম্পূর্ণ করতে হয়।
• No sooner had he reached the station ___ → than the train left.
Completing — wish / as if / would rather
wish + past · as if + past · would rather + V1 + than + V1
wish/as if-এর পর past form, would rather-এর পর base verb+than+base verb বসিয়ে বাকি অংশ সম্পূর্ণ করতে হয়।
• I wish ___ → I were a bird.
• He talks as if ___ → he knew everything.
• I would rather die ___ → than beg.