{"id":78062,"date":"2025-06-13T08:55:54","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T08:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=78062"},"modified":"2025-11-16T06:50:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T06:50:43","slug":"question-tags-exercise-for-banking-ssc-and-cds-exams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/question-tags-exercise-for-banking-ssc-and-cds-exams\/","title":{"rendered":"Question Tags Exercise for Banking, SSC and CDS Exams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Question tags<\/strong> are the short questions that go at the end of statements. Examples are given below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Question<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n


<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She is a receptionist, isn’t she?<\/strong>
You have paid the bill, haven’t you?<\/strong>
He arrived on time, didn’t he?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Things to remember when adding question tags to a statement.
<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A negative tag should be used after an affirmative statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He came, didn’t he.<\/strong>
You work hard, don’t you.<\/strong>
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A non-negative tag should be used after a negative statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You didn’t see her, did you?<\/strong>
He hasn’t got a job, has he?<\/strong>
He won’t help, will he?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Question tags do not start with a capital letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The train was late, wasn’t it?<\/strong>
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A negative tag should always be in the contracted form.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He got the job, didn’t he? <\/strong>(NOT did he not?)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is a list of contracted negative auxiliaries.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

do + not = don’t
does + not = doesn’t
did + not = didn’t
is + not = isn’t
are + not = aren’t
was + not = wasn’t
were + not = weren’t
has + not = hasn’t
have + not = haven’t
had + not = hadn’t
will + not = won’t
would + not = wouldn’t
shall + not = shan’t
should + not = shouldn’t
can + not = can’t
could + not = couldn’t
may + not = mayn’t
might + not = mightn’t
must + not = mustn’t
need + not = needn’t
used + not = didn’t
dare + not = daren’t<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note that amn’t I<\/strong> is not used in question tags. Instead we write aren’t I.<\/strong>
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am right, aren’t I?<\/strong>
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Usedn’t is not normally used in question tags. Instead, we use didn’t.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You used to play football, didn’t you?<\/strong> (NOT \u2026usedn’t you?)
You used not to like him, did you?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n


If the given statement is in the simple present tense, <\/strong>use do<\/strong> or does<\/strong> in the question tag.
If the given sentence is in the simple past tense<\/strong>, use did<\/strong> in the question tag.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You took the money, didn’t you?<\/strong>
She writes novels, doesn’t she?
<\/strong>He missed the flight, didn’t he?<\/strong>
He works in a bank, doesn’t he?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A non-negative tag should be used after statements containing negative words like hardly, seldom, barely, no, neither, none, nobody, no one, nothing, scarcely, rarely.<\/strong>
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She rarely watches TV, does she?
<\/strong>Nobody came, did they?<\/strong>
No one passed the test, did they?<\/strong>
He hardly works, does he?
<\/strong>Nothing happened, did it?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Use it<\/strong> in question tags to refer to nothing<\/strong> and everything<\/strong>.
Use they<\/strong> to refer to nobody, somebody, everybody <\/strong>and no one<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the statement begins with an introductory subject like this <\/strong>or that<\/strong>, use it<\/strong> in question tags.
If the statement begins with an introductory subject like these<\/strong> or those,<\/strong> use they<\/strong> in question tags.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This isn’t the right thing to do, is it?<\/strong>
These apples aren’t ripe, are they?<\/strong>
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the subject contains a pronoun in the object form, its subject form should be used in the question tag.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Neither of them<\/strong> was there, were they?<\/strong> (NOT \u2026was them?)
None of us<\/strong> can solve this problem, can we?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Exercise 1
<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Add appropriate question tags to the following statements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \n
  1. The postman delivered the letter, \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. She did not recognise you, \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. She failed the test, \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. You had lunch, \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. He will come, \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. You went there yesterday, \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. She seldom goes out, \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. Yesterday, you had an argument with him, \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. She fosters a lot of stray cats, \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. They took an hour to finish the job, \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..?
    Answers<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    1. didn’t he, 2. did she, 3. didn’t you, 4. didn’t you, 5. won’t he, 6. didn’t you, 7. does she, 8. didn’t you, 9. doesn’t she, 10. didn’t they<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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