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You all watched TV during the night, didn’t you?
He didn’t read the novel, did he?
Manoj doesn’t live here, does he?
Q. You haven’t responded (1) / to my invitation, (2) / didn’t you? (3). /
No error (4)
[SSC Multi-Tasking Staff Exam, 17.03.2013 (Second Sitting)]
Ans. (3) ;gk¡, okD; Present Perfect (Negative) esa gSA
vr%, question tag ‘have you’ dk iz;ksx lgh gSA
‘have’ ,oa ‘do’ osQ lkFk question tags laHko gS ;fn okD; essa auxiliary ‘have’
/‘has’ dk iz;ksx gqvk gSA
mnkgj.k :
Kumar has two cars, hasn’t he? Or doesn’t he?
She has a nice kitten, hasn’t she? Or doesn’t she?
You haven’t a house, have you? Or Do you?
They have a garden, haven’t they? Or don’t they?
;fn statement esa no, no one, nothing, nobody, scarcely, hardly, hardly
ever, never, neither, seldom, under no circumstances, bR;kfn esa ls dksbZ Hkh 'kCn
gS rks mls negative statement le>k tkrk gS vkSj mlosQ ckn affirmative tag dk
iz;ksx gksxkA
mnkgj.k :
Julia hardly ever drinks Coke, does she?
Nothing will cure his illness, will it?
He never acts like a gentleman, does he?
She is hardly the right person for the job, is she?
It is no good, is it?
;fn statement dk subject — somebody, anybody, nobody, everybody, no
one ;k neither gS rks question tag esa ‘they’ dk iz;ksx gksrk gSA
mnkgj.k :
Somebody entered the garden, didn’t they?
Everybody was upset, weren’t they?
Nobody objects to the plan, do they?