NCERT Solutions | Class 8 English Grammar | Question Tags

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NCERT Solutions Class 8 English
Book:	National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT)
Board:	Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)
Class:	8th
Subject:	English
Chapter:	Grammar
Chapters Name:	Question Tags
Medium:	English

Question Tags | Class 8 English | NCERT Books Solutions

You can refer to MCQ Questions for Class 8 English Grammar Question Tags to revise the concepts in the syllabus effectively and improve your chances of securing high marks in your board exams.

Read the following sentences.

Rituja is very intelligent, isn’t she?
The heat has become scorching, hasn’t it?
The guests have not-arrived yet, have they?

We often use these kind of sentences in our daily conversations. These sentences contain a statement and a question part for confirmation. This part containing a question is called ‘question tag.

Types of a Question Tag
A question tag is of two types

Positive Question Tag
Negative Question Tag

Positive Tags
When the statement is negative, the question tag is positive.

e.g.

Sahil is not home, is he?
I don’t often make mistakes, do I?

Negative Tags
When the statment is positive, the question tag is negative. ,

e.g.

You don’t need any medicine, do you?
This machine does not speak, does it?

General Rules for Question Tags
Rule 1
The subject of a question tag can never be a noun. If the subject of statement is a noun then it must be changed into pronoun of same number and gender when it is to be used in the tag part.

e.g.

Rohit is deceiving us.
QT Rohit is deceiving us, isn’t he?
Here Rohit is the subject of statement and it is a noun. When tag is made Rohit is . changed into ‘he’
Sayali is not mad.
Sayali is not mad, is she?

Rule 2
When a negative tag is formed then the contracted form is used in the tag part.

e.g.

She is eating, is not she? (Incorrect)
She is eating isn’t she? (Correct)

Using expanded form is not appropriate in tag. So, contracted forms should be used
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Note: Amn’t is not accepted in usage. Whenever am + not is used in the sentence then its contracted form is aren’t.

Rule 3
If the statement has V₁, V₂ or V₁ + s/es then during the tag formation the auxiliary will be as follows.
V₁ → do
_V2 → did
V₁ → s/es → does

Chapter Practice

ncert class 8 english grammar book, Question 1.

Identify positive and negative tags from among the following sentences.

Vyom looks nice, doesn’t he?
You are responsible for this entire mess-up, aren’t you?
These ridiculous ideas are not at all welcome, are they?
You are quite puzzled, aren’t you?
The movie will not release in the next month, won’t it?

Ncert solutions for class 8 English Grammar , Answer :

Negative tag
Negative tag
Positive tag
Negative tag
Positive tag

ncert class 8 english grammar book pdf, Question 2.

Match the following.

List 1	List II
(i) India will win the World Cup.	(a) am I?
(ii) The lecturer slapped a boy.	(b) doesn’t she?
(iii) I am not going to wait for you.	(c) haven’t they?
(iv) Vaibhavi likes to paint her daughter.	(d) didn’t he?
(v) These methods have become archaic now.	(e) won’t they?

Cbse solutions class 8 English Grammar , Answer :

List I	List II
(i) India will win the World Cup.	(e) won’t they?
(ii) The lecturer slapped the boy.	(d) didn’t he?
(iii) I am not going to wait for you.	(a) am 1?
(iv) Vaibhavi likes to paint her daughter.	(b) doesn’t she?
(v) These methods have become archaic now.	(c) haven’t they?

cbse class 8 english grammar book pdf, Question 3.

Add a question tag to each of the following statements.

You think I am a fool.
This was purchased last year.
Prabhu hates smoking and smokers.
I will never forget this.
They will not excuse us.
Jyoti works very hard.
Vineet doesn’t rely on his cousins when it comes to start a business in partnership.
We all enjoyed ourselves a, lot during the tour.
The lady keeps bandening around to everybody. .
She is not as dull as she pretends to be.

Ncert solutions class 8 English Grammar , Answer :

You think I am a fool, don’t you?
This was purchased last year, wasn’t this?
Prabhu hates smoking and smokers, doesn’t he?
I will never forget this, will I?
They will not excuse us, will they?
Jyoti works very hard, doesn’t she?
Vineet doesn’t rely on his cousins, when it comes to start a business in partnership, does he?
We all enjoyed ourselves a lot during the tour, didn’t we?
The lady keeps bandening around to everybody, doesn’t she?
She is not as dull as she pretends to be, is she?

class 8 english grammar, Question 4.

In the questions given below there are four options for each sentence. Choose the option which is correct.

Did everything quite speadily…………………….. ?
(a) did
(b) didn’t
(c) does
(d) don’t
He……….. blame anybody, did he?
(a) does
(b) is not
(c) didn’t
(d) was not
These topics were taught in the class………………… ..?
(a) were they
(b) wasn’t it
(c) were they not
(d) weren’t they
Raghav’s joy knew no bounds,……………………. ?
(a) did he
(b) didn’t he
(c) did it
(d) None of these
Pixie didn’t find the remark very offensive ?
(a) did she
(b) didn’t she
(c) was she
(d) wasn’t she
Happy wan’t picking up the call………………………. ?
(a) was he
(b) were he
(c) wasn’t he
(d) None of these
Indian culture…………………… loved by everyone, isn’t it?
(a) was
(b) is
(c) were
(d) does
London airport has the highest number of escalators in the world………….it?
(a) was
(b) isn’t
(c) is
(d) doesn’t
The cat moved its tail to indicate something……….?
(a) didn’t it
(b) did it
(c) didn’t she
(d) did she
Saree is the most graceful Indian dress, ?
(a) is it not
(b) is not it
(c) isn’t it
(d) None of these