Please keep at least one language enabled. || కనీసం ఒక భాషను ఎంచుకోండి.
Question 1
ప్రశ్న 1
Choose the standard tag in ordinary modern English: 'I am late, _____?'
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• With the statement form 'I am', the standard negative question tag in ordinary modern English is 'aren't I?'.
• The statement is affirmative, so the tag is negative.
• Forms such as 'isn't I' and 'don't I' do not match the verb and subject correctly.
• The statement is affirmative, so the tag is negative.
• Forms such as 'isn't I' and 'don't I' do not match the verb and subject correctly.
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Question 2
ప్రశ్న 2
Choose the standard tag: 'Martin used to live in Oxford, _____?'
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Standard modern usage commonly forms the tag after 'used to' with auxiliary 'did'.
• The affirmative statement therefore takes the negative tag 'didn't he?'.
• 'Doesn't he' and 'wasn't he' do not match the past habitual construction.
• The affirmative statement therefore takes the negative tag 'didn't he?'.
• 'Doesn't he' and 'wasn't he' do not match the past habitual construction.
వివరణ:
Question 3
ప్రశ్న 3
Choose the standard tag for the suggestion: 'Let's begin the lesson, _____?'
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• An imperative beginning with 'let's' conventionally takes the tag 'shall we?'.
• 'Let's' includes the speaker and the listener or listeners in the suggested action.
• The alternatives do not form the standard tag for this construction.
• 'Let's' includes the speaker and the listener or listeners in the suggested action.
• The alternatives do not form the standard tag for this construction.
వివరణ:
Question 4
ప్రశ్న 4
Choose the usual neutral tag after this imperative: 'Don't be late tonight, _____?'
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The usual neutral tag after an imperative is 'will you?'.
• This applies to a negative imperative such as 'Don't be late tonight'.
• The other auxiliaries do not provide the standard neutral imperative tag required here.
• This applies to a negative imperative such as 'Don't be late tonight'.
• The other auxiliaries do not provide the standard neutral imperative tag required here.
వివరణ:
Question 5
ప్రశ్న 5
Choose the usual neutral tag after this imperative: 'Phone me this evening, _____?'
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Reference grammar describes 'will you?' as the usual tag after an imperative.
• 'Phone me this evening' is an imperative addressed to 'you'.
• The tag therefore uses the understood imperative subject 'you'.
• 'Phone me this evening' is an imperative addressed to 'you'.
• The tag therefore uses the understood imperative subject 'you'.
వివరణ:
Question 6
ప్రశ్న 6
Choose the correct tag: 'Nobody is coming, _____?'
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• 'Nobody' has negative meaning, so the tag is positive rather than negative.
• When an indefinite pronoun referring to an unspecified person is referred back to, 'they' is standard in the tag.
• The correct tag is therefore 'are they?'.
• When an indefinite pronoun referring to an unspecified person is referred back to, 'they' is standard in the tag.
• The correct tag is therefore 'are they?'.
వివరణ:
Question 7
ప్రశ్న 7
Choose the correct tag: 'Somebody has told Maya about the change, _____?'
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• 'Somebody' is affirmative, so the question tag is negative.
• An unspecified person referred to by 'somebody' is normally represented by 'they' in the tag.
• The statement contains present-perfect 'has told', which corresponds to 'haven't they?'.
• An unspecified person referred to by 'somebody' is normally represented by 'they' in the tag.
• The statement contains present-perfect 'has told', which corresponds to 'haven't they?'.
వివరణ:
Question 8
ప్రశ్న 8
Choose the correct tag: 'No one in this class knows the answer, _____?'
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• 'No one' gives the statement negative meaning, so the tag is positive.
• The simple-present lexical verb 'knows' requires a form of 'do' in the tag.
• 'No one' referring to an unspecified person is represented by 'they', giving 'do they?'.
• The simple-present lexical verb 'knows' requires a form of 'do' in the tag.
• 'No one' referring to an unspecified person is represented by 'they', giving 'do they?'.
వివరణ:
Question 9
ప్రశ్న 9
Choose the correct tag: 'Everyone enjoyed the programme, _____?'
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• 'Everyone' makes an affirmative statement, so the tag is negative.
• The simple-past verb 'enjoyed' requires auxiliary 'did' in the tag.
• Indefinite pronouns referring to people are commonly referred back to with 'they', giving 'didn't they?'.
• The simple-past verb 'enjoyed' requires auxiliary 'did' in the tag.
• Indefinite pronouns referring to people are commonly referred back to with 'they', giving 'didn't they?'.
వివరణ:
Question 10
ప్రశ్న 10
Choose the correct tag: 'Someone is waiting outside, _____?'
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• 'Someone is waiting outside' is affirmative, so the tag must be negative.
• 'Someone' refers to an unspecified person and is normally referred back to with singular 'they'.
• With 'they' in the tag, the appropriate verb form is 'aren't', giving 'aren't they?'.
• 'Someone' refers to an unspecified person and is normally referred back to with singular 'they'.
• With 'they' in the tag, the appropriate verb form is 'aren't', giving 'aren't they?'.
వివరణ:
Question 11
ప్రశ్న 11
Choose the correct tag: 'The trains are never on time, _____?'
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• 'Never' has negative meaning, so the statement takes a positive question tag.
• The statement already contains the verb 'are', which is reused in the tag.
• The plural subject 'the trains' becomes 'they', giving 'are they?'.
• The statement already contains the verb 'are', which is reused in the tag.
• The plural subject 'the trains' becomes 'they', giving 'are they?'.
వివరణ:
Question 12
ప్రశ్న 12
Choose the correct tag: 'You have never visited Delhi, _____?'
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• 'Never' gives the statement negative meaning, so the tag is positive.
• The statement is present perfect and contains auxiliary 'have'.
• The correct positive tag is therefore 'have you?'.
• The statement is present perfect and contains auxiliary 'have'.
• The correct positive tag is therefore 'have you?'.
వివరణ:
Question 13
ప్రశ్న 13
Choose the correct tag: 'Ravi hardly ever complains, _____?'
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• 'Hardly ever' has negative meaning, so a positive tag is required.
• 'Complains' is simple present with no auxiliary in the statement, so the tag uses 'does'.
• The subject 'Ravi' becomes 'he', giving 'does he?'.
• 'Complains' is simple present with no auxiliary in the statement, so the tag uses 'does'.
• The subject 'Ravi' becomes 'he', giving 'does he?'.
వివరణ:
Question 14
ప్రశ్న 14
Choose the correct tag: 'Maya seldom misses a class, _____?'
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• 'Seldom' has negative meaning, so the tag is positive.
• 'Misses' is a simple-present lexical verb, so the tag uses auxiliary 'does'.
• 'Maya' is represented by 'she', producing 'does she?'.
• 'Misses' is a simple-present lexical verb, so the tag uses auxiliary 'does'.
• 'Maya' is represented by 'she', producing 'does she?'.
వివరణ:
Question 15
ప్రశ్న 15
Choose the correct tag: 'The child could scarcely keep his eyes open, _____?'
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• 'Scarcely' has negative meaning in this sentence, so the question tag is positive.
• The statement contains the modal 'could', which is reused in the tag.
• The subject 'the child' is represented by 'he', giving 'could he?'.
• The statement contains the modal 'could', which is reused in the tag.
• The subject 'the child' is represented by 'he', giving 'could he?'.
వివరణ:
Question 16
ప్రశ్న 16
Which sentence uses a question tag correctly?
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• 'Nobody' gives the statement negative meaning, so the tag must be positive.
• The present-perfect auxiliary in the statement is 'has', and with the tag pronoun 'they' the corresponding form is 'have'.
• The standard tag is therefore 'have they?'.
• The present-perfect auxiliary in the statement is 'has', and with the tag pronoun 'they' the corresponding form is 'have'.
• The standard tag is therefore 'have they?'.
వివరణ:
Question 17
ప్రశ్న 17
Which sentence contains a question-tag polarity error?
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• 'Never' has negative meaning, so 'The trains are never late' requires a positive tag: 'are they?'.
• 'Aren't they?' incorrectly gives a negative tag after a negative-meaning statement.
• The other sentences correctly use positive tags after 'never', 'rarely' and 'nobody'.
• 'Aren't they?' incorrectly gives a negative tag after a negative-meaning statement.
• The other sentences correctly use positive tags after 'never', 'rarely' and 'nobody'.
వివరణ:
Question 18
ప్రశ్న 18
The speaker does not know the gender of the person referred to. Which sentence contains an incorrect pronoun in the tag according to standard modern reference-back?
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• When the gender of an unspecified person is not known, indefinite pronouns such as 'somebody', 'everyone' and 'no one' are normally referred back to with 'they'.
• 'Somebody has arrived, hasn't he?' incorrectly assumes the masculine pronoun under the context explicitly given in the question; the expected tag is 'haven't they?'.
• The other options correctly use 'they' to refer back to indefinite pronouns denoting people.
• 'Somebody has arrived, hasn't he?' incorrectly assumes the masculine pronoun under the context explicitly given in the question; the expected tag is 'haven't they?'.
• The other options correctly use 'they' to refer back to indefinite pronouns denoting people.
వివరణ:
Question 19
ప్రశ్న 19
Which sentence contains an error in the special tag after 'let's'?
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The standard question tag after 'let's' is 'shall we?'.
• 'Let's' includes the speaker and listener or listeners in a suggestion.
• 'Will you?' is commonly associated with ordinary imperatives, not the standard 'let's' tag tested here.
• 'Let's' includes the speaker and listener or listeners in a suggestion.
• 'Will you?' is commonly associated with ordinary imperatives, not the standard 'let's' tag tested here.
వివరణ:
Question 20
ప్రశ్న 20
Which row contains four correct special question tags?
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• 'I'm early, aren't I?' uses the standard special tag after 'I am'.
• 'Let's begin, shall we?' uses the standard tag after 'let's', while 'Nobody came, did they?' correctly treats 'nobody' as negative and uses 'they'.
• 'You never called, did you?' correctly uses a positive tag because 'never' gives the statement negative meaning.
• 'Let's begin, shall we?' uses the standard tag after 'let's', while 'Nobody came, did they?' correctly treats 'nobody' as negative and uses 'they'.
• 'You never called, did you?' correctly uses a positive tag because 'never' gives the statement negative meaning.
వివరణ:
Answer Key సమాధానాల పట్టిక
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Question 1 ప్రశ్న 1Answer: B. aren't I సమాధానం: B.
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Question 2 ప్రశ్న 2Answer: C. didn't he సమాధానం: C.
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Question 3 ప్రశ్న 3Answer: B. shall we సమాధానం: B.
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Question 4 ప్రశ్న 4Answer: A. will you సమాధానం: A.
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Question 5 ప్రశ్న 5Answer: B. will you సమాధానం: B.
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Question 6 ప్రశ్న 6Answer: B. are they సమాధానం: B.
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Question 7 ప్రశ్న 7Answer: B. haven't they సమాధానం: B.
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Question 8 ప్రశ్న 8Answer: B. do they సమాధానం: B.
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Question 9 ప్రశ్న 9Answer: A. didn't they సమాధానం: A.
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Question 10 ప్రశ్న 10Answer: B. aren't they సమాధానం: B.
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Question 11 ప్రశ్న 11Answer: B. are they సమాధానం: B.
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Question 12 ప్రశ్న 12Answer: B. have you సమాధానం: B.
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Question 13 ప్రశ్న 13Answer: B. does he సమాధానం: B.
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Question 14 ప్రశ్న 14Answer: B. does she సమాధానం: B.
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Question 15 ప్రశ్న 15Answer: B. could he సమాధానం: B.
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Question 16 ప్రశ్న 16Answer: B. Nobody has called, have they? సమాధానం: B.
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Question 17 ప్రశ్న 17Answer: C. The trains are never late, aren't they? సమాధానం: C.
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Question 18 ప్రశ్న 18Answer: D. Somebody has arrived, hasn't he? సమాధానం: D.
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Question 19 ప్రశ్న 19Answer: C. Let's check the answers, will you? సమాధానం: C.
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Question 20 ప్రశ్న 20Answer: A. I'm early, aren't I? | Let's begin, shall we? | Nobody came, did they? | You never called, did you? సమాధానం: A.