Question

my mother rarely travel by bus add a question tag​

Answer 1

My mother rarely travels by bus, does she?

Usually, the rule for question tags is:

• Positive sentence= negative question tag
• Negative sentence= positive question tag

However, here the case is different.

• The statement is positive, but the word 'rarely' is negative.
• The phrase 'rarely travels' can also be written as 'usually does not travel'.
• So, the meaning of the sentence is negative.
• In sentences with a negative adverb, we need to use a positive question tag.

The formula in such cases will be:

Positive sentence with negative adverb = positive question tag

Therefore, the correct answer is

My mother rarely travels by bus, does she?

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Answer 2

Answer:

My mother rarely travels by bus, does she?

Explanation:

What is a tag question?

A tag question is a statement followed by a small-question. We use tag questions to ask for confirmation. In a tag question a statement is made and a question is asked after that.

For an example-

a) You are busy, Arent’t you?

b) Pinnacle is the best institute for preparing for government jobs, isn’t it?

Four basic rules have to be kept in mind while making question tags-

1 The sentence and the question tag will be in the same tense.

2 If the sentence is an affirmative sentence, the question tag will be negative.

If the sentence is a negative sentence the question tag will be positive.

3 The pronoun is always used in the question tag.

4 In negative question tags we use the contracted form of the helping verb and not Eg- Hasn’t , couldn’t etc.

Rules & Explanations along with Application / Examples.

RULE 1. In affirmative sentence the Tag question will be negative.

Examples -a. A good student always works hard, doesn’t he?

b. A teacher goes to school daily, doesn’t he?

c. Madhu plucks flowers, doesn’t she?

RULE 2. In Negative Sentence the Tag question will be Positive.

Examples - a. All the children were not present, were they?

b. Everybody cannot be clever, can they?

RULE 3. For sentences having modal Auxiliary (can, could, will, would, may, might, must, shall, should, ought to, need, would rather, had better, dare) Tags will be shalln’t, shan’t, will not, won’t, can’t etc depending on whet ether positive or negative is needed.

Examples a. A healthy body can achieve the impossible, can’t it?

b. A student must be regular in studies, musn’t he?

RULE 4. Everybody, everyone , no one, no body are singular. So we use a singular verb and singular pronoun with them. But in the question tag a plural verb and a plural pronoun will be used.

Examples – a. Everybody has to pay his own bill, Haven’t they?

b. None of your friends has arrived yet, Have they?

RULE 5. For Affirmative Imperative sentence we use will you or won’t you in the question tag.

Examples –a. Be assured of all co-operation, will you?

b. Switch on the cooler, will you?

RULE 6. For Negative Imperative sentence we use will you as the question tag.

Examples –a. Don’t touch the wire, will you?

b. Don’t litter here, will you?

c. Don’t make a noise in the class, will you?

RULE 7. For Imperative sentences beginning with let us , when a suggestion or proposal is being made the question tag will be shall we.

Examples –a. Let us go for a movie ,shall we?

b. Let us help her to complete the work , shall we?

c. Let us go to meet her, shall we?

RULE 8. For Imperative sentences beginning with let but not followed by us, the question tag will be will you.

Examples –a. Let Madhu go, will you?

b. Let them do their homework, will you?

c.Let the labourer go, will you?

RULE 9. For imperative sentences having nothing, anything, everything, something as the subject the question tag will have it as the pronoun.

Examples –a. Everything has gone bad today, hasn’t it?

b. Everything is clear, isn’t it?

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