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Imperative sentences suggest order, command, request, threat,
instruction, etc. Such ideas often depend upon the speaker’s tone.

You should do homework regularly. [advice / suggestion]
Kindly convey the message to them. [request]
Shoot at the tiger. [command]
Speak English here. [instruction]
Give me 5 million rupees or I will kill you. [threat]

Imperative sentences usually begin with a main verb and end with a
full stop [.].
Question Tags are the shortest questions. They are placed at the end
of a statement.
A question tag separated by a [,] comma and is used to get a

statement confirmed.

If the statement is positive, the question tag is usually negative.
They are magicians, aren’t they?
If the statement is negative, the question tag is usually positive.
They are not fond of travelling, are they?

Negative question tags are made up of auxiliary verbs and pronouns.
isn’t it?, is he?, mustn’t he?, shouldn’t she?, won’t I?, shan’t he?,
haven’t they? etc.
Whether imperatives are negative or positive, we usually use ‘will you?’
Don’t speak rough words, will you? Let us sing now, will you?

With sentences that begin with ‘Let’s….., we use ‘shall we?’
Let’s not fight with each other, shall we?
The auxiliary verb ‘am’ doesn’t have its negative form.
I am a student, aren’t I?
In case of the absence of auxiliary verbs in sentences, use ‘do, does or
did’ in the question tag.

Preety has a new scooter, doesn’t she?
Goma’s husband won the lottery, didn’t he?

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