Compulsory English unit one grammar lesson about question tag.

1. Tag Question
 Positive sentence = Negative tag
 Negative sentence = Positive tag
 eg. is = isnot am = amn’t
 is = isn’t am = aren’t
 Ram is an honest boy, isn’t he?
 Ram is an honest boy, isn’t Ram?

2.  Ram is not an honest boy, isn’t he?
 It is raining, isn’t it?
 It is not raining is it ?
 She is sitting on the chair, is she ?
 Darsan and Hari are playing football, aren’t they?
 They won the match yesterday, didn’t they?
 They had won the match, hadn’t they?
 Monkey likes banana, doesn’t it?
 Monkeys like banana, don’t they?

3. Add tag question for the following
sentences.
 Sita is performing well.
 = isn’t she?
 John was watching tv.
 = was he ?

4. A. Study the following examples.
a.You are tired, aren't you?
b. He left Kathmandu, didn't he?
c.Your father never touched alcoholic drinks, did he?

5. B. Rewrite the following sentences adding appropriate
question tag.
a. Gill does not know Ann, does he?
b. I'm very patient, aren't I?
c.They'd never met me before, had they?
d. Listen carefully, will you?
e. Let's have a break, shall we?
f. Let us invite them, will you?
g. Hari used to live in France as a boy, didn't he?
h.You'd better not take a hard drink, had you ?
i. Sheep eat grass, don't they?
j. Mr. Pande can speak nine languages, can't he?
k. She's finished her classes, hasn't she?
1. She barely managed to reach the goal, did she?
m. Don't let him swim in that pond, will you?
 . There are lots of people here,
п aren't there?

6. C. Read the following situations. What do you say in these
situations? Use question tags.
a.The sky is full of cloud.You can see lightning and hear thunder.
It’s going to rain soon, ……,…….?
b.You want to pay the taxi fare but you are short by 100 rupees.
Shyam, you ……,…….?
c.You have met a stranger at a party and you want to have a chat
with him/her. ……,…….?
d.You came out of the film hall with your friend.You enjoyed the
film. The film ……………………….,……………?
e.You and your friend listened to a comedian on the stage and felt
spellbound by his/her performance.
He gave an excellent ………………………, ………………..?
f.You think your friend’s father has arrived from the US but you

7. g. You think Susan will join the new job tomorrow but you
are not sure.
Susan…………………, …………………….?
h. Your friend’s hair looks too short.
You have got …………………………….,, ………………?
i. You want to go for a picnic with your friends in class.
Let’s ………………………., …………….?
j. You want permission from your father to go for a walk.
Let……………………, …………………..?

8. a. The sky is full of cloud.You can see lightning and hear thunder.
It’s going to rain soon, isn’t it ?
b. You want to pay the taxi fare but you are short by 100 rupees.
Shyam, don’t you ?
c. You have met a stranger at a party and you want to have a chat
with him/her. Would you like to have a chat with me, wouldn’t you ?
d. You came out of the film hall with your friend. You enjoyed the
film. The film was interesting, wasn’t it ?
e.You and your friend listened to a comedian on the stage and felt
spellbound by his/her performance.
He gave an excellent performance, didn’t he ?
f.You think your friend’s father has arrived from the US but you are
not sure.Your father has arrived from US, hasn’t he ?
g. You think Susan will join the new job tomorrow but you
are not sure.
Susan you will join the new job tomorrow , won’t you ?
h. Your friend’s hair looks too short.
You have got your friend’s hair cut, don’t you ?
i. You want to go for a picnic with your friends in class.
Let’s go for a picnic, shall we ?
j. You want permission from your father to go for a walk.
Let me go for a walk, will you ?

9. B. Listen to the audio and fill in the blanks with the
appropriate words/phrases.
 a.Young people are the ………….. for all the
worries.
 b.According to the speaker, nothing is easy and
……………
 c.The speaker spent …………… in the plane last
year.
 d. Jack loves a unique idea, not a ………………….
 e. Jack suggests the young people accepting every
…………. situation as training for success.
 f.The ………….. exam starts after college life.

10. Listening
Unit 01.mp3
And young people are the solutions for tomorrow.
Young people are the solutions for all the worries.
Young people, if you stay with them, you will be full of energetic.
But the advice I give to the young people is that also the advice I give to
myself that nothing is easy, nothing is free.
If you want to be successful, you have to pay the price.
Alibaba 18 years to today's size, yeah we are lucky, but we work much
harder than most of the people.
We never sleep well and sound in the evening. I traveled last year 867
hours a year in the plane. I'm working hard, my team working very hard.
18 years we work like a normal company, 70 years day and night.
Nothing is free. Nothing is easy.
Easy means you have to think different, you have to do different.
Early days in my company, when some ideas come to my desk, Jack, this is a
great idea and I look at everybody.
Everybody say it is a good idea, I normally throw it into the rubbish.
Because everybody say it is good, then all the other people think of it.
If everybody say this is going to be very tough, I'm very interested in that
tough question and I pick up and say how can we do it in a different way.

11.  This is to be unique, to be different.
 Today is very tough, tomorrow is more tougher.
 The day after tomorrow is beautiful, but most people die
tomorrow evening.
 You have to work very hard.
 Every tough day, every tough situation, problems you meet, that is
the training of yourself.
 When you graduate from this school, you just start your career of
learning.
 When you got a Ph.D. Diploma or Bachelor Diploma, this is just a
certificate.
 Your parents pay the tuition for four years.
 Your real challenge is when you leave the college, the real life
starts.
 The real exam starts.
 The real test starts.
 That's life.

12. Answer
 a. solutions
 b. nothing is free
 c. 867 hours
 d.
 e. tough
 f. real

13.  C. Do you agree with the advice of the
speaker?Why? Give your reasons.

14. Speaking
A. Act out the following dialogue.
 A: I'm not happy.
 B:What's wrong?
 A: Oh, I didn't get that job.
 B:What a bummer!
 A:Yeah, I wish I had prepared better for the interview.
 B: Maybe you were just nervous.
 A: If I had only thought about how my experience applied
to the position.
 B:Well, I'm sure you'll do better next time.
 A: I hope so. I'm sick of this job.
 B: Every job has its ups and downs.
 A: Let's have a coffee.
 B:That's something that never disappoints me.

15.  B. Underline the expressions in the above dialogue that
express disappointment.
Can you add some more expressions?
 A: I'm not happy.
 B:What's wrong?
 A: Oh, I didn't get that job.
 B:What a bummer!
 A:Yeah, I wish I had prepared better for the interview.
 B: Maybe you were just nervous.
 A: If I had only thought about how my experience applied to the
position.
 B:Well, I'm sure you'll do better next time.
 A: I hope so. I'm sick of this job.
 B: Every job has its ups and downs.
 A: Let's have a coffee.
 B:That's something that never disappoints me.

16. C. How would you express disappointment in the
following situations?
 a.You missed the birthday party of your close friend because
you were unwell.
 b.You had to go to school on time, but as it happened, you
found the tyre of your bicycle flat.
 c.You have arranged to go for a picnic with your friends. But it
is pouring with rain.
 d.You went to the cinema with your friend to watch a newly-
released film, but as it happened, there was ‘Houseful’ sign
outside.
 e.You could not secure A grade in class 11 in English.

17.  a.You missed the birthday party of your close
friend because you were unwell.
 I love to attend your party but I was un well.
 I regret to be unable to join the party my dear friend.
 b.You had to go to school on time, but as it
happened, you found the tyre of your bicycle
flat.
 What a bummer!
 I'm sorry. My bicycle deceived me at a crucial time.

18.  c.You have arranged to go for a picnic with your
friends. But it is pouring with rain.
 Every job has its ups and down.
 What a bad luck on our part!
 d.You went to the cinema with your friend to
watch a newly-released film, but as it happened,
there was 'Houseful' sign outside.
 What's up! that's nothing for me.
 e.You could not secure A grade in class 11 in
English.
 If I had worked hard before exam, I would have secured
Grade A in class 11 English.

19. Project work
Invite some students of Grade XI and ask them
these three questions.Write a paragraph based
on their answers and share it with your friends.
a. What are you CURIOUS about?
 I am curious about human health & disease.
b. What are you CONCERNED about?
 I am concerned about treating people in free of cost.
c. What do you want to CREATE in the world?
 Free treatment & cure to everyone.
 Peace & harmony, throughout the world.All people
may live happily and enjoy freedom in life no one
would give trouble & harassment to them.