Choose the correct question tag to complete the sentence:
The electricians haven’t fixed the street lights in our lane yet, ________?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → have they
Question tag after “haven’t”:
In “haven’t fixed”, the helping verb is “have”, so the tag repeats it. The “not” makes the sentence negative, so the tag is positive: “have”. “The electricians” becomes “they”.
Complete sentence: The electricians haven’t fixed the street lights in our lane yet, have they?
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: haven’t they — Incorrect. This is a negative tag. It goes with a positive sentence. Example: The boys have cleaned the classroom, haven’t they?
Option 2: did they — Incorrect. “Did they” goes with a past sentence made with “didn’t”. Example: They didn’t wait for the bus, did they?
Option 4: had they — Incorrect. “Had they” goes with a sentence that has “hadn’t”. Example: They hadn’t seen the sea before that trip, had they?