Complete the following sentence by using a question tag from the given options:
Students are learning swimming. __________ ?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → aren't they?
Question tags:
- Rule: a positive statement takes a negative tag.
- The tag is made of:
- The helping verb of the statement.
- A pronoun for the subject.
- This sentence:
- "Students are learning swimming" is positive, so the tag is negative.
- The helping verb is are → "aren't".
- The subject "students" (plural, third person) becomes they.
Complete sentence: Students are learning swimming, aren't they?
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: aren't he ? — Incorrect. "He" is singular and does not stand for "students". "Aren't he" is also ungrammatical.
Option 3: aren't we ? — Incorrect. "We" is first person. The subject "students" is third person, so the pronoun must be they.
Option 4: can't we ? — Incorrect. The statement has the helping verb are, not "can", and the pronoun is wrong too.