Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Grammar: Question Tags

Question:

Complete the following sentence by using a question tag from the given options:

Students are learning swimming. __________ ?

Options:

aren't he ?

aren't they?

aren't we ?

can't we ?

Correct Answer:

aren't they?

Explanation:


The correct question tag to complete the sentence "Students are learning swimming. __________ ?" is "aren't they?".

This is because the subject of the sentence is "students," which is a third-person plural pronoun. The appropriate question tag for third-person plural subjects is "aren't they?"

The other options are incorrect because:

  • "aren't he?" is incorrect because "he" is a singular pronoun, and the subject of the sentence is plural.

  • "aren't we?" is incorrect because "we" is a first-person plural pronoun, and the subject of the sentence is third-person plural.

  • "can't we?" is incorrect because it suggests that the speaker is asking for permission to learn swimming, which is not the intent of the sentence. The speaker is simply making a statement about the students learning swimming.