Choose the correct question tag to complete the sentence:
You’d better charge your phone before the long bus ride to Shimla, ________?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → hadn’t you
Question tag after “You’d better”:
In “You’d better”, the short form ’d stands for had, not “would”. “Had better” gives advice. It means “should”. So the tag repeats “had”. The sentence is positive, so the tag is negative: “hadn’t you”.
Complete sentence: You’d better charge your phone before the long bus ride to Shimla, hadn’t you?
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: wouldn’t you — Incorrect. This tag is used when ’d stands for would, as in “You’d like”. Example: You’d like some more kheer, wouldn’t you?
Option 2: didn’t you — Incorrect. “Didn’t” goes with a past sentence that has no helping verb, like “missed”. Example: You missed the school bus today, didn’t you?
Option 4: had you — Incorrect. This is a positive tag. It goes with a negative sentence. Example: You hadn’t seen the new hostel before, had you?