Add a suitable question tag to the following sentence:
Mr Iyer dislikes loud music in the reading room, ________?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → doesn’t he
Question tag after a word like “dislikes”:
“Dislikes” begins with “dis”, which gives the word a negative meaning. But the sentence has no “not”, “never” or “no”. So it is still a positive sentence, and it takes a negative tag. “Dislikes” has no helping verb, so the tag uses “does”. “Mr Iyer” becomes “he”.
Complete sentence: Mr Iyer dislikes loud music in the reading room, doesn’t he?
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 2: does he — Incorrect. This is a positive tag. It goes with a negative sentence, one with a word like “not” or “never”. Example: Kunal doesn’t like spicy food, does he?
Option 3: isn’t he — Incorrect. “Isn’t he” goes with a positive sentence that has “is”. Example: The new bus driver is very careful, isn’t he?
Option 4: didn’t he — Incorrect. “Didn’t” goes with a verb in the past tense, such as “disliked”. Example: Arun disliked the film, didn’t he?