Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Grammar: Question Tags

Question:

Choose the alternative that best suits as a question tag for the following sentence :

Don't pick the flowers __________.

Options:

Don't pick the flowers, will you ?

Don't pick the flower, Do you?

Don't pick the flowers, won't you ?

Don't pick the flowers, don't you?

Correct Answer:

Don't pick the flowers, will you ?

Explanation:

The best question tag for the sentence "Don't pick the flowers" is: Don't pick the flowers, will you?

Here's why:

  • The original sentence is a negative imperative sentence, which means it gives a command in a negative way.
  • When forming question tags for negative imperatives, we use a positive auxiliary verb in the interrogative form. In this case, "will" is the suitable auxiliary verb for the second-person singular form ("you").