'Isn't it' can be used as a question tag for which of these questions?
(A) It's raining heavily, _________?
(B) She can swim well, _________?
(C) It is a bright sunny day, _________?
(D) This is my pencil, _________?
(E) There is a sweet shop in that street, _________?
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A), (C) and (D) Only
Question tag rule:
- A positive statement takes a negative tag, made with the same helping verb and a pronoun for the subject.
- "Isn't it?" fits a positive sentence whose verb is is and whose subject is it, or a word that the pronoun "it" replaces (this, that).
Example: That is your bag, isn't it?
(A) It's raining heavily — Correct.
- "It's" = it is, so the tag is isn't it?
(B) She can swim well — Incorrect.
- The helping verb is "can" and the subject "she", so the tag is can't she?, not "isn't it?".
- Correct form: She can swim well, can't she?
(C) It is a bright sunny day — Correct.
- Verb "is", subject "it": the tag is isn't it?
(D) This is my pencil — Correct.
- "This" is replaced by "it" in the tag: isn't it?
(E) There is a sweet shop in that street — Incorrect.
- A sentence beginning with "there is" repeats there in the tag: isn't there?, not "isn't it?".
- Correct form: There is a sweet shop in that street, isn't there?