Choose the correct question tag to complete the sentence:
There were two cows sleeping on the road this morning, ________?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → weren’t there
Question tag after “There were”:
When a sentence begins with “There were”, the tag also uses “there”. The helping verb “were” is repeated. The sentence is positive, so the tag is negative: “weren’t there”.
Complete sentence: There were two cows sleeping on the road this morning, weren’t there?
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: weren’t they — Incorrect. “Weren’t they” goes with a positive sentence whose subject is plural, such as “the cows”. Example: The cows were hungry, weren’t they?
Option 3: wasn’t it — Incorrect. “Wasn’t it” goes with one thing and “was”. Example: The road was empty this morning, wasn’t it?
Option 4: were there — Incorrect. This is a positive tag. It goes with a negative sentence. Example: There weren’t any buses after ten, were there?