Add a suitable Question Tag to the following sentence by choosing the correct option:
He did not paint that beautiful picture, _____?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → did he.
The suitable question tag to add to the sentence "He did not paint that beautiful picture, _____?" is: did he
- The original statement is in the negative form: "He did not paint that beautiful picture."
- When forming a question tag, we typically use the auxiliary verb from the statement in its positive form if the statement is negative.
- "Did" is the auxiliary verb used in the past tense to form questions in English.
- Therefore, the correct question tag to use here is "did he," which is the positive form corresponding to the negative statement "did not."