Fill in the blank with the appropriate question tag:
Grandpa used to walk to the farm every morning, ________?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → didn’t he
Question tag after “used to”:
“Used to” talks about a habit in the past. It has no helping verb of its own, so the tag uses “did”, the helping verb of the past. The sentence is positive, so the tag is negative. “Grandpa” becomes “he”. So the tag is “didn’t he”.
Complete sentence: Grandpa used to walk to the farm every morning, didn’t he?
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: did he — Incorrect. This is a positive tag. It goes with a negative sentence. Example: Rohan didn’t call you last night, did he?
Option 2: wasn’t he — Incorrect. “Wasn’t” goes with a sentence that has “was”. Example: Your uncle was a postman, wasn’t he?
Option 4: doesn’t he — Incorrect. “Doesn’t” goes with a present habit, not a past one. Example: Papa reads the paper after breakfast, doesn’t he?