Choose the correct question tag for the sentence:
You haven't got a pen, _______?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → have you?
Question tags:
- A negative statement takes a positive tag.
- The tag repeats the auxiliary verb of the statement and uses a pronoun for the subject.
- This sentence: "You haven't got a pen" is negative and its auxiliary is "have", so the tag is "have you?".
Complete sentence: You haven't got a pen, have you?
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: do you? — Incorrect. The statement uses "have" as its auxiliary, not "do". "Do you?" would go with "You don't have a pen".
Option 2: don't you? — Incorrect. It is a negative tag after a negative statement, and the auxiliary is wrong.
Option 4: isn't it? — Incorrect. "Is" and "it" do not match the auxiliary "have" or the subject "you".