Match the sentences in List-I with the question tags in List-II.
| List-I (Sentences) | List-II (Question tags) |
|---|---|
| (A) Pass the pickle jar to Dadi, ________? | (I) is it |
| (B) Nobody complained about the food at the wedding, ________? | (II) didn’t he |
| (C) Your uncle used to run a sweet shop in Bhopal, ________? | (III) will you |
| (D) The geyser in the hostel isn’t working again, ________? | (IV) did they |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(II), (D)-(I)
| List-I | List-II | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| (A) Pass the pickle jar to Dadi, will you? | (III) will you | A sentence that makes a request, like “Pass the pickle jar”, takes “will you”. |
| (B) Nobody complained about the food at the wedding, did they? | (IV) did they | Nobody makes the sentence negative, so the tag is positive. “Nobody” becomes “they” in the tag. |
| (C) Your uncle used to run a sweet shop in Bhopal, didn’t he? | (II) didn’t he | Used to has no helping verb with it, so the tag uses “didn’t”. “Your uncle” becomes “he”. |
| (D) The geyser in the hostel isn’t working again, is it? | (I) is it | The sentence has isn’t, so it is negative and takes the positive tag “is it”. |