Choose the sentences that have the correct question tag:
(A) Tarun can’t lift that heavy suitcase alone, can he?
(B) Your neighbours are going to Kerala for Onam, don’t they?
(C) Bina won’t come to the picnic without her sister, won’t she?
(D) Dev’s sister plays the sitar beautifully, doesn’t she?
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A) and (D) only
(A) Tarun can’t lift that heavy suitcase alone, can he? — Correct.
- “Can’t” makes the sentence negative, so the tag is positive.
- The tag repeats the helping verb “can”: “can he”.
(B) Your neighbours are going to Kerala for Onam, don’t they? — Incorrect.
- The given sentence uses “don’t” in the tag.
- The helping verb in the sentence is “are”, so the tag must repeat it.
- Correct form: Your neighbours are going to Kerala for Onam, aren’t they?
(C) Bina won’t come to the picnic without her sister, won’t she? — Incorrect.
- The given sentence has “won’t” in both parts.
- “Won’t come” is negative, so the tag must be positive.
- Correct form: Bina won’t come to the picnic without her sister, will she?
(D) Dev’s sister plays the sitar beautifully, doesn’t she? — Correct.
- “Plays” has no helping verb and the sentence is positive, so the tag is “doesn’t”.
- The subject is “Dev’s sister”, so the pronoun is “she”.