Add a suitable question tag to the following sentence:
Little rain fell in the village this July, ________?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → did it
Question tag after a sentence with “little”:
“Little” (without “a”) means hardly any. It gives the sentence a negative meaning, so the tag must be positive. “Fell” is in the simple past, so the helping verb is “did”. “Rain” becomes “it”. So the tag is “did it”.
Complete sentence: Little rain fell in the village this July, did it?
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 2: didn’t it — Incorrect. This is a negative tag. It goes with a positive sentence. Example: A lot of rain fell last night, didn’t it?
Option 3: does it — Incorrect. “Does” goes with a sentence in the simple present, not the past. Example: The tap hardly works, does it?
Option 4: was it — Incorrect. “Was it” goes with a negative sentence that has “was”. Example: The well wasn’t dry, was it?