Choose the most suitable question tag for the following sentence:
Most of us will join the army, ________ ?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Won't we
Question tags:
- Rule: a positive statement takes a negative tag, and a negative statement takes a positive tag.
- The tag is made of:
- The helping verb of the statement.
- A pronoun for the subject.
- This sentence:
- "Most of us will join the army" is positive, so the tag is negative.
- The helping verb is will, whose negative is won't.
- The subject "most of us" includes the speaker, so the pronoun is we.
Complete sentence: Most of us will join the army, won't we?
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: Isn't it — Incorrect.
- The helping verb is "will", not "is".
- The subject refers to people ("us"), not to "it".
Option 3: Aren't we — Incorrect. The pronoun is right, but the helping verb of the statement is "will", not "are".
Option 4: am I — Incorrect.
- It is positive, but a positive statement needs a negative tag.
- "I" stands for one person, while "most of us" means many. The verb "am" does not match "will".