Choose the correct question tag for the sentence from the options given below:
Reema was not able to return the book on time.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Was she?
Question tag:
- A negative statement takes a positive tag (and a positive statement a negative tag).
- The tag repeats the helping verb of the statement and uses a pronoun for the subject.
- Statement: Reema was not able ... (negative)
- Helping verb: was, pronoun for Reema: she
- Tag: was she?
Complete sentence: Reema was not able to return the book on time, was she?
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 2: Was he? — Incorrect. Reema is a woman's name. The pronoun must be she.
Option 3: Wasn't she? — Incorrect. A negative tag follows a positive statement. Here the statement is already negative.
Option 4: Wasn't he? — Incorrect. Both the polarity (negative) and the pronoun (he) are wrong.