Fill in the blank with the appropriate question tag.
One can't be too sure, ________?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → can one
Question tags:
- The tag repeats the helping verb of the statement and the same subject as a pronoun.
- A negative statement takes a positive tag (and a positive statement a negative tag).
- When the subject is one, the tag also uses one.
- This sentence: "One can't be too sure" is negative with the helping verb can, so the tag is can one?
Complete sentence: One can't be too sure, can one?
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 2: might he — Incorrect. Both the helping verb (might for can) and the pronoun (he for one) are changed.
Option 3: can't one — Incorrect. A negative statement cannot take a negative tag.
Option 4: can they — Incorrect. The subject "one" is repeated as one, not "they".