Choose the correct question tag to complete the sentence:
They’d rather take the metro than drive in this traffic, ________?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → wouldn’t they
Question tag after “They’d rather”:
In “They’d rather”, the short form ’d stands for would. So the tag repeats “would”. The sentence is positive, so the tag is negative: “wouldn’t they”.
Complete sentence: They’d rather take the metro than drive in this traffic, wouldn’t they?
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: hadn’t they — Incorrect. This tag is used when ’d stands for had, as in “They’d better”. Example: They’d better leave before the roads get busy, hadn’t they?
Option 2: didn’t they — Incorrect. “Didn’t” goes with a past sentence that has no helping verb, like “cooked”. Example: They cooked dinner early tonight, didn’t they?
Option 4: would they — Incorrect. This is a positive tag. It goes with a negative sentence. Example: They wouldn’t miss the Durga Puja pandals, would they?