Choose the most suitable question tag for the following sentence-
I am not expected to serve them; ____?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → am I?
Question tags:
- A negative statement takes a positive tag, and a positive statement a negative tag.
- The tag repeats the auxiliary verb of the statement and uses a pronoun for the subject.
- This sentence: the statement "I am not expected to serve them" is negative and its auxiliary is "am", so the tag is "am I?".
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 2: can I? — Incorrect. The statement has no "can". The tag must repeat the auxiliary "am".
Option 3: shouldn't I? — Incorrect. It is negative after a negative statement, and "should" is not the auxiliary used.
Option 4: doesn't I? — Incorrect. "Does" never goes with "I", the tag is negative, and the auxiliary of the statement is "am".