‘Doesn’t it’ can be used as the question tag for which of the sentences given below?
(A) The school bus stops right outside our gate, ________?
(B) Nothing grows in this dry corner of the garden, ________?
(C) This old mixer grinder makes too much noise, ________?
(D) The library is closed on Sundays, ________?
(E) The new e-rickshaws run on batteries, ________?
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (A) and (C) only
(A) The school bus stops right outside our gate, doesn’t it? — Correct.
- “Stops” is in the simple present with no helping verb, so the tag uses “does”.
- The sentence is positive and the bus is one thing, so the tag is “doesn’t it”.
(B) Nothing grows in this dry corner of the garden, doesn’t it? — Incorrect.
- “Nothing” makes the sentence negative, so the tag must be positive.
- Correct form: Nothing grows in this dry corner of the garden, does it?
(C) This old mixer grinder makes too much noise, doesn’t it? — Correct.
- “Makes” is in the simple present with no helping verb, so the tag uses “does”.
- The sentence is positive and the mixer grinder is one thing, so the tag is “doesn’t it”.
(D) The library is closed on Sundays, doesn’t it? — Incorrect.
- The helping verb here is “is”, so the tag uses “isn’t”, not “doesn’t”.
- Correct form: The library is closed on Sundays, isn’t it?
(E) The new e-rickshaws run on batteries, doesn’t it? — Incorrect.
- “The new e-rickshaws” is plural, so the tag uses “they” and “don’t”.
- Correct form: The new e-rickshaws run on batteries, don’t they?