Choose the correct question tag to complete the sentence:
None of the guests stayed back for dinner, ________?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → did they
Question tag after “None of”:
“None” means not one, so the sentence is negative. A negative sentence takes a positive tag. “None of the guests” becomes “they” in the tag. “Stayed” has no helping verb, so the tag uses “did”.
Complete sentence: None of the guests stayed back for dinner, did they?
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: didn’t they — Incorrect. This is a negative tag. It goes with a positive sentence. Example: The players reached the ground early, didn’t they?
Option 2: were they — Incorrect. This tag repeats “were”. It goes with a negative sentence that has “were”. Example: None of the shops were open, were they?
Option 3: didn’t he — Incorrect. This negative tag with “he” goes with a positive sentence about one man or boy. Example: Sameer fixed the fan yesterday, didn’t he?