‘Wasn’t it’ can be used as the question tag for which of the sentences given below?
(A) The kites on the terrace were all torn by the wind, ________?
(B) That was a long power cut last night, ________?
(C) The new sofa set wasn’t delivered on time, ________?
(D) The school van was late again this morning, ________?
(E) The train reached Jaipur two hours late, ________?
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (B) and (D) only
(A) The kites on the terrace were all torn by the wind, wasn’t it? — Incorrect.
- “The kites” is plural, so the tag uses “were” and “they”, not “was” and “it”.
- Correct form: The kites on the terrace were all torn by the wind, weren’t they?
(B) That was a long power cut last night, wasn’t it? — Correct.
- “That” becomes “it” in the tag.
- The helping verb is “was” and the sentence is positive, so the tag is “wasn’t it”.
(C) The new sofa set wasn’t delivered on time, wasn’t it? — Incorrect.
- The sentence has “wasn’t”, so it is negative and the tag must be positive.
- Correct form: The new sofa set wasn’t delivered on time, was it?
(D) The school van was late again this morning, wasn’t it? — Correct.
- The helping verb is “was” and the sentence is positive, so the tag is “wasn’t”.
- “The school van” is one thing, so it becomes “it”.
(E) The train reached Jaipur two hours late, wasn’t it? — Incorrect.
- “Reached” is in the simple past with no helping verb.
- So the tag uses “didn’t”, not “wasn’t”.
- Correct form: The train reached Jaipur two hours late, didn’t it?