Choose the correct question tag to complete the sentence:
The wedding cards were printed in Sivakasi, ________?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → weren’t they
Question tag after “were” + past participle (V3):
In “were printed”, the helping verb is “were”, so the tag repeats it. The sentence is positive, so the tag is negative: “weren’t”. “The wedding cards” are many things, so the pronoun is “they”.
Complete sentence: The wedding cards were printed in Sivakasi, weren’t they?
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: didn’t they — Incorrect. “Didn’t” goes with a past sentence that has no helping verb. Example: The workers printed the posters overnight, didn’t they?
Option 2: wasn’t it — Incorrect. “It” stands for one thing, and “was” goes with one thing. Example: The letter was sent by speed post, wasn’t it?
Option 4: were they — Incorrect. This is a positive tag. It goes with a negative sentence. Example: The sweets weren’t packed properly, were they?