Choose the sentences that have the correct question tag:
(A) Shruti couldn’t find her hall ticket, could she?
(B) Hardly anyone stayed back for the prize distribution, didn’t they?
(C) The new metro line runs till midnight, doesn’t it?
(D) Let’s draw the rangoli near the gate, will we?
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A) and (C) only
(A) Shruti couldn’t find her hall ticket, could she? — Correct.
- “Couldn’t” makes the sentence negative.
- A negative sentence takes a positive tag, so the tag repeats “could”: “could she”.
(B) Hardly anyone stayed back for the prize distribution, didn’t they? — Incorrect.
- The given sentence uses the negative tag “didn’t they”.
- “Hardly anyone” means almost nobody, so the sentence is negative and needs a positive tag.
- Correct form: Hardly anyone stayed back for the prize distribution, did they?
(C) The new metro line runs till midnight, doesn’t it? — Correct.
- “Runs” has no helping verb, so the tag uses “does”.
- The sentence is positive and the metro line is one thing, so the tag is “doesn’t it”.
(D) Let’s draw the rangoli near the gate, will we? — Incorrect.
- The given sentence uses “will we” after “Let’s”.
- A sentence that begins with “Let’s” always takes “shall we”.
- Correct form: Let’s draw the rangoli near the gate, shall we?