Add a suitable question tag to the following sentence from the options given below:
Mohit lives in the city.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Doesn't he?
Question tags with the simple present:
- A question tag repeats the helping verb of the statement and uses a pronoun for the subject.
- When the statement has no helping verb (simple present or simple past), the tag uses do/does/did:
- "Lives" is simple present, third person singular, so does.
- Mohit becomes he.
- A positive statement takes a negative tag: doesn't he?
Complete sentence: Mohit lives in the city, doesn't he?
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: Did he? — Incorrect. "Did" is the past tense, but "lives" is in the present. The tag is also positive.
Option 2: Does he? — Incorrect. The helping verb is right, but a positive statement needs a negative tag.
Option 3: Will he? — Incorrect. "Will" belongs to the future tense, which the statement does not use, and the tag is positive.