Out of the four alternatives, choose the one that suits the best as a question tag for the sentence:
She rarely attends the class, _______ ?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Does she
Question tags:
- Rule: a positive statement takes a negative tag, and a negative statement takes a positive tag.
- The tag is made of:
- The helping verb of the statement.
- A pronoun for the subject.
- This sentence:
- Rarely (like hardly, seldom, scarcely) gives the sentence a negative meaning, so the tag is positive.
- "Attends" is simple present with the subject "she", so the tag uses does.
- The subject "she" is repeated.
- Complete sentence: She rarely attends the class, does she?
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 2: Isn't it — Incorrect.
- The tag must repeat the subject "she" and the helping verb "does". "Is" and "it" do not fit.
- The tag must be positive.
Option 3: Is it — Incorrect. Positive, but "is it" has the wrong verb and the wrong pronoun.
Option 4: Doesn't she — Incorrect. A negative tag would follow a positive statement. "Rarely" makes this statement negative.
Contrast: a statement with rarely (negative in meaning) takes a positive tag ("does she?"). A positive statement takes a negative tag ("doesn't she?").