Choose the sentence that uses the correct question tag:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → You are going out, aren't you?
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.
- It is joined to the statement by a comma and ends with a question mark.
- This sentence: "You are going out" is positive, with the helping verb are, so the tag is aren't you?
Example: She is your sister, isn't she?
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 2: Rajeev will be staying at home. Is he? — Incorrect.
- The statement is positive, so the tag must be negative and use the helping verb will: "won't he?"
- The tag is joined by a comma, not written as a separate sentence.
Corrected: Rajeev will be staying at home, won't he?
Option 3: Meena will not be going. won't she? — Incorrect. The statement is negative, so the tag must be positive: will she?
Corrected: Meena will not be going, will she?
Option 4: They are interested to join us, are they? — Incorrect.
- The statement is positive, so the tag must be negative: "aren't they?"
- "Interested" takes "in joining", not "to join".
Corrected: They are interested in joining us, aren't they?