‘Didn’t they’ can be used as the question tag for which of the sentences given below?
(A) The players reached the stadium on time, ________?
(B) Your parents liked the new flat in Thane, ________?
(C) The farmers have sold their wheat at the mandi, ________?
(D) The boys never touched the mangoes on the tree, ________?
(E) The children were tired after the picnic, ________?
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A) and (B) only
(A) The players reached the stadium on time, didn’t they? — Correct.
- “Reached” is in the simple past and the sentence is positive, so the tag is “didn’t”.
- “The players” becomes “they”.
(B) Your parents liked the new flat in Thane, didn’t they? — Correct.
- “Liked” is in the simple past and the sentence is positive, so the tag is “didn’t”.
- “Your parents” becomes “they”.
(C) The farmers have sold their wheat at the mandi, didn’t they? — Incorrect.
- The helping verb here is “have”, so the tag uses “haven’t”, not “didn’t”.
- Correct form: The farmers have sold their wheat at the mandi, haven’t they?
(D) The boys never touched the mangoes on the tree, didn’t they? — Incorrect.
- “Never” makes the sentence negative, so the tag must be positive.
- Correct form: The boys never touched the mangoes on the tree, did they?
(E) The children were tired after the picnic, didn’t they? — Incorrect.
- The helping verb here is “were”, so the tag uses “weren’t”, not “didn’t”.
- Correct form: The children were tired after the picnic, weren’t they?