Match the sentences in List-I with the question tags in List-II.
| List-I (Sentences) | List-II (Question tags) |
|---|---|
| (A) The shops in the main market are shut today, ________? | (I) won’t he |
| (B) Few people stayed till the end of the magic show, ________? | (II) aren’t they |
| (C) Your sister could swim across the river as a child, ________? | (III) couldn’t she |
| (D) Rakesh will be late for the meeting, ________? | (IV) did they |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A)-(II), (B)-(IV), (C)-(III), (D)-(I)
| List-I | List-II | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| (A) The shops in the main market are shut today, aren’t they? | (II) aren’t they | The helping verb are is repeated in the tag. The sentence is positive, so the tag is negative. “The shops” becomes “they”. |
| (B) Few people stayed till the end of the magic show, did they? | (IV) did they | Few means almost none, so the sentence is negative and the tag is positive. “Stayed” has no helping verb, so the tag uses “did”. |
| (C) Your sister could swim across the river as a child, couldn’t she? | (III) couldn’t she | The helping verb could is repeated in the tag. The sentence is positive, so the tag is negative. |
| (D) Rakesh will be late for the meeting, won’t he? | (I) won’t he | The helping verb will becomes “won’t” in a negative tag. Rakesh becomes “he”. |