Match the sentences in List-I with the question tags in List-II.
| List-I (Sentences) | List-II (Question tags) |
|---|---|
| (A) There aren’t any seats left in the front row, ________? | (I) weren’t they |
| (B) Ishaan’s grandmother could read Urdu, ________? | (II) are there |
| (C) The school bus has broken down again, ________? | (III) hasn’t it |
| (D) Your cousins were at the wedding in Jaipur last week, ________? | (IV) couldn’t she |
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) There aren’t any seats left in the front row, are there? | (II) are there | There aren’t makes the sentence negative, so the tag is positive. A sentence that begins with “There” keeps “there” in the tag. |
| (B) Ishaan’s grandmother could read Urdu, couldn’t she? | (IV) couldn’t she | Could is the helping verb, so the tag repeats it. The subject is “grandmother”, not “Ishaan”, so the pronoun is “she”. |
| (C) The school bus has broken down again, hasn’t it? | (III) hasn’t it | Has is the helping verb and the sentence is positive, so the tag is “hasn’t”. The bus is one thing, so the pronoun is “it”. |
| (D) Your cousins were at the wedding in Jaipur last week, weren’t they? | (I) weren’t they | The verb were is repeated in the tag. The sentence is positive, so the tag is negative. “Your cousins” becomes “they”. |