Add a question tag to the following sentence by choosing the appropriate one :
It's very hot today, ________ ?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Isn't it ?
Question tags:
- A question tag repeats the helping verb of the statement and uses a pronoun for the subject.
- Polarity is reversed:
- Positive statement → negative tag.
- Negative statement → positive tag.
- This sentence: "It's" = It is. The helping verb is is, the subject is it, and the statement is positive, so the tag is isn't it?
Complete sentence: It's very hot today, isn't it?
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: do it ? — Incorrect. "do" does not agree with "it", and the statement uses "is", not a do-verb.
Option 2: does it ? — Incorrect. "does" is used when the statement has a main verb in the simple present without a helping verb ("It looks nice, doesn't it?"). Here the verb is "is". It is also positive.
Option 4: is it ? — Incorrect. The helping verb is right, but a positive statement needs a negative tag.