Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank:-
You will pass me the newspaper, ______?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Won't you?
Question tags:
- A positive statement takes a negative tag, and a negative statement takes a positive tag.
- The tag repeats the helping verb of the statement and uses a pronoun for the subject.
- This sentence: "You will pass me the newspaper" is positive, with the helping verb "will" and the subject "you", so the tag is won't you?
Example: You will come to the party, won't you?
Complete sentence: You will pass me the newspaper, won't you?
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: Will you, please? — Incorrect. "Will you" is a positive tag; it follows an imperative request ("Pass me the newspaper, will you?"), not a positive statement with "will".
Option 3: Would you? — Incorrect. It is positive and changes the helping verb from "will" to "would".
Option 4: Won't they — Incorrect. The subject is "you", so the pronoun "they" is wrong.
Contrast: a positive statement with "will" takes won't you? (You will pass me the newspaper, won't you?); an imperative request takes will you? (Pass me the newspaper, will you?).