Using Question Tags Worksheet-3

Using Question Tags Worksheet-3

Multiple-Choice Questions:

Supply the proper question tag:

1. He was not speaking the truth, ________

(A) Wasn’t he? (B) Isn’t he?      (C) Is he?           (D) Was he?

2. Let us go for a picnic tomorrow, _______

(A) Will we?      (B) Let not?       (C) Shall we?    (D) Shan’t we?

3. I am right, ______

(A) Amn’t I?      (B) Aren’t I?      (C) Isn’t I?         (D) Wasn’t I?

4. Please stand in a line, _______

(A) Will you?    (B) Can you?     (C) Shall you?   (D) Are you?

5. Complete the project in time, ______

(A) Won’t you?                              (B) Shall you?

(C) Shan’t you?                              (D) Can you?

6. Do not forget to water the plants, _____

(A) Won’t you?                              (B) Will you?

(C) Shall you?                                (D) Can’t you?

7. We cannot travel with so many bags, _____

(A) Shall we?    (B) Can’t we?    (C) Can we?      (D) Will we?

8. Let us go to watch the new movie, _______

(A) Will we?                                   (B) Shall we?

(C) Should we?                              (D) Can we?

9. The train will be on time, ____

(A) Will it?        (B) Won’t it?     (C) Shall it?       (D) Shan’t it?

10. Mona has given you the book, _________

(A) Haven’t she?                           (B) Hasn’t she?

(C) Hadn’t she?                             (D) Wasn’t she?

11. Sunil had eaten his lunch before he went, ______

(A) Hasn’t he?                               (B) Haven’t he?

(C) Isn’t it?                                     (D) Hadn’t he?

12. We have agreed to meet tomorrow, _____

(A) Hadn’t we?                              (B) Haven’t we?

(C) Hasn’t we?                              (D) Aren’t we?

13. The groom has not arrived yet, ______

(A) Has it?         (B) Has she?     (C) Has he?       (D) Has groom?

14. Sunita is your best friend, ______

(A) Isn’t she?                                 (B) Wasn’t she?

(C) Aren’t she?                              (D) Hasn’t she?

15. The lion is a ferocious beast, _____

(A) Wasn’t it?   (B) Isn’t she?    (C) Isn’t it?        (D) Is it?

16. Delhi is the capital of India, _____

(A) Is it?             (B) Isn’t she?    (C) Is she?         (D) Isn’t it?

17. The sun is not very bright today, ______

(A) Was it?        (B) Isn’t it?        (C) Is it?             (D) Will it?

18. She looked beautiful in that dress, ______

(A) Did she?                                   (B) Wasn’t she?

(C) Hadn’t she?                             (D) Didn’t she?

19. The horse and rider look like one, ______

(A) Doesn’t he?                             (B) Don’t they?

(C) Doesn’t they?                          (D) Didn’t they?

20. Mathematics is an interesting subject, _____

(A) Is it?             (B) Was it?        (C) Wasn’t it?   (D) Isn’t it?

21. Come and visit us soon, _____

(A) Won’t you?                              (B) Shall you?

(C) Hadn’t you?                            (D) Should you?

22. Let me shut the door, _______

(A) Shall we?    (B) Should I?    (C) Shall I?        (D) Will I?

Answers:

1. (D)

Exp: Negative sentence with ‘was’; hence positive question tag.

2. (C)

Exp: Positive sentence with a suggestion; hence positive question tag with ‘shall.’

3. (B)

Exp: Positive sentence with ‘am’; hence negative question tag with ‘are.’

4. (A)

Exp: Positive command sentence – hence positive question tag with ‘will.’ Remember both positive question tag and negative question tag are possible.

5. (A)

Exp: Positive command sentence; hence negative question tag with ‘will.’

6. (B)

Exp: Negative command sentence; hence positive question tag with ‘will.’ Remember: Only positive question tag is possible with negative command sentence.

7. (C)

Exp: Negative sentence with modal ‘can’; hence positive question tag with ‘can.’

8. (B)

Exp: Positive sentence with suggestion (Let); hence positive question tag with ‘shall.’

9. (B)

Exp: Positive sentence with ‘will’; hence negative question tag with ‘will.’

10. (B)

Exp: Positive sentence with ‘has.’ Hence negative question tag.

11. (D)

Exp: Positive sentence with ‘had’; hence negative question tag.

12. (B)

Exp: Positive sentence with ‘have’; hence negative question tag.

13. (C)

Exp: Negative sentence with ‘has’; hence positive question tag with ‘he’ (groom – masculine singular noun)

14. (A)

Exp: Positive sentence with ‘is’; negative question tag with ‘she’ (Sunita – feminine gender noun)

15. (C)

Exp: Positive sentence with ‘is.’ Hence negative question tag with ‘it’ (lion – common noun)

16. (D)

Exp: Positive sentence with ‘is’; hence negative question tag with ‘it’ (Delhi – nonliving proper noun)

17. (C)

Exp: Negative sentence with ‘is.’ Hence positive question tag with ‘it’ (Sun - inanimate object)

18. (D)

Exp: Positive sentence with action word in past tense; hence negative question tag with ‘did.’

19. (B)

Exp: Positive sentence with plural subject and action word in present tense; hence negative question tag with ‘do.’

20. (D)

Exp: Positive sentence with ‘is’; hence negative question tag with ‘it’ (Mathematics – name of a subject)

21. (A)

Exp: Positive command sentence; hence negative question tag with ‘will.’

22. (C)

Exp: Positive sentence with suggestion; hence positive question tag with ‘shall.’