Using Question Tags Worksheet-2

Using Question Tags Worksheet-2

Multiple-Choice Questions:

Supply the proper question tag:

1. These shoes are not very costly, _________

(A) Were they?                              (B) Aren’t they?

(C) Is it?                                          (D) Are they?

2. We could easily come earlier, _______

(A) Should we?                             (B) Could we?  

(C) Couldn’t we?                           (D) Wouldn’t we?

3. Jaspal Rana won the gold, _______

(A) Did he?        (B) Does he?     (C) Hasn’t he?  (D) Didn’t he?

4. Jaspal Rana has won the gold, ________

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

(C) Did he?                                    (D) Doesn’t he?

5. Nobody won the match, _____

(A) Does they?                               (B) Didn’t they?

(C) Did they?                                 (D) Isn’t it?

6. Dogs are most faithful, ______

(A) Isn’t it?                                     (B) Aren’t they?

(C) Are they?                                 (D) Weren’t they?

7. The children did not trouble you, _____

(A) Didn’t they?                            (B) Did they?   

(C) Haven’t they?                         (D) Have they?

8. You have got the required baskets, _______

(A) Have you?                               (B) Hasn’t you?

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

9. That was not my meaning, ______

(A) Is it?                                         (B) Was it?

(C) Wasn’t it?                                (D) Weren’t it?

10. The girls performed quite well, ______

(A) Hadn’t they?                           (B) Didn’t they?

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

11. That man is your uncle, ____

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

(C) Aren’t he?                                (D) Is he?

12. All the boys are very tall, _______

(A) Isn’t they?                               (B) Aren’t they?

(C) Weren’t they?                         (D) Are they?

13. That article was very interesting, _______

(A) Was it?                                     (B) Wasn’t it?

(C) Weren’t it?                              (D) Hadn’t it?

14. This ship is not very big, _____

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

15. Do call me, ____

(A) Will you?    (B) Won’t you? (C) Don’t you?  (D) Shall you?

Answers:

1. (D)

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

2. (C)

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

3. (D)

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

4. (B)

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

5. (C)

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

6. (B)

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

7. (B)

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

8. (D)

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

9. (B)

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

10. (B)

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

11. (A)

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

12. (B)

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

13. (B)

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

14. (A)

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

15. (B)

Exp: Positive sentence with ‘do’ in future tense, hence negative question tag with ‘will.’