Question

Add a suitable question tag:
Give my regards to dear aunt, _________
a)can you
b)will you
c)won’t you
d)can’t you.

Answer 1

Hint: A question tag is a fragment that turns a statement into a question. Usually, the question tag is positive if the statement is negative, and a question tag is negative if the statement is positive.
Example: You are the driver, aren’t you?
Example: You are not serious, are you?

Complete step by step solution:
Let us discuss the above given options in detail to find out, which question tag is most appropriate.

a)can you: ‘can you’ is a positive question tag which is used to simply ask a person if they are capable of doing something.
Example: Can you pass the salt ?
Example: Can you drop me to school?

b)will you: ‘will you’ is a positive question tag which is used to check if a person is going to do something or not.
Example: Will you marry me ?
Example: Will you go to the movies this weekend?

c)won’t you: ‘won’t you’ or ‘will not you’ is a negative question tag which is used to ask if someone is not going to do something.
Example: Won’t you have your lunch today?
Example: Why won’t you take some more cake ?

d)can’t you: ‘can’t you’ or ‘can not you’ is a negative question tag which is used to ask if a person is not capable of doing something.
Example: Can’t you keep it to yourself ?
Example: Can’t you answer the phone ?

Hence, the correct answer is option C.

Note: In the sentence given in the question, the statement is positive (give my regards to dear aunt), therefore the question tag has to be negative. Among the above given options there are two negative question tags option c and option d. Option d ‘can’t you’ is used to question someone’s capabilities. In the given sentence, there is no question of capability in giving regards to someone. Therefore it is a wrong option.