Question

Add question tag to the following sentence:
People will catch the thief, _______
A)Will not they?
B)Will they?
C)Won’t they?
D)Don’t they?

Answer 1

Hint: a question tag followed by a statement is always in the opposite, meaning, if the sentence is assertive, the question tag will have a negating word like “not”, conversely, if the sentence is in a negative tone, the question tag will have a positive tone.

Complete step-by-step answer:

In the given question, the sentence is positive, hence, as discussed above, the question tag will have a negating word. Option a, “will not they”, has a negating word, but it is incorrect to use “will not” in the question tags, hence it is an incorrect option. Option b, “will they”, doesn’t have a negating word, to begin with, hence is also incorrect. Option c, “won’t they” has a negating word and the correct form of the word as well, it is the correct option. Option d, “don’t they”, has the wrong tense, the sentence is in the future tense, while this option is in the present tense. Hence option d is an incorrect option.

Note: The tricky part of this question is that the question used for future tense is “won’t” and not will not.