Question

Add question tag to the following sentence:
You should listen to me, _______
A)Should you?
B)Shouldn’t you?
C)Would you?
D)Wouldn’t you?

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, but must remain in the same form and tense. Option a, “should you?”, has no negating word, hence it is an incorrect option. Option b, “shouldn’t you?” has the same form and the negating word as well, hence is the correct choice. Option c, “would you” do not have a negating word and the incorrect form of the word as well, the sentence has “should”, so question tag must also have “should”, it is an incorrect option. Option d, “wouldn’t you”, 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 has “should” and so must the question tag. Should be followed by shouldn’t, will be followed by won’t, do follow by don’t, etc.