Question

Choose the appropriate question tag for the given sentence-
Rama visits the temple every morning to offer his devotion to Lord Shiva, _____?
a) Won’t he?
b) Will he?
c) Does he?
d) Doesn’t he?

Answer 1

Hint: A question tag is used to convert an assertive or an imperative sentence into a question by joining appropriate interrogative fragments or the tag.

Complete answer:

As given in the hint, ‘Question tags’ are not only used to convert a sentence into a question but also for examining information or details that we consider to be true.
Also, we add positive interrogative fragments to negative sentences to form a question, whereas negative interrogative fragments are added to positive sentences to form a question.
Example- (1) She is going to the market, isn’t she?
(2) She is not going to the market, is she?
We have used a negative interrogative tag in (1) as the sentence indicates a positive meaning, whereas we have used a positive interrogative tag in (2) as the sentence indicates a negative meaning.
In the given question: There is no modal auxiliary verb given in the sentence, also the verb ‘visits’ is in the form of simple present tense. Hence, we will use the form of ‘do’ in a negative sense, as the sentence indicates a positive meaning.
Now, let’s examine the given options:
Option a- ‘Won’t he?’ is used with positive sentences to indicate an action that will be performed in the future. Hence, it is an incorrect option.
Option b- ‘Will he?’ is used with negative sentences to indicate an action that will be performed in the future. Hence, it is an incorrect option.
Option c- ‘Does he?’ is used with negative sentences but the above-given sentence indicates a positive meaning. Hence, it is an incorrect option.
Option d- ‘Doesn’t he?’ is used with positive sentences to form suitable questions. Hence, it is the correct option.
The correct answer is Option ‘d’.

Note: Question tags are formed by joining modal auxiliary verbs given in a sentence with the subject. But in sentences that lack modal auxiliary verbs, we tend to use the form of ‘do’.