Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option:
I think India will win today’s match, ________?
a) Don’t you
b) Do you
c) Didn’t you
d) Did you

Answer 1

Hint: We have to choose the appropriate question tag. A question tag is the addition of an interrogative part to a statement which makes the whole sentence a question. The rule about question tags is that the question tag will be negative if the statement prior to that is positive. If the statement is negative, the question tag will be positive.

Complete answer:
 Option a is the correct answer because the given statement is positive. Thus, the question tag will have to be negative. “I think India will win today’s match, don’t you?” The tense also has to be the same. The statement is in the present tense and so the question tag will also be in the present tense.
Option b is wrong because “do you” is a positive question tag. We cannot use a positive question tag with a positive statement.
Option c is wrong because of the wrong form of tense. “Didn’t you” is in the past tense. We cannot use a question tag in the past tense with a statement in the present tense.
Option d is wrong because of the question tag being in the positive as well as being in the past tense.

Note:
 Many people make the mistake of choosing a positive question tag with a positive statement. Thus, many people might select option b as the correct answer. That will make your answer absolutely wrong. Always remember to choose a negative question tag with a positive statement and a positive question tag with a negative statement.