Question

Fill in the blanks with most appropriate words-
“_ _ _ _ _ _ he married?”
“No, he _ _ _ _ _ _ _.”
a) Is/doesn’t
b) Does/isn’t
c) Is/ isn’t
d) Does/is

Answer 1

Hint: In such types of questions, one must read the given sentence carefully and see what it needs. A question is being asked and then the second statement is used to confirm it.

Complete answer:
The given options include a positive as well as a negative form of auxiliary verbs. We can clearly see that the two given statements are contrary to each other. We would have to fill in the blanks accordingly.
Now, let us examine all the given options to find out the correct answer :
Option ‘a’ is Is/doesn’t. The first part (is) is the positive form whereas the second part (doesn’t) is the negative form. We cannot use ‘doesn’t' with ‘is’. So, this is an incorrect option.
Option ‘b’ is Does/isn’t. The first form (does) is a positive word, whereas the second one is (isn’t) the negative form. ‘Does' is not used with ‘isn’t'.
Option ‘c’ is Is/isn’t. These two forms are contrary but used together. The first form is positive and the second one is negative. This will suit the given statements.
Option ‘d’ is Does/is. Both of these forms are positive and cannot be used in the given blanks.
As we have analysed all the given options, we can easily figure out the correct option. Here, the two words to be filled in the given blanks are – Is/isn’t. The complete sentence would be – Is he married? No, he isn’t. Hence, option ‘c’ is the correct option.

Note:
Don’t confuse between ‘does/is' and ‘is/isn’t'. The former has two positive words, which cannot be used in the given statements. The given statements are contrary in nature.