question tag Flashcards
1.The collector (a)/ visits the office regularly, (b)/ isn’t it? (c)/ No error (d) [SSC LDC 2014]
1.(c) Isn’t it?’ should be ‘doesn’t he?’
2.She has not completed (a)/ her course (b)/ isn’t it? (c)/ No error (d) [SSC LDC 2014]
2.(c) ‘isn’t it? should be ‘has she?’
3.You will come (a)/ to my party tomorrow (b)/ isn’t it? (c)/ No error (d) [Multitasking 2013]
3.(c) ‘Isn’t it? should be ‘won’t you?’
4.When I came to your room yesterday (a)/ you were watching T.V (b)/ isn’t it. (c)/ No error (d) [Stenographer 2012]
4.(c) ‘Isn’t it?’ should be ‘weren’t you?’
5.I do not suppose (a)/ anyone will volunteer (b)/ will they? (c)/ No error (d) [SSC TIER - II 2012]
5.(c) ‘Will they?’ should be ‘won’t they?’
6.I can depend upon (a)/ your help (b)/ can I? (c)/ No error (d) [SSC LDC 2012]
6.(c) ‘Can I?’ should be ‘can’t I?’
7.You were the person (a)/ to leave the hall (b)/ were you? (c)/ No error (d)
7.(c) ‘Were you?’ should be ‘weren’t you?’
8.Molly speaks (a)/ French well (b)/ isn’t it? (c)/ No error (d) [CDS 2011 (1)]
8.(c) ‘Isn’t it?’ should be ‘doesn’t she?’
9.People should not (a)/ drop litter on pavements, (b)/ should they? (c)/ No error (d)
9.(d)
10.In most villages (a)/ the roads are rough (b)/ isn’t it? (c) No error (d) [NDA 2012 (1)]
10.(c) ‘Isn’t it?’ should be ‘weren’t they?’
11.You can spare me (a)/ ten minutes of your valuable time (b)/ can you? (c)/ No error (d) [SSC CGL (Main) 2010]
11.(c) ‘Can you?’ should be ‘Can’t you?’
12.Everybody in the office (a)/ has left early (b)/ haven’t they? (c)/ No error (d) [Data Entry Operator 2009]
12.(d)
13.He isn’t the fastest bowler (a)/ in the Indian team (b)/ isn’t he? (c)/ No error (d) [SSC Tax Assistant 2007]
13.(c) ‘Isn’t he?’ should be ‘is he?’
14.You will (a)/ see the match tomorrow, (b)/ isn’t it? (c)/ No error (d) [SSC LDC 2005]
14.(c) ‘Isn’t he?’ should be ‘won’t he?’
15.Ravi has been demanding (a)/ a lot more (b)/ doesn’t he? (c)/ No error (d)
15.(c) ‘Doesn’t he’ should be ‘hasn’t he?’
16.His reasons (a)/ can be good (b)/ is it not? (c)/ No error (d)
16.(c) ‘Isn’t it?’ should be ‘Can’t they?’
17.Let us go (a)/ and see her new house (b)/ shall we? (c)/ No error (d)
17.(d)
18.He must know them (a)/ in their most plausible form (b)/ isn’t it? (c)/ No error (d)
18.(c) ‘Isn’t it?’ should be ‘needn’t they?’
19.They needn’t (a)/ worry (b)/ don’t it? (c)/ No error (d)
19.(c) ‘Don’t it?’ should be ‘need they?’
20.It will (a)/ rain soon (b)/ won’t it? (c)/ No error (d)
20.(d)
21.She pretends as if she has (a)/ never in her life (b)/ told a lie, isn’t it? (c)/ No error (d) [SSC Statistical Investigator 2006]
21.(c) ‘Isn’t it?’ should be ‘doesn’t she?’
22.She teachers (a)/ us Grammar (b)/ isn’t it? (c)/ No error (d)
22.(c) ‘Isn’t it’ should be ‘doesn’t she?’
23.The earth moves (a)/ round the sun, (b)/ isn’t it? (c)/ No error (d) [SSC Section Officer 2006]
23.(c) ‘Isn’t it?’ should be ‘doesn’t it?’
24.You called on me (a)/ when I was at home (b)/ don’t you? (c)/ No error (d) [SSC Statistical Investigator 2007]
24.(c) ‘Don’t you?’ should be ‘didn’t you?’
25.You can buy (a)/ things in this shop (b)/ can we? (c)/ No error (d)
25.(c) ‘Can we’ should be ‘can’t we?’
26.He was (a)/ wary of failure, (b)/ didn’t he? (c)/ No error (d)
26.(c) ‘Didn’t he’ should be ‘wasn’t he?’
27.He drove the car (a)/ very fast (b)/ did he? (c)/ No error (d)
27.(c) ‘Did he?’ should be ‘Didn’t he?’
28.At the very moment (a)/ they were showing signs of growing nervousness (b)/ isn’t it? (c)/ No error (d)
28.(c) ‘Isn’t it?’ should be ‘weren’t they?’
29.Your father used to be (a)/ the principal of this collage (b)/ did he? (c)/ No error (d)
29.(c) ‘Did he’ should be ‘didn’t he?’
30.I have got your (a)/ point (b)/ have I? (c)/ No error (d)
30.(c) ‘Have I?’ should be ‘haven’t I?’
31.Mr. Mukharjee knows (a)/ ten languages (b)/ isn’t it? (c)/ No error (d)
31.(c) ‘Isn’t it?’ should ‘doesn’t he?’
32.We met (a)/ yesterday, (b)/ haven’t we? (c)/ No error (d)
32.(c) ‘Haven’t we?’ should be ‘Didn’t we?’
33.One can’t be indifferent (a)/ to one’s health (b)/ can’t one? (c)/ No error (d)
33.(d)
34.She does not (a)/ tell lies (b)/ doesn’t she? (c)/ No error (d)
34.(c) ‘Doesn’t she?’ should be ‘does she?’
35.There is a cinema (a)/ near the station (b)/ aren’t it? (c)/ No error (d)
35.(c) ‘Isn’t it?’ should be ‘isn’t there’.
36.The movie is directed (a)/ by Steven Spielberg, (b)/ is it? (c)/ No error (d)
36.(c) ‘Is it?’ should be ‘isn’t it?’
37.Sachin Tendulkar has completed (a)/ centuries (b)/ hasn’t he? (c)/ No error (d)
37.(d)
38.Babies (a)/ like milk (b)/ do they? (c)/ No error
38.(c) ‘Do they?’ should be ‘don’t they?’
- As the principal (a)/ he should have given (b)/ precise introductions, ought he? (c)/ No error (d)
- (e) ‘Ought he?’ should be ‘shouldn’t he’
1.I wasn’t (a)/ at the last meeting and (b)/ neither was you. (c)/ No error (d) [SSC FCI 2012]
1.(c); ‘Neither was you’ should be ‘Neither were you’.
2.I haven’t been (a)/ to New York before and (b)/ neither my sister. (c)/ No error (d)
2.(c); Neither my sister’ should be ‘Neither has my sister’.
3.Wheat is not native to India (a)/ and (b)/ barley isn’t neither. (c)/ No error (d) [SSC Section Officer 2003]
3.(c); ‘Barley isn’t neither’ should be ‘barley isn’t either’.
4.He does not (a)/ laugh (b)/ nor his sister. (c)/ No error (d)
4.(c); ‘Nor his sister’ should be ‘Nor does her sister’.
5.She did not (a)/ like the movie (b)/ nor I did. (c)/ No error (d)
5.(c); ‘Nor I did’ should be ‘Nor did I’.
6.Vinay does not play (a)/ cricket (b)/ and also doesn’t Yeshwant (c)/ No error (d)
6.(c); ‘And also doesn’t Yeshwant’ should be ‘and nor does Yeshwant’.
7.He (a)/ doesn’t smoke and (b)/ nor I did. (c)/ No error (d)
7.(c); ‘Nor I did’ should be ‘Nor do I’.
8.Canada doesn’t require that (a)/ US citizens obtain passports to enter the country, (b)/ and Mexico also not. (c)/ No error (d)
8.(c); ‘And Mexico also not’ should be ‘and Mexico doesn’t either’.
- Mahatma Gandhi did not solve (a)/ all the problems of the future but he did solved (b)/ problems of his own age. (c)/ No error (d)
- (c); ‘Solved’ should be ‘solve’.