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Tag Questions: Practice Questions with Answers

11 practice questions on Tag Questions, with answers; most also have an explanation or a worked solution. Try each one before you open its answer.

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1. Q.1

   Add the correct tag question: "She is a doctor, ___?"

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   Answer: isn’t she?

   Solution:

   1. Positive statement ("is") → negative tag, using the same auxiliary "is" and the pronoun "she".

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2. Q.2

   Add the correct tag question: "Ravi completed his homework, ___?"

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   Answer: didn’t he?

   Solution:

   1. Positive, simple past, no visible auxiliary — borrow "did" for the tag, made negative since the statement is positive.

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3. Q.3

   Add the correct tag question: "They don’t like coffee, ___?"

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   Answer: do they?

   Solution:

   1. Negative statement ("don’t") → positive tag, using the same auxiliary "do" and the pronoun "they".

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4. Q.4

   Add the correct tag question: "I am your friend, ___?"

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   Answer: aren’t I?

   Solution:

   1. "I am" is a fixed exception — its tag is always "aren’t I?", never "amn’t I?".

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5. Q.5

   Add the correct tag question: "She never arrives late, ___?"

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   Answer: does she?

   Solution:

   1. "Never" makes the statement logically negative even without "not", so the tag must be positive.
   2. The main verb "arrives" has no visible auxiliary, so the tag borrows "does".

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6. Q.6

   Add the correct tag question: "Nobody called during the meeting, ___?"

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   Answer: did they?

   Solution:

   1. "Nobody" is a negative subject, so the tag must be positive.
   2. The conventional pronoun used for "nobody"/"no one" in a tag is "they".

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7. Q.7

   Add the correct tag question: "You’d better finish your homework now, ___?"

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   Answer: hadn’t you?

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8. Q.8

   Add the correct tag question: "You haven’t finished the project, ___?"

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   Answer: have you?

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9. Q.9

   Add the correct tag question: "There isn’t any milk left in the fridge, ___?"

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   Answer: is there?

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10. Q.10

    Add the correct tag question: "Let’s go to the market, ___?"

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    Answer: shall we?

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11. Q.11

    Add the correct tag question: "He can swim well, ___?"

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    Answer: can’t he?

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