Question

92.
Add suitable question tag to the following
from the alternatives given below them.
They were poor,
?
(A) are they
(B) won't they
(cy weren't they
(D) were they

Answer 1

Answer:

• For 'They were poor,' the appropriate tag question is (C) weren't they?

• Negative tag ' weren't ' ( were + not = weren't )is always used after positive sentence and here positive sentence is 'They were poor,'.

• The given sentence is an example of simple past tense, that's why 'weren't' is appropriate for the given sentence, 'were' and 'was' are auxiliary verbs of simple past tense.

• Here in the given sentence 'were' is playing the role of main verb. We know that 'were' is used for plural number and here it is 'they'.

• So the complete sentence is :They were poor, weren't they?

Answer 2

They were poor weren't they

• The question tags turn a sentence into a question. A sentence with a question tag inquires or asks something.
• Question tags are often used to validate the given information, whether it is true or not.
• The most common question tags used are - Don' they , aren't they , will they ? won't they ? and so on.
• For example - The painting is beautiful, isnt' it ?
• Thus, the correct sentence is - They were poor weren't they