Question

Add an appropriate question tag to the given sentence:

Our friends helped us in a time of crisis with all their hearts, making the problem disappear like smoke, ________

• A. haven't they?
• B. don't they?
• C. didn't they?
• D. won't they?

Answer 1

The correct option is C didn't they?

Question tags are short questions used at the end of sentences for one of the two reasons:

- to encourage the expected response;

- to confirm the action/ event mentioned in the sentence.

Question tags are formed with the auxiliary or modal verb from the statement and the appropriate subject. In case there is no modal/auxiliary verb used in the sentence & the verb in the main sentence is in the simple past tense, the question tag is formed with 'did'. A positive statement is followed by a negative question tag and vice versa. The given statement is a positive sentence (in simple past tense), therefore the question tag is: didn't they?