Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate question tag:
The food at the party was delicious, ____?

• A. wasn't it
• B. weren't it
• C. was it
• D. were it

Answer 1

The correct option is A wasn't it

A question tag turns a statement into a question. It is often used for checking information that we think or we know is true. Question tags are formed with the auxiliary or modal verb from the statement and the appropriate subject.Usually, if the main clause is positive, the question tag is negative. If the main clause is negative, the tag is positive.

The given sentence is positive. Hence, the question tag should be negative.

The subject is: 'The food'. The appropriate pronoun which can replace the subject is: 'it' (third person and singular). The modal used is: 'was'. Hence, the appropriate question tag is: 'wasn't it?' as given in option A.

Option B is incorrect as the modal has been changed from 'was' to 'were' in this option.

Options C and D are incorrect as the question tag given in these options are positive. A positive statement should be followed by a negative tag.