Multiple choice

Poor people hardly get loans from nationalized banks_____?

  1. did they

  2. do they

  3. aren’t they

  4. was they

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B Correct answer
Explanation

When the main clause contains "hardly" (a negative adverb), the question tag uses the positive form of the auxiliary verb. "Hardly get" (negative meaning) requires "do they" (positive tag), not "don't they".

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