Tag: english-grammar-course

Sentences beginning with 'Let's' always take 'shall we?' as the question tag, regardless of whether the suggestion is positive or negative.

'I am' uses the irregular negative tag 'aren't I?' because 'amn't I' is not accepted in standard English.

'Nobody' gives the statement a negative meaning, so the tag must be positive. The indefinite pronoun is replaced by 'they', giving 'did they'.

Negative imperatives always use 'will you?' as the question tag; 'won't you?' is reserved for affirmative imperatives.

'Seldom' is an inherently negative adverb, making the main clause negative; therefore the tag must be affirmative: 'does she'.

An affirmative statement using the modal 'will' requires the contracted negative tag 'won't we'.

'There' acts as the grammatical subject and is repeated in the tag; the positive verb 'was' becomes 'wasn't' to form the negative tag.

A positive statement containing the modal 'can' takes the contracted negative tag 'can't you'.

The main clause uses 'seems' with the auxiliary idea embedded in 'is' via the linking sense; however, 'everything' is the subject and the verb 'seems' is simple present, so 'doesn't it' would apply—but here the copular structure 'seems to be' mirrors a stative 'is' relationship. The correct tag for 'Everything seems to be going according to plan' uses 'doesn't it' since 'seems' is a plain present-tense verb with no auxiliary, requiring 'does/doesn't'. Correction applied: correct_answer is (C) doesn't it.

The affirmative present perfect continuous statement uses 'have been', so the negative tag mirrors the same auxiliary 'have', giving 'haven't they'.