Select the most appropriate question tag to fill in the blank. The weather is…
2025
Select the most appropriate question tag to fill in the blank.
The weather is not nice today, _______?
- A.
do it
- B.
is it
- C.
was it
- D.
did it
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Correct answer: B
A question tag is a short question added to the end of a statement. Two rules decide it:
1. Polarity reverses: a negative statement takes a positive tag (and a positive statement takes a negative tag).
2. The tag repeats the auxiliary or main verb of the statement in the same tense, and replaces the subject with a pronoun.
The statement "The weather is not nice today" is present tense, uses the verb "is," and is negative ("is not"). So the tag must be present tense, use "is," be positive, and refer to "the weather" as "it." This gives "is it?"
Complete sentence: "The weather is not nice today, is it?"