Choose the correct question tag for the given sentence: Nobody answered it, ______?
Question and options
Choose the correct question tag for the given sentence:
Nobody answered it, ______?
Nobody answered it, ______?
- did he
- did they
- didn’t they
- didn’t
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B - did they
'Nobody' is a negative subject, so the tag is positive; indefinite pronouns like nobody/everyone take 'they' in tags. Hence 'did they?'.
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