Sentence improvement (question tags: agreement with present simple) Original sentence: "He dislikes the word dislike, isn't he" Select the correct question tag that agrees with the main clause.

ConceptWith present simple third-person singular (dislikes), the tag uses auxiliary does and flips polarity: affirmative clause → negative tag.

ReasoningMain clause = positive (“He dislikes …” expresses a negative meaning but is grammatically affirmative), so the tag is negative: doesn’t he.

Option analysisdoesn’t he — correct person, number, and tense. ✅does he — polarity mismatch.didn’t he / hasn’t he — wrong tense/auxiliary.

Final Answerdoesn’t he