Question tags – present perfect negative: supply the correct tag for "You haven’t had your lunch yet, ____ you?" Sentence: "You haven’t had your lunch yet, ____ you?" Choose the auxiliary and polarity that form the correct tag.
Verbal Ability
Selecting Words
Difficulty: Easy
Choose an option
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Aare
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Baren’t
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Chave
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Dhaven’t
Answer
Correct Answer: have
Explanation
Given data
- Main clause: present perfect negative "haven’t had".
- We must form a tag with opposite polarity and matching auxiliary.
Concept/ApproachQuestion tags invert the polarity: negative main clause → positive tag. The auxiliary in the tag must match the main clause's auxiliary: here, have.
Step-by-step logicMain clause: "You haven’t had …"Auxiliary = have; Subject = you; Polarity for tag = positive → "have you?"
Option analysishave — correct: "… haven’t …, have you?" ✅haven’t — wrong polarity; would match a positive main clause.are / aren’t — wrong auxiliary (be), not used with present perfect in this sentence.
Common pitfalls
- Repeating the negative in the tag after a negative main clause.
- Using be instead of the correct auxiliary have for perfect aspect.
Final Answerhave