Question

Select an appropriate question tag for the following sentence :

He seldom answers any questions, ----------------------?

• A. does he?
• B. doesn't he?
• C. did he?
• D. didn't he?

Answer 1

Answer:

A. does he?

• "Seldom" means rarely, which gives the sentence a negative meaning (even though there’s no “not”).
  So it’s treated as negative for question tag purposes.

• Main verb: “answers” → simple present tense.
  So the auxiliary verb for the tag should be does.

• Since the main part is negative in meaning (“seldom”), the tag should be positive → does he?