Question

Select the appropriate question tag. They rarely visit us, ______?

• A. do they
• B. don't they
• C. did they
• D. didn't they

Answer 1

Answer:

A. do they

• The sentence "They rarely visit us" is in the present tense and uses the adverb "rarely," which suggests that the action happens infrequently in the present.

• In English, question tags match the auxiliary verb used in the main sentence. Since the main sentence is in the present tense and doesn't use an auxiliary verb, we use "do" in the question tag.

• Since "rarely" suggests a negative connotation (it indicates something happens infrequently), the question tag will be positive: "do they?"