Question

The children are playing, ___________?

• A. don’t they?
• B. aren’t they?
• C. do they?
• D. weren’t they?

Answer 1

Answer:

B. aren’t they?

This is a question tag.

The main sentence is:
“The children are playing”

• It is in the present continuous tense using are.

• The statement is positive, so the question tag must be negative.

✅ Correct sentence:
The children are playing, aren’t they?

• aren’t they? → correct negative tag for “are”

• don’t they? → used with simple present tense

• do they? → positive tag, incorrect here

• weren’t they? → past tense, incorrect tense usage