Note that a statement containing words such as none, nobody, hardly/hardly any etc. is treated as a negative statement: He hardly ever makes a mistake, does he?
When the subject is nobody/anybody/everybody etc., the pronoun they is used in the tag:
Nobody liked the play, did they?
Add question tags to the following statements.
1 You take sugar in tea,?
2 But you don't take it in coffee,?
3 The lift isn't working today,?
4 It never works very well,?
5 The area was evacuated at once,?
6 There was no panic,?
7 Though everybody realized the danger,?
8 There was a lot of noise,?
9 But nobody complained,?
10 Mary hardly ever cooks,?
11 She buys convenience foods,?
12 She'd save money if she bought fresh food,?
13 Mr. Smith usually remembered his wife's birthdays, ?
14 But he didn't remember this one,?
15 And his wife was very disappointed,?
16 He ought to have made a note of it,?
17 Neither of them offered to help you,?
18 They don't allow pet dogs in this shop,?
19 But guide dogs can come in,?
20 He hardly ever leaves the house,?
21 That isn't Bill driving,?
22 Nothing went wrong,?
23 Lions are loose in this reserve,?
24 So we'd better get back in the car,?
25 It'd be unpleasant to be attacked by a lion,?
26 And it wouldn't be any use running away,?
27 It is a pity Ann didn't come with us,?
28 She'd have enjoyed it,?
29 They should have planned the expedition more carefully,?
30 Lives were lost unnecessarily,?
31 She warned him not to ride the stallion, ?
32 But he never takes advice,?
33 There used to be trees here,
34 There isn't any point in waiting,?
35 He'll hardly come now,?
36 Your central heating doesn't work very well,?
1. don't you ?
2. do you ?
3. is it ?
4. does it ?
5. wasn't it ?
6. was there ?
7. didn't they ?
8. wasn't there ?
9. did they ?
10. does she ?
11. doesn't she ?
12. wouldn't she ?
13. didn't he ?
14. did he ?
15. wasn't she ?
16. shouldn't he ?
17. didn't they ?
18. do they ?
19. can't they ?
20. does he ?
21. isn't it ?
22. did it ?
23. aren't they ?
24. hadn't we ?
25. wouldn't it ?
26. would it
27. isn't it
28. wouldn't she
29. shouldn't they
30. weren't they
31. didn't she
32. does he
33. didn't there
34. is there
35. will he
36. does it