WAEC 2012 English Language · Question 22

You will help me lift this box … ?

Question

From the words or group of words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences: You will help me lift this box..........?

A.won't you
B.would you
C.can you
D.could you

Answer: A. won't you

Explanation written with AI and checked against the answer key

Analyze the question: The sentence "You will help me lift this box..........?" needs a question tag. The tag must agree with the main clause in auxiliary verb and polarity.

Concept: Question tags

A positive statement usually takes a negative tag, and a negative statement takes a positive tag.
The tag repeats the auxiliary verb of the main clause, with the pronoun matching the subject.
Example: "She is coming, isn't she?" and "They can't swim, can they?"

Solution:

The main clause is "You will help me lift this box." It is positive.
The auxiliary verb is will.
The tag should therefore be negative and use will: won't you?
Checking the other options: • B. would you is a positive tag, so it clashes with the positive statement, and "would" doesn't match "will". • C. can you is a positive tag with a different auxiliary. • D. could you is a positive tag with a different auxiliary.

Completed sentence: "You will help me lift this box, won't you?"

The correct option is A. won't you.

Tip: For tag questions, find the auxiliary verb, flip the polarity (positive to negative or negative to positive), and keep the same tense and subject pronoun. Check the sign first, then the verb.

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