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Analyze the question The sentence "You like ice cream, ....." needs a question tag. A question tag is a short question added to the end of a statement to confirm information or ask for agreement.

Explain the concept The rules for forming question tags:

1. Use the same auxiliary (helping) verb as in the statement. If there is none, use do/does/did, depending on the tense.
2. If the statement is positive, the tag is negative. If the statement is negative, the tag is positive.
3. The tag uses a pronoun that matches the subject.

Step-by-step solution

• Statement: "You like ice cream" is positive, so the tag must be negative.
• The verb "like" is in the simple present tense with no auxiliary, so we use do. The subject is "you", so it is "do".
• Negative tag: don't you?

Checking the options:

• A. didn't you is past tense, but "like" is present. Wrong.
• B. did you is past and positive, so it does not give the negative tag needed. Wrong.
• C. isn't it does not match the subject "you" or the verb "like". Wrong.
• D. don't you is present tense, negative, and matches the subject. Correct.

Answer: "You like ice cream, don't you?" This is option D.

Exam tip: Look at the tense and the positive or negative form of the statement, then flip it. Positive statement gives a negative tag, and the tense stays the same. For example, "She sings well, doesn't she?" and "They didn't come, did they?"