Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select 'No substitution'.
The tree was uprooted by the storm last evening, isn't it?
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. Wasn't it.
The error occurs because of the wrong use of the Verb.
Concept-
- We need to replace 'isn't it' with 'wasn't' for making the statement grammatically correct.
- It the sentence is positive, question tag remains negative and vice-versa.
- But, the tense remains uniform.
- The sentence is in the past tense, so will be the question tag.
- So we need to use 'wasn't it' at the place of 'isn't it'.
The correct sentence will be-
The tree was uprooted by the storm last evening, wasn't it?