[Grammar] Tag question with "used to"

[thienan123456]

There used to be a famous ancient city here,………………...?
A. wasn’t it? B. wasn’t there C. didn’t it D. didn’t there

I choose C.

Help me please. Thanks in advance.

 

[SoothingDave]

B

 

[emsr2d2]

There used to be a famous ancient city here,………………...?
A. wasn’t it? B. wasn’t there C. didn’t it D. didn’t there

I choose C.

Help me please. Thanks in advance.

Interesting one.

For this reply, I started to write an explanation of how you could work out that it was B. Then, the more I looked at it, the more I realised that I would say "There used to be ..., didn't there?"

I would use "wasn't there?" if the sentence had started "There was a famous ancient city ..."

 

[bhaisahab]

I'd say D.

 

[SoothingDave]

Interesting one.

For this reply, I started to write an explanation of how you could work out that it was B. Then, the more I looked at it, the more I realised that I would say "There used to be ..., didn't there?"

I would use "wasn't there?" if the sentence had started "There was a famous ancient city ..."

I could see it either way. It would definitely be "Didn't there used to be..." if written that way.

 

[Tdol]

I'd use D), but B) sounds OK to me too and could imagine using it in conversation. In answering a question like this, though, I would choose D).