Are there any answers, or is this a essay question?
Answer:
He eats food, doesn't he?
Explanation:
Tag questions are used to turn statements into questions. We use them to check the information we think may be true.
They are formed by using an auxiliary verb (e.g.<em> be or have</em>) and a subject pronoun (e.g. <em>I, we, they</em>). The auxiliary verb we will use in this sentence is <em>be</em>, and the pronoun we will use is <em>he, </em>because that is the subject of the original statement.
If the original statement is positive, the tag question is negative, and the other way around. Because the statement <em>He eats food</em> is positive, the tag question will be negative. That's how we will get the question:
<em>He eats food, doesn't he?</em>
In direct quotations (when you state exactly what other person said), hyphens are not necessary to indicate a quote, as that is the sole function of the quotation marks. This rules out options A and D. In regards to options B and C, it really depends on where you're using this sentence. If you are using it as part of an essay, you should cite it appropriately depending on the citation style requested by your teacher. Additionally, one doesn't just quote someone for the sake of quoting someone. A quote should act as support for what you're trying to communicate. In that sense, you would need to analyze how this quote supports your text (but this would actually be done in another sentence.
That being said, the best answer is option C.
