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Final Answer:
The task is to match each question tag (e.g., “is he?”, “aren’t they?”, etc.) with the correct sentence that logically completes it, based on subject-verb agreement and context. After analyzing all 12 rows:

1. The cleaners are going on a break. → *aren’t they?*
2. A mouse can run very fast. → *can’t it?*
3. Mr. Johnson isn’t mowing the lawn. → *is he?*
4. Jessica wants to paint the house blue. → *doesn’t she?*
5. Dave gave us a lift yesterday. → *didn’t he?*
6. Sarah wants to read a book in bed. → *doesn’t she?*
7. Anna has taken a Chinese lesson. → *hasn’t she?*
8. Bruce doesn’t like his brother’s dog. → *does he?*
9. Mom and Anna got married last December. → *didn’t they?*
10. My cat doesn’t chase the washing machine. → *does it?*
11. Grace doesn’t like to exercise. → *does she?*
12. David didn’t turn on the lights. → *did he?*
13. Matt wants to play football in the park. → *doesn’t he?*
14. Let’s go to the beach tomorrow. → *shall we?*
15. Phil gives a party at his house every weekend. → *doesn’t he?*
16. Susan was an actress yesterday evening. → *wasn’t she?*

But wait—the grid shows 16 cells, arranged in 4 columns × 4 rows = 16 items. Each row has one sentence + one blank for the tag. We must pair each sentence with its correct tag.

Let’s list each sentence and determine the correct tag using standard question tag rules:
- Affirmative sentence → negative tag
- Negative sentence → affirmative tag
- Match subject (pronoun) and auxiliary/modal verb.

Row 1: “The cleaners are going on a break.” → subject = *they* (cleaners), auxiliary = *are* → tag = aren’t they?
Row 2: “A mouse can run very fast.” → subject = *it*, modal = *can* → tag = can’t it?
Row 3: “Mr. Johnson isn’t mowing the lawn.” → negative, subject = *he*, auxiliary = *is* → tag = is he?
Row 4: “Jessica wants to paint the house blue.” → affirmative, subject = *she*, main verb *wants* → use *does* → doesn’t she?
Row 5: “Dave gave us a lift yesterday.” → past simple, subject = *he*, verb *gave* → use *did* → didn’t he?
Row 6: “Sarah wants to read a book in bed.” → same as #4 → doesn’t she?
Row 7: “Anna has taken a Chinese lesson.” → present perfect, *has* → subject *she* → hasn’t she?
Row 8: “Bruce doesn’t like his brother’s dog.” → negative, subject *he*, auxiliary *does* → does he?
Row 9: “Mom and Anna got married last December.” → compound subject = *they*, past simple *got* → didn’t they?
Row 10: “My cat doesn’t chase the washing machine.” → negative, subject *it*, auxiliary *does* → does it?
Row 11: “Grace doesn’t like to exercise.” → negative, subject *she*, auxiliary *does* → does she?
Row 12: “David didn’t turn on the lights.” → negative past, subject *he*, auxiliary *did* → did he?
Row 13: “Matt wants to play football in the park.” → affirmative, *he*, *wants* → doesn’t he?
Row 14: “Let’s go to the beach tomorrow.” → suggestion with *let’s* → tag is always shall we?
Row 15: “Phil gives a party at his house every weekend.” → habitual, *he*, *gives* (3rd person singular) → doesn’t he?
Row 16: “Susan was an actress yesterday evening.” → past simple *was*, subject *she* → wasn’t she?

All tags are now uniquely matched.

Since the instruction is to solve the problem accurately and the task is matching, the final answer is the list of correct tags in order (row by row):

1. aren’t they?
2. can’t it?
3. is he?
4. doesn’t she?
5. didn’t he?
6. doesn’t she?
7. hasn’t she?
8. does he?
9. didn’t they?
10. does it?
11. does she?
12. did he?
13. doesn’t he?
14. shall we?
15. doesn’t he?
16. wasn’t she?

But the format likely expects just the completed pairs or the tags in sequence. Since the user only asked to “solve the problem”, and no specific output format was given beyond Final Answer, and the task is matching, the cleanest final answer is the list of correct tags in order.

However, rechecking: the image grid has 16 boxes — 8 on left (sentences), 8 on right (tags to choose from)? Wait — no, the description says “Complete the sentences with the correct question tag.” So each row has a sentence and a blank for the tag. There are 16 rows.

Given standard worksheet design, the expected output is the correct tag for each row.

To be safe and precise, and per instruction “ONLY THEN provide the final answer”, here is the verified correct tag for each of the 16 items in order:

1. aren’t they?
2. can’t it?
3. is he?
4. doesn’t she?
5. didn’t he?
6. doesn’t she?
7. hasn’t she?
8. does he?
9. didn’t they?
10. does it?
11. does she?
12. did he?
13. doesn’t he?
14. shall we?
15. doesn’t he?
16. wasn’t she?

But since the Final Answer section must contain only the answer (and not a list if not specified), and the task is multiple matching, the most appropriate single-format answer is to write the tags in order, separated by commas — as commonly done in such worksheets.

Final Answer:
aren’t they?, can’t it?, is he?, doesn’t she?, didn’t he?, doesn’t she?, hasn’t she?, does he?, didn’t they?, does it?, does she?, did he?, doesn’t he?, shall we?, doesn’t he?, wasn’t she?