反义疑问句.它表示提问人的看法,没有把握,需要对方证实.它表示提问人的看法,没有把握,需要对方证实.反义疑问句由两部分组成:前一部分是一个陈述句,后一部分是一个简短的疑问句,两部分的人称时态应保持一致.
1.陈述部分肯定式+疑问部分否定式 2.陈述部分否定式+疑问部分肯定式
They work here, don’t they?
She was ill yesterday, wasn’t she?
You didn’t go, did you?
He can’t ride a bike, can he?
请注意以下句型的反义疑问句的用法:
当陈述部分的主语是I,后面的疑问句应表示为:
I am a student, aren’t I
当陈述部分的主语是I,而句子又用来征询对方的意见时,附加疑问句中的主语用you.如:
I find English very interesting, don’t you?
I don’t like that film, do you?
当陈述部分的主语是everybody, everyone, someone, somebody, anybody, anyone, nobody, no one,等合成代词时,附加疑问句中的主语通常用they
Everyone is in the classroom, aren’t they?
当陈述部分的主语是不定代词everything, nothing, anything, something时,附加疑问句中的主语一般用it,不用they.如:
Everything seems all right now, doesn’t it?
Nothing is kept in good order, is it?
Something must be done to stop pollution, isn’t it?
当陈述部分的主语是指示代词this, that或these, those时,附加疑问句中的主语分别用it和they.如:
This is important, isn’t it?
That isn’t correct, is it?
These are your friends Tom and Jack, aren’t they?
陈述部分是以代词one作主语,附加疑问句中的主语在正式场合用one,非正式场合用you,在美国英语中,在非正式场合还可以用he.如:
One can’t be too careful, can one?或can you?
One should do his duty, shouldn’t he?
陈述句为there be结构时,附加疑问句中的主语也用there.如:
There’s no help for it, is there?
There’s something wrong, isn’t there?
陈述部分的谓语是wish,疑问部分要用may +主语.
I wish to have a word with you, may I?
当陈述部分是I think, believe, expect, suppose, imagine等引导宾语从句时,疑问句应和从句的人称时态保持一致.
I think chickens can swim, can’t they?
I believe Lucy is a good girl, isn’t she?
I didn't suppose he was happy, was he?
当陈述部分有never,seldom, hardly,few,little,barely, scarcely, nothing 等否定词时,后面的疑问句则表示为:
There are few apples in the basket, are there?
He can hardly swim, can he?
They seldom come late, do they?
陈述部分的否定词带有否定前缀,那么,该陈述部分作肯定处理,附加疑问部分一般仍用否定形式.如:
He was unsuccessful, wasn’t he?
Tom dislikes the book, doesn’t he?
陈述部分有had better 时,疑问句应用hadn’t开头:
you’d better get up early, hadn’t you?
当陈述部分是祈使句时,疑问句要根据语气来表达
Let’s go out for a walk, shall we?
Let us go our for a walk, will you?
Turn on the radio, will/won’t you?
Don't do that again, will you?
在感叹句中,疑问部分用be +主语. What colours, aren't they? What a smell, isn't it?
反义疑问句的回答用yes, no, 但是,当陈述部分是否定形式时,回答要按事实.如:
They don’t work hard, do they? 他们不太努力工作,是吗?
Yes, they do. 不,他们工作努力./No, they don’t. 对, 他们工作不努力.