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Unit 3 Grammar —— Tag Questions (附加疑问句)
【Lead-in】学生观察并对下列句式进行分类。
1.It's not a real sport, is it?
2.That sounds interesting, doesn't it?
3.Hi! It's a beautiful day, isn't it?
4.Come along and join us, will you?
5.By the way, our school soccer team won at last, didn't they?
I. Definition
附加疑问句,又称反义疑问句,主要用于口语,其作用是说话人向对方验证自己的陈述或者判断,也可以用于祈使句表示请求或者建议。
(Tag questions, also known as tag questions, are mainly used in spoken English to verify the speaker's statement or judgment. They can also be used
in imperative sentences to express requests or suggestions. )
II. Structure
附加疑问句包括陈述部分和附加疑问部分。附加疑问部分一般由助动词、be动词或情态动词和表示主语的代词构成。
(Tag questions include a statement part and a tag question part. The supplementary question part is usually composed of auxiliary verbs, be verbs or modal verbs and pronouns representing the subject. )
组成
例句
肯定式陈述部分+否定附加疑问部分
You often play badminton, don't you?
You're going to the gym with me, aren't you?
否定式陈述部分+肯定附加疑问部分
It's not a real sport, is it?
They can't finish it by Friday, can they?
含有否定词的陈述部分+肯定附加疑问部分
Nobody saw him walk into the room, did they?
You've never been to Paris, have you?
祈使句+附加疑问部分
Come along with me, will you?/can you?/won't you?/can't you?
Don't make any noise, will you?
III. How to answer
附加疑问句的答语与一般疑问句类似,注意其与汉语表达习惯的差异。如:
(1)A:The 29th Olympic Games were held in Beijing, weren't they?
B:Yes, they were.(Yes, that's right.)
(2)A:Michael Jordan started to play basketball in college, didn't he?
B:No, he didn't. He first played in a team in senior high school.
(3)A:David has been to a boxing match, hasn't he?
B:No, he hasn't. He always watches boxing on TV.
(4)A:You can't cook, can you?你不会做饭,是吗?
B:Yes, I can. I'm good at cooking.不,我会。我做饭很好。
IV. Tips
1.当陈述部分含有seldom, hardly, never, rarely, few, little, nowhere, nothing等否定词或半否定词时,简短问句应用肯定句式。
①She seldom goes to the cinema, does she?
她很少去看电影,是吗?
②He has never been to London, has he?
他从没去过伦敦,是吗?
2.当陈述部分中表示否定意义的词为含有im, in, dis, un等否定前缀或less等否定后缀的词时,应把陈述部分视为肯定句,简短问句要用否定