1.陈述句是I am …结构,反意问句用aren’t或amn’t 。
I’m right, aren’t/ amn’t I ?
I’m late, aren’t I ?
2. 主语是不定代词时,如表物的everything, anything, something, nothing时,反意主语用it,谓单;如表人的everybody, everyone, somebody, someone, anybody, anyone, nobody, no one时,反意主用they,也可用he, 谓语用相应的单, 复数.
Nothing is serious, is it?
No one was hurt, were they?
Everybody knows what I said, don’t they?
Everyone knows his job, doesn’t he?
3. This is very important, isn’t it?
Those are cups, aren’t they?
4. One can’t be too careful, can one (you)? 认真不过如此了,是吗?
正式场合用one, 非正式用you.
5. What you said is wrong, isn’t ?
To learn English well isn’t easy, is it?
Practicing
speaking English every morning will do you good, won’t it?
6. There is an apple on the table, isn’t there?
There’re some trees on the island, aren’t there?
7. wish 表征求意见时,反意用may
I wish to have another piece of cake, may I ?
I wish to go home now, may I ?
8. 用hardly, seldom, rarely, no, nothing, never, little, few, nobody, nowhere, barely, neither, too…to等表否定意义的词时,反意用肯定式。
You will never forget it, will you?
9. 如陈述句中的否定式仅带有否定词缀(前缀或后缀),则将其看成肯定句,反意仍用否定式。
He is unfit for his job, isn’t he?
That’s unfair, isn’t it.
10. 陈述句中谓语为have/has to / had to时,其疑问部分谓语动词应用don’t / doesn’t / didn’t.
He has to get up at four tomorrow, doesn’t he?
They had to leave early, didn’t they?
11. used to 两种形式:
He used to live in London, usedn’t he/ didn’t he?
There used to be a cinema here before the war, usedn’t there/ didn’t there?
12. ought to 用ought/ oughtn’t
Such things ought not to be allowed, ought they?
He ought to be punished, oughtn't he?
但在正式文体中,用ought we not形式,
如:We ought to go,Ought we not? 我们应该去,是吗?
或We ought to go,should we not?
13. 当陈述部分有dare或need时,若dare和need为实义动词,疑问部分的谓语动词用do的适当形式;若dare和need为情态动词,疑问部分用dare或need构成,如:
We need to do it, don't we?
You daren't go there, dare you?
14. 含有情态动词must的句子
1) 若陈述句中强调对现在的情况的推测,疑问部分用aren't/isn't+主语,如:
You must be tired, aren't you?
2)陈述句中谓语动词是must have + 过去分词时,若陈述句中强调过去情况的推测
(一般有过去时间状语),疑问部分的谓语动词用didn’t +主语。
如:he must have met her yesterday, didn’t he?
3)若陈述句中强调动作的完成,疑问部分的谓语动词用haven’t/ hasn’t +主语.如:
you must have seen the film, haven’t you?
4)若陈述部分的must表示“有必要”时,附加疑问部分用needn’t you?:
You must go home right now, needn’t you?
5)当mustn’t 表示禁止时,附加疑问部分一般用may:,如;You mustn’t walk on grass, may you?
(15)祈使句的反意疑问句,—般在句尾加will you,
Give me a hand, will you?
Stop that noise, will you?
Don’t forget it, will you?
Don’t talk any more, will you?
注意:在陈述部分是肯定的句子中,也可用won’t you..
(16)Let’s开头的祈使句的反意疑问句用shall we;let us开头的祈使句的反意疑问句用will you.如:Let’s go there, shall we?
Let us go there, will you?
在口语中,也可用下而形式:Let’s go fishing, all right/ OK ?
(17)主从复合句的附加问句
1) 复合句的反意疑问句一般是根据主句的主语和谓语形式构成反意疑问部分的,如:
He said that we were happy, didn’t he?
2)复合句的主句是,I think (expect, suppose, believe, suspect, imagine)时,附加问句要根据主句的主语而定,当主语是第一人称时,要根据从句而定,主语为第二、三人称时,与主句保持—致,并且要注意否定的转移,如:
I suppose he is serious, isn’t he?
You think she is a good teacher, don’t you?
I believe he can find her mother nowhere, can he ?
I expect they will win the match, won’t they?
Your brother thinks you can do the job well, doesn’t he?
He believed you had seen her before, didn’t he?
I don’t think he is the
suitable man for the job, is he?
(18)并列复句的反意疑问句
这种反意疑问句,其疑问部分一般与最接近的分句的主、谓语保持—致:
we must start at once or we can’t get there on time, can we?
He is a teacher but his wife isn’t a teacher, is she?
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