反意疑问句
1. There is a TV set on the table, isn’t there ?
陈述句的谓语是 there be 时,疑问部分为 be there。
2. I am your friend, am I not ? (正式) / aren’t I ? (非正式) / ain’t I ? (非
)
陈述部分如果是 “I am…” 结构,疑问部分可以有三种形式:① am I not; ② aren’t I; ③ ain’t I。
3. She dislikes it, doesn’t she ?
It’s unfair, isn’t it ?
You are hopeless, aren’t you ?
陈述部分如果含有 un-, in-, im-, dis- 等否定前缀或 -less等否定后缀构成的派生词,疑问部分用否定形式。
4. We will never forget the visit to Europe, will you ?
She hardly knows Dick, does she ?
They have no books, have they ?
陈述部分含有 never, hardly, seldom, no, few, little, rarely, nothing 等否定词或半否定词时,疑问部分用肯定形式。
5. Something is wrong with my computer, isn’t it ?
Nothing can stop us now, can it ?
陈述句的主语是 everything, anything, something, nothing 时,附加问句的主语用 it。
6. Everyone is here, aren’t they ? (isn’t he ?)
Anyone can do the job, can’t they ?
陈述部分含有 everyone, someone, anyone, none, no one 时附加部分用 he(强调个人),用 they(强调集体)。现在一般用 they 较多。
7. 陈述部分含有 “must” 这一情态动词时,要分两种情况对待。
(1) We must master a foreign language, needn’t we ?
You mustn’t walk on grass, must you ?
当must是 “必须,应该”的意思时,疑问部分要用needn’t,肯定用 must。
(2) She must be a doctor, isn’t she ?
He must know the plan, doesn’t he ?
You must have seen him off yesterday, didn’t you ?
You must have studied English for many years, haven’t you ?
He must be waiting for us over there, isn’t he ?
当 must 在句中是“想必,一定,必定”的意思,表示一种推测时,应把 must 先去掉,恢复陈述部分原来谓语动词
的时态形式,然后再确定疑问部分。
8. I don’t think he is an honest boy, is he ?
I don’t believe that she will come on time, will she ?
Your sister thinks you are a clever boy, doesn’t she ?
陈述部分是 I don’t think ( suppose, expect, imagine, believe 等) + 宾语从句结构时,附加问句的主谓语一般要与宾语从句的主谓保持一致,而且要注意陈述部分的否定转移现象。
9. Mary is a nice girl, but she had one shortcoming, hadn’t she ?
He is a teacher but his wife is an engineer, isn’t she ?
陈述部分如果是并列句,反意问句部分通常与最邻近的分句的主谓保持一致。
10. I wish to go home, may I ?
I wish I were you, may I ?
当陈述句用 I wish 来表示征求对方意见时,反意问句要用 may I 。
11. He says (that) I did it, doesn’t he ?
David wouldn’t go there if it rained, would he ?
当陈述部分是主从复合句,反意问句部分与主句的主谓保持一致。
12. This is a beautiful picture, isn’t it ?
These are not books, are they ?
陈述句的主语是 this 或 that 时,反意问句的主语要用 it。主语是 these 或 those,反意问句的主语是 they。
13. Each of the boys had an apple, didn’t he / they ?
陈述部分的主语是 each of … 时,反意问句的主语要用 he, they。
14. 当陈述部分是祈使句时,反意问句的助动词不用 do,其结构有以下三种:
(1) Be more careful next time, will you ?
Stop talking, can’t you ? / won’t you ?
祈使句后面的附加问句一般用 will you 或 won’t you,有时也用 would you, can you 及 can’t you 等。
(2) Don’t do that again, will you ? / can you ?
若陈述部分是否定的祈使句,问句部分除了用 will you 外,也可用 can you。
(3) Let’s have a look at the map first, shall we ?
Let us go to the concert together, will you ?
Let me do it, will you ?
Let’s not go to the party, ok? / all right ?
以 Let’s 开头的祈使句,后面的问句部分要用 shall we;而以 Let us 或 Let me 开头的祈使句,其后的问句部分则一般要用 will you。以 Let’s not do sth. 开头的祈使句,反意问句部分用 OK 或 all right。
15. What fine weather, isn’t it ?
How clever the boy is, isn’t he ?
How hard she works, isn’t she ?
陈述部分是感叹句,反意疑问句部分用一般现在时态 to be 的形式。
16. The poor had no right to speak at that time, did they ?
陈述部分的主语是 the + 形容词表示一类人,反意问句部分主语是复数代词。
17. To learn English well isn’t easy, is it ?
Swimming is great fun, isn’t it ?
陈述部分的主语是不定式,动名词,从句或词组,反意问句部分主语是 it。
18. We have to get up early, don’t we ?
He had to go home on foot, didn’t he ?
陈述句的谓语是 have to (has to / had to) 时,疑问部分为:don’t (doesn’t / didn’t) + 主语。
19. We ought to go there, shouldn’t we ?
陈述部分谓语是 ought to + 动词原形,疑问部分谓语 oughtn’t 或 shouldn’t 。
20. He needs to borrow some money, doesn’t he ?
You needn’t go yet, need you ?
You daren’t go there alone, dare you ?
陈述部分有 dare 或 need 时,若 dare 和 need 为实义动词,疑问部分为:do (does / did) + 主语;若 dare 和 need 是情态动词,疑问部分为 dare 和 need + 主语。
21. He would rather read the text ten times than recite it, wouldn’t he ?
You’d like to have some bananas, wouldn’t you ?
陈述部分有 would rather (或 would like to) + 动词原形,疑问部分谓语用 wouldn’t。
22. He used to live in London, usedn’t he / didn’t he ?
He used to play football when he was a child, used he not ?
陈述部分谓语是 used to + 动词原形,疑问部分谓语用 didn’t / usedn’t + 主语,或 used + 主语 + not。
23. So you don’t like my cooking, don’t you ?
Oh, you have won the first prize, have you ?
陈述部分句式是 so…, oh…,疑问部分前后两部分应一致。