The final collection of English grammar notes-22 anti-question sentence

An anti-Italian question

The inverse question is equivalent to "right?" "Okay?" "Okay?" ", answer with Yes or No. Consists of two parts, the former part is a statement sentence, the latter part of the supplementary question phrase, the middle separated by commas, so the anti-question sentence is called additional questions. The usual form is: affirmative statements + negative additional questions, or negative statements + affirmative additional questions.

Such as:

He studies 中文版, doesn ' t he?

He doesn ' t study 中文版, does he?

They is from America, aren ' t they?

They is not from America, is they?

The main form of an inverse interrogative sentence:

1. If the main sentence is be or other auxiliary verb (such as can, shall, would, etc.), its inverse interrogative sentence with the same auxiliary verb.

Such as:

We are late, aren ' t we?

You haven ' t met my wife?

He can drive a car, can ' t he?

They used to has difficulty in just making ends meet, didn ' t (usedn ' t) they?

You ' d better eat with knives and forks, hadn ' t?

2. If the subject carries seldom, hardly, never, rarely, few, little and other negative or semi-negative words, because the main sentence itself has a negative meaning, the verb with the question part is affirmative-type,

Such as:

We seldom go to the cinema, do we?

Sue almost never worked, did she?

3. If the main sentence part is "I am ..." structure, because "AM not" does not have the corresponding abbreviated form, the supplementary question part is usually replaced with aren ' t I.

Such as:

I am your friend, aren ' t I?

I ' m late, aren ' t I?

I am a student, aren ' t I?

In the imperative of the supplementary question part of the general use would you, won ' t.

4. The additional questions in the imperative sentence are generally used by you, won ' t.

Such as:

Sit down, would you?

Have some teas, won ' t you?

Open the window, won ' t you?

This sentence can be understood as: will does something?

Such as: Would you open the window?

Note: After a negative imperative, you can only use will.

Such as:

Don ' t forget, would you?

Don ' t make so much noise, would you?

5. To let ' s ... The beginning of the imperative, certainly with shall we? The negation of all right? Or OK?, such as:

Let's go back to our seats, shall we?

Let's not has hot food this time, OK? (All right?)

This sentence can be understood as: Shall we (do something?),

Such as: Shall we go back to our seats. This helps to understand and remember.

Note: Let's differs from let us: Lets ' s include the hearer, the application shall we and let us does not include the hearer, saying "Please allow us ..." to use will.

Such as:

Let's watch the news on TV, shall we? (suggested)

Let us watch the news on TV, would you? (indicates a request)

6. When the main clause is I suppose, I think, I believe and so on, the supplementary question part often maintains correspondence with the subject and predicate verb in that clause, but pay attention to the negative transfer.

Such as:

I Suppose that know the meaning of the word, don ' t?

(This sentence is obviously to ask "Do you know?") Instead of asking, "Do I think so?" ”）

I Don ' t think that has the read the book, are you?

7. When the verb of the main sentence has the expression "own", the additional question can be used, or do,

Such as:

You have a color TV set, haven ' t You/don ' t?

When the main clause has no means of "owning" and other meanings are expressed, the supplementary question is to use do,

Such as:

You had a cold yesterday, didn ' t?

They don ' t has coffee with breakfast, do they?

8. There be sentence of the counter-meaning interrogative sentence, with there as the subject.

Such as:

There is something wrong, isn ' t there?

There won ' t be any trouble, would there? There won't be any trouble, is there?

9. The subject of the statement part is everyone, someone, anyone, no one, nobody and other indefinite pronouns, the subject of his question can be used he, also can be they.

Such as:

Everyone knows it, doesn ' t he/don ' t they?

The answer to the English counter-question is a bit contrary to that of Chinese. But must remember: as long as the answer is affirmative, all use Yes, as long as the answer is negative, all use No. This should be paid special attention when the main sentence is a negative sentence. For example:

Mr Jones can ' t speak French, can he?? No, he can ' t.

Mr. Jones can't speak French, does he? Yes, he can't speak French.

Mr Jones can ' t speak French, can he?? Yes, he can.

Mr. Jones can't speak French, does he? No, he can speak French.

This isn't a door, is it? -yes, it is. It's an iron door.

It's not a door, is it?? No, it's the door. It's an iron door.

Practice

Complete the following counter-interrogative sentences and translate the answers later.

1) There is a dog under the tree, _____? Yes, there is.

→isn ' t there? Yes, there is.

2) They is laughing at me, ____? No. /Yes, that's right.

→aren ' t they? No, they aren ' t. /Yes, they is.

3) We Haven ' t visited that college, _____? Yes, not yet.

→have we? No, we haven ' t.

4) She wants to be a nurse, _____? No, she doesn't. /Yes, she thought.

→doesn ' t she? No, she doesn ' t. /yes, she does.

5) Girls don ' t smoke, ____? Yes, it is. /No, smoke. And some people smoke very hard.

→do they? No, they don ' t. /yes, they do. And some is heavy smokers

6) We shall not has classes on Sunday, _____? Yes, not at all.

→shall we? No, we Shan ' t.

7) You watch 中文版 videos, ____?

No, not at all. /Yes, we often look at it three times a week.

→don ' t you? No, we don ' t. /yes, we often do. We watch them three times a week.

8) Wait outside, ____? No, I don't. /OK, yes.

→won ' t you? No, I won ' t. /yes, I'll.

9) Don ' t move, ____? OK, I'm not moving. /No, I'm going to move.

→will? No, I won ' t. /yes, I'll.

Ten) She isn't here, ____? Yes, not at all. /No, she's in. Just sit behind me.

→is She? No, she isn ' t. /yes, she is. She is sitting just behind me.

The final collection of English grammar notes-22 anti-question sentence