A tag question is a special construction in English. It is a statement followed by a mini-question. The whole sentence is a “tag question”, and the mini-question at the end is called a “question tag”. We use tag questions at the end of statements to ask for confirmation. They mean something like: “Am I right?” or “Do you agree?” They are very common in English.
The basic structure is:
Affirmative statement , negative tag?
Negative statement, affirmative tag?
*Look at these examples with positive statements:
EX :
– You have a brother,don’t you?
– Mr Minh has been to Hue,hasn’t he?
– We have finished ,haven’t we?
– Lan will come next week, won’t she?
*Look at these examples with negative statements:
EX:
– We don’t eat dinner at home,do we?
– It isn’t raining, is it?
– You don’t like coffee,do you?
– They will not help,will they?
* Some special cases :
a) If the main clause is ” I am” , tag question must be “aren’t I?”
EX:
I am coming here ,aren’t I?
b) If the main clause have ” let’s” ,tag question must be ” shall we?”
EX:
– Let’s go to the movies, shall we?
c) If the main clause is request ,tag question must be ” will you?”
EX:
– Open the window, will you?
d) If the main clause is invation ,tag question must be “won’t you?”
EX:
– Take your seat, won’t you?
e) If the main clause have: ” seldom, rarely, hardly, no, without, never,……….” ,tag question must be affirmation.
EX:
-He never goes to school late ,does he?
*Notes:
Grammar :
S + V + O , [ ] + ĐẠI TỪ ?
Trong đó :
Đại từ : Lấy chủ từ câu đầu đổi thành đại từ
Đàn ông —> he
Đàn bà —-> she
Vật (số ít ) — -> it
There — -> there
This — -> it
That — -> it
These — -> they
Those — -> they
Số nhiều —-> they
Các đại từ như : they,he she … thì giữ nguyên
[ ] : nhìn ở câu đầu nếu có động từ đặc biệt thì chuyển thành [ ] nếu không có thì mựon trợ động từ do.does ,did
– Nếu câu đầu có NOT ,hoặc các yếu tố phủ định như : never ,rarely ,no
,hardly …., thì [ ] không có NOT ,nếu câu đầu không có NOT thì [ ] có
NOT
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