草稿M1U3--5--反义疑问句课件.ppt

Do you say “I love you” to your parents, how do you say? Sometimes, you can ask: You love me, don’t you? This kind of sentence is called question tag. Question tags are short questions that come at the end of statements. Question tags can be used when you… ask for agreement eg: You still go to the gym every day, don’t you ? ask for confirmation eg: You still go to the gym every day, don’t you? Notice: 1. We use a negative question tag at the end of a positive statement; we use a positive question tag at the end of a negative statement. Looking good is important to women, isn’t it? I was very lucky, wasn’t I? We shouldn’t be ashamed of the way we look, should we? 2. Words like neither, none, nobody, nothing, few, little, never, hardly or seldom are considered negative. Neither of you will have coffee, will you? No one has found my CD, have they? Nobody understood his speech, did they? His sister seldom argues with people, does she? 3. We use a personal pron. like I, we, you, he, she, it or they in a question tag. eg: You wouldn’t like to take these pills, would you? Everyone has advised you not to go on a diet, haven’t they? 4. We use an auxiliary verb, modal verb or be in a question tag. eg: You like traveling, don’t you? eg: You can’t speak Italian, can you? eg: There is something wrong, isn’t there? 5. After an imperative clause, we use will you. After Let’s, we use shall we. eg: Post a letter for me, will you? eg: Let’s have a break, shall we? 1. When you’ve finished with that book, don’t forget to put it back on the shelf, ____? (2007北京） A. do you B. don’t you C. will you D. won’t you 2. There was a loud scream from the backstage immediately after the concert ended _____? (2005上海) A. wasn’t there B. was there C. didn’t it D. did it 3. There is no light in the dormitory. They must have gone to the lecture, ________? (2004上海春) A. didn’t they B. don’t they C. mustn’t they D. haven’t they Bill’s aim is