GIẢI THÍCH CHI TIẾT VỀ TAG QUESTION - CÂU HỎI ĐUÔI

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Ex: It’s a lovely day, isn’t it?

Bằng cách sử dụng câu hỏi đuôi, người nói ngụ ý rằng câu khẳng định phía trước là đúng Bạn biết hôm nay trời đẹp và gợi ý để người đối diện nói chuyện tiếp Phần đuôi này không thực sự là câu hỏi

positivie statement + negative question tag

Ex: The children can swim, can't they ?

- Câu hỏi đuôi khẳng định (auxiliary verb + pronoun) được dùng sau câu trần thuật phủ định

negative statement + positive question tag

Ex: You haven't seen Mary today, have you ?

Lưu ý:

1 Nếu trong câu trần thuật có trợ động từ hoặc động từ to be thì trợ động từ này được lặp lại trong câu hỏi đuôi

Ex: She will come, won't she ?

Ex: There was a lot of traffic, wasn't there ?

Ex: We don't have to pay, do we ?

2 Nếu câu trần thuật không có trợ động từ, dùng trợ động từ to do (do/does/did)

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Ex: You live near here, don't you ?

Ex: You locked the door, didn't you ?

3 Một số dạng câu hỏi láy đuôi đặc biệt

- Đại từ this / that được thay bằng “it”; these / those được thay bằng “they”

Ex: That is his car, isn’t it?

These are your new shoes, aren’t they?

- “There” trong cấu trúc “there + be” được dùng lại ở phần đuôi

Ex: There aren’t any students in the classroom, are there?

- Câu nói có trợ động từ (will / can / shall / should / is / are …): trợ động từ được lặp lại ở

phần đuôi

Ex: You will come early, won’t you?

- Phần đuôi của ought to là SHOULDN’T

Ex: She ought to do exercise every morning, shouldn’t she?

- Câu hỏi đuôi của I am là aren't I – nhưng nếu không có not thì lại dùng am I

Ex: I am late, aren't I ?

I am not guilty, am I?

- Hãy lưu ý rằng các câu có những từ như neither, no, none, no one, nobody, nothing, scarcely, barely, hardly, hardly ever, seldom được xem như là những lời tường thuật phủ định và được theo

sau bởi một câu hỏi đuôi khẳng định

Ex: No salt is allowed, is it ?

Ex: Peter hardly ever goes to parties, does he ?

Ex: Neither of them complained, did they ?

- Với everybody, everyone, somebody, someone, nobody, no one chúng ta dùng đại từ they

Ex: Everyone warned you, didn't they ?

Ex: Someone had recognized him, hadn't they ?

- Nếu là câu mệnh lệnh, câu hỏi đuôi là "will you" dù có not hay không có not

Ex: Don't drop that vase, will you ?

Sau một yêu cầu bằng mệnh lệnh cách (chẳng hạn như: Wait ), ta có thể dùng can

you? hoặc could you?

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Ex: Wait here a moment, can you?

Ex: Give me an example, could you?

- Dùng phần đuôi WON’T YOU để diễn tả lời mời

Ex: Have a piece of cake, won’t you?

- Câu đầu là I wish – dùng may

Ex: I wish to study English, may I ?

- Chủ từ là one – dùng you hoặc one

Ex: One can be one's master, can't you/one ?

- Câu đầu có must

Must có nhiều cách dùng cho nên tùy theo cách dùng mà có câu hỏi đuôi khác nhau

+ Must chỉ sự cần thiết, dùng needn't

Ex: They must study hard, needn't they ?

+ Must chỉ sự cấm đoán, dùng must

Ex: You mustn't come late, must you ?

+ Must chỉ sự dự đoán ở hiện tại, dựa vào động từ theo sau must

Ex: He must be a very intelligent student, isn't he ?

+ Must chỉ sự dự đoán ở quá khứ (trong công thức must + have + PP), dùng have/has

Ex: You must have stolen my bike, haven't you ?

- Let ở đầu câu :

Let đầu câu có nhiều dạng cần phân biệt

+ Let's trong câu rủ - dùng shall we ?

Ex: Let's go out, shall we ?

+Let trong câu xin phép (let us/let me), dùng will you ?

Ex: Let us use the telephone, will you ?

+Let dùng trong câu đề nghị giúp người khác (let me), dùng may I ?

Ex: Let me help you do it, may I ?

- Câu cảm thán

Lấy danh từ trong câu đổi thành đại từ, dùng am/is/are

Ex: What a beautiful dress, isn't it ?

Ex: What a stupid boy, isn't he ?

- Câu đầu có I + các động từ sau : think, believe, suppose, figure, assume, fancy, imagine,

reckon, expect, see, feel + mệnh đề phụ

 Lấy mệnh đề phụ làm câu hỏi đuôi

Ex: I think he will come here, won't he ?

Ex: I don't believe Mary can do it, can she ? (lưu ý, mệnh đề chính có not thì vẫn tính như ở

mệnh đề phụ)

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Cùng mẫu này nhưng nếu chủ từ không phải là I  dùng mệnh đề đầu làm câu hỏi đuôi

Ex: She thinks he will come, doesn't she ?

- Câu đầu có It seems that + mệnh đề: Lấy mệnh đề làm câu hỏi đuôi

Ex: It seems that you are right, aren't you ?

- Chủ từ là mệnh đề danh từ: Dùng "it"

Ex: What you have said is wrong, isn't it ?

Ex: Why he killed himself seems a secret, doesn't it ?

- USED TO: Trường hợp này, ta cứ việc xem USED TO là một động từ chia ở thì quá khứ Do đó, câu hỏi đuôi tương ứng chỉ cần mượn trợ động từ DID

Ex: She used to live here, didn’t she?

- HAD BETTER: “had better” thường được viết ngắn gọn thành ‘D BETTER, nên dễ khiến ta

lúng túng khi phải lập câu hỏi đuôi tương ứng Khi thấy ‘D BETTER, chỉ cần mượn trợ động

từ HAD để lập câu hỏi đuôi

Ex: He’d better stay, hadn’t he?

- WOULD RATHER: Would rather thường được viết gọn là ‘D RATHER nên cũng dễ gây

lúng túng cho bạn Chỉ cần mượn trợ động từ WOULD cho trường hợp này để lập câu hỏi đuôi

Ex: You’d rather go, wouldn’t you?

Khi trả lời câu hỏi đuôi chúng ta phải trả lời theo đúng sự thật của hoàn cảnh hay tình huống Câu

trả lời của bạn phản ánh các sự kiện thực tế, không (nhất thiết) phải ở câu hỏi

Ví dụ như, mọi người đều biết là tuyết thì trắng vì thế hãy xem xét các câu hỏi và cách trả lới một cách hợp lý :

Tag question Correct

answer

Snow is white,

isn't it? Yes (it is) Câu trả lời giống nhau trong cả hai trường hợp - Nhưng lưu ý cách nhấn

mạnh trong thay đổi ở đây là

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Snow isn't white,

is it? Yes it is!

Vì tuyết thì có màu trắng! người trả lời không đồng ý với

người hỏi

Snow is black,

isn't it? No it isn't! Câu trả lời giống nhau

trong cả hai trường hợp -

Vì tuyết thì không có màu đen!

Snow isn't black,

is it? No (it isn't)

Trong một vài ngôn ngữ khác, người ta sẽ trả lời yes cho các câu hỏi như "Snow isn't black, is it?" (YES đối với họ có nghĩa là tôi đồng ý với câu hỏi "Yes, I agree with you") Đây là cách trả lời hoàn toàn sai trong tiếng Anh!

Các ví dụ với các câu trả lời đúng cách:

 The moon goes round the earth, doesn't it? Yes, it does

 The earth is bigger than the moon, isn't it? Yes

 The earth is bigger than the sun, isn't it? No, it isn't!

 Asian people don't like rice, do they? Yes, they do!

 Elephants live in Europe, don't they? No, they don't!

 Men don't have babies, do they? No

 The English alphabet doesn't have 40 letters, does it? No, it doesn't

EXERCISE:

TEST 1

I Add tag questions to the following

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1 They want to come , ……… ?

2 Elizabeth is a dentist , ……… ?

3 They won’t be here , ……… ?

4 There aren’t any problems, ……… ?

5 That is your umbrella, ……… ?

6 George is a student , ……… ?

7 He’s learned a lot in the last couple of years, ………?

8 He has a bicycle , ……… ?

9 Joan can’t come with us , ……… ?

10 She’ll help us late , ……… ?

11 Peggy would like to come with us to the party, ……… ?

12 Those aren’t Fred’s books, ……… ?

13 You’ve never been to Paris , ……… ?

14 Something is wrong with Jane today , ……… ?

15 Everyone can learn how to swim, ……… ?

16 Nobody cheated on the exam , ……… ?

17 Nothing went wrong while I was gone, ……… ?

18 I am invited , ……… ?

II Add tag questions to the following 1.Your name is Thanh , ……… ?

2 Today is Sunday , ……… ?

3 John doesn’t agree with me about the plan , ……… ?

4 There’s a bus comimg , ……… ?

5 Everybody was saying their prayers in the church when I cane in, ……… ?

6 He makes a lot of mistakes in pronunciation , ……… ?

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7 The traffic was heavy yesterday , ……… ?

8 Both men won’t surf the Internet for a chat any more , ……… ?

9 A lot of students don’t think studying grammar is interesting , ……… ?

10 We haven’t done this homework yet , ……… ?

11 Jack’s enrolled on this course , ……… ?

12 Helen’s got fashionable clothes to wear on this important occasion , ………?

13 The Smiths have got a computer , a CD player and two motorbikes , ……… ?

14 The children have many computer games to play , ……… ?

15 Your brother has the chance to speak English outside the classroom , ……… ?

16 David and Kate aren’t going to pay their school fees tomorrow , ……… ?

17 There weren’t any well- qualified teachers at this school , ……… ?

18 This boy could use a computer at the age of 5 , ……… ?

19 MY father put an advertisement in the Times to sell his house, ……… ?

20 It is expensive for you to access the Internet , ……… ?

21 Jim really shouldn’t spend most of his time wandering on the Internet , ……… ?

22 People don’t know which website is useful to them , ……… ?

23 Students have to wear uniforms in Vietnam , ……… ?

24 Email is good way for people to communicate , ……… ?

25 The garbage can be taken out everyday , ……… ?

26 We must send this message by email , ……… ?

27 You wouldn’t like another drink , ……… ?

28 Vinh would rather listen to English programs on the radio , ……… ?

29 You had better not go out in the cold weather , ……… ?

30 Ba ought to join her family on a day trip to her hometown , ……… ?

31 My sister might like writing email , ……… ?

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32 You should attend the opening ceremony , ……… ?

33 You wouldn’t mind helping me with this , ……… ?

34 I needn’t say anything to you about it , ……… ?

35 Your aunt needs to grow rice on his farm , ……… ?

36 This is Mr Johnson , ……… ?

37 That was Ann on the phone , ……… ?

38 Those weren’t your parents over there , ……… ?

39 These are your cases here , ……… ?

40 The Chinese invented paper in AD 105 , ……… ?

41 The English don’t like tea , ……… ?

42 The rich usually live in big houses , ……… ?

43 There won’t be any good news for you , ……… ?

44 Joe used to be a lot faster than he is now , ……… ?

45 There used to be too much noise in this neighborhood , ……… ?

46 He has no chance of finding a cheap flat in the city centre , ……… ?

47 He’s never met you before , ……… ?

48 They really went swimming when they were your age , ……… ?

49 Helen seldom smiles at me whenever she passes me in the street , ……….?

50 He hardly ever makes a mistake , ……… ?

51 There’s scarcely enough time for our project , ……… ?

52 Cactuses need little water , ……… ?

53 Unfiendly people have few friends , ……… ?

54 It’s unpleasant to be alone in a strange country , ……… ?

55 It’s no good , ……… ?

56 No smoking is allowed in this compartment , ……… ?

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57 We carried no cash with us , ……… ?

58 We have received no information yet , ……… ?

59 Not many people understand his ideas , ……… ?

60 Something is wrong with Jane today , ……… ?

61 Everything seems to be OK with you , Dad , ……… ?

62 Nothing matters , ……… ?

63 Nothing has been done about unemployment , ……… ?

64 Neither of them offered to help me , ……… ?

65 None of them wrote to him , ……… ?

66 Nobody is going to the mosque , ……… ?

67 Somebody has recognized you by your funny hat , ……… ?

68 Everyone was impressed by her beauty , ……… ?

69 One should always try to be friendly to the environment , ……… ?

70 I’m not supposed to be here on time , ……… ?

71 I’m expected to do well in my schooling , ……… ?

72 Let’s go out for a meal together one day , ……… ?

73 Don’t be late , ……… ?

74 Help yourself to this soup , ……… ?

75 Pass me the salt , ……… ?

76 Don’t forget to keep in touch with us , ……… ?

77 Post this letter for me , ……… ?

78 Have some more coffee , ……… ?

79 Get out your books , ……… ?

80 Have a nice holiday , ……… ?

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ANSWER KEYS

I Add tag questions to the following:

1 don’t they 2 isn’t she 3 will they 4 are there

5 isn’t it 6 isn’t he 7 hasn’t he 8 doesn’t he / hasn’t he

9 can 10 won’t she 11 wouldn’t she 12 are they

13 have you 14 isn’t it 15 can’t they 16 did they

17 did it 18 aren’t I / am I not

II Add tag questions to the following:

1 isn’t it 2 isn’t it 3 does he 4 isn’t there

5 weren’t they 6 doesn’t he 7 wasn’t it 8 will they

9 do they 10 have we 11 hasn’t he 12 hasn’t she

13 haven’t they 14 don’t they 15 doesn’t he 16 are they

17 were there 18 couldn’t he 19 didn’t he 20 isn’t it

21 should he 22 do they 23 don’t they 24 isn’t it

25 can’t it 26 mustn’t we 27 would you 28 wouldn’t he

29 had you 30 oughtn’t he 31 mightn’t she 32 shouldn’t you

33 would you 34 need I 35 doesn’t she 36 isn’t it

37 wasn’t it 38 were they 39 aren’t they 40 didn’t they

41 do they 42 don’t they 43 will there 44 didn’t he

45 didn’t there 46 does he 47 has he 48 did they

49 does she 50 does he 51 is there 52 do they

53 do they 54 isn’t it 55 is it 56 is it

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57 did we 58 have we 59 do they 60 isn’t it

61 doesn’t it 62 does it 63 has it 64 did they

65 did they 66 are they 67 haven’t they 68 weren’t they

69 shouldn’t one 70 am I 71 aren’t I 72 shall we

73 will you 74 will you 75 will 76 will you

77 will 78 will you 79 will 80 will you

TEST 2

I Complete each sentence with a tag- question:

1 You don't know where Ann is, ………… ?

2 They haven't seen this film, ……… ?

3 You wouldn't tell anyone about it, ………?

4 He'd never seen you before,……….?

5 Let's go out for a walk, ……… ?

6 This is your book,………?

7 I am supposed to be here, ………….?

8 There is a meeting tonight, ………?

9 Tom won't be here late, ………?

10 You 're tired,……….?

11 You haven't lived here long, ………?

12 You came in a sports car, ………?

13 These cakes look good, ………?

14 You can speak German, ……… ?

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15 You coundn't do me a favour, ……….?

II What would you say in these situations? Write sentences with a question tag Use the words in the brackets:

1 You look out of the window The sky is blue and the sun is shining ( beautiful day)

-> It is a beautiful day, isn't it?

2 You're with a friend outside a restaurant You are looking at the prices which are very high ( expensive)

7 You are trying on a jacket You look in the mirrorand you don't like what you see

( Not/ look/ very good)

-> It ………

8 You and your friend are walking over a wooden bridge It's very old and some parts are broken ( not/ very safe)

-> The bridge ………

III Rewrite these sentences into tag questions

1 Doesn't your brother like watching TV? ->………

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3 Won't his parents buy him the new game? ->………

4 Have you just used the computer? ->………

5 Please,turn off the television? ->………

6 Let's listen to the radio? ->………

7 Are there many interesting programs tonight? ->………

8 Am I late for the party? ->………

9 Didn't Ba produce the first TV picture in 1920? ->………

10 Do they never go to the theater? ->………

ANSWER KEYS

I

1 do you 2 have you 3 would you 4 hadn't you 5 shall we

6 isn't it 7 aren't I 8 isn't There 9 will he 10 aren't you

11 have you 12 did you 13 don't they 14 can't you 15 could you

II

2 -> It is very expensive ,isn't it?

3 -> The film was very great, wasn't it?

4 -> Jane, you haven't got a pen, have you?

5 -> She has a lovely voice , doesn't she?

6 -> Kate, you don't know where Ann is , do you?

7 -> It doesn't look very good, does it?

8 -> The bridge isn't very safe, is it?

III 1 Your brother doesn't like watching TV, does he?

2 Mary is reading a book in her room, isn't she?

3 His parents won't buy him the new game, will he?

4 You have just used the computer, haven't you?

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5 Please, turn off the television, will you?

6 Let's listen to the radio, shall we?

7 There are many interesting programs tonight, aren't there?

8 I am late for the party, aren't I?

9 Ba didn't produce the first TV picture in 1920, did he?

10 They never go to the theater, don't they?

TEST 3

I Add question tags to the following statements: 1 You aren't afraid of snakes………

2 Ann isn't at home……… ……

3 You don't know French………

4 Tom didn't see her………

5 This isn't yours………

6 Mary wasn't angry………

7 Bill hasn't had breakfast………

8 You won't tell anyone………

9 I didn't wake you up………

10 Tom doesn't like oysters………

11 You don't want to sell the house………

12 It doesn't hurt………

13 People shouldn't drink and drive………

14 You aren't going alone………

15 They couldn't pay the rent………

16 You don't agree with Bill………

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