Trong câu hỏi đuôi, người đặt câu hỏi đưa ra một mệnh đề (mệnh đề chính) nhưng không hoàn toàn chắc chắn về tính đúng / sai của mệnh đề đó, do vậy họ dùng câu hỏi dạng này để kiếm chứng [r]
(1)CHUYÊN ĐỀ : CÂU HỎI ĐUÔI (TAG QUESTION)
Trong câu hỏi đuôi, người đặt câu hỏi đưa mệnh đề (mệnh đề chính) khơng hồn tồn chắn tính / sai mệnh đề đó, họ dùng câu hỏi dạng để kiếm chứng mệnh đề đưa
Ví dụ:
He should stay in bed, shouldn’t he?
She has been studying English for two years, hasn't she? There are only twenty-eight days in February, aren’t there? It’s raining now, isn’t it? (Trời mưa, phải không?) You and I talked with the professor yesterday, didn’t we? You won’t be leaving for now, will you?
Jill and Joe haven’t been to America, have they?
Câu hỏi đuôi chia làm hai thành phần tách biệt dấu phẩy theo quy tắc sau:
- Sử dụng trợ động từ giống mệnh đề để làm phần câu hỏi Nếu khơng có trợ động từ dùng do, does, did để thay
- Nếu mệnh đề thể khẳng định phần thể phủ định ngược lại - Thời động từ đuôi phải theo thời động từ mệnh đề
- Chủ ngữ mệnh đề phần đơi giống Đại từ phần đuôi phải để dạng chủ ngữ (in subject form)
- Phần dạng phủ định thường rút gọn (n’t) Nếu khơng rút gọn phải theo thứ tự: auxiliary + subject + not? (He saw it yesterday, did he not?)
- Động từ have động từ chính, trợ động từ Khi động từ mệnh đề tiếng Anh Mỹ phần phải dùng trợ động từ do, does did
-There is, there are it is chủ ngữ giả nên phần đuôi phép dùng lại there it BÀI TẬP VẬN DỤNG
Exercise 1: Choose the correct answers.
1 No one is better cook than his mother, ?
A is she B isn’t she C are they D aren't they
2 Do it right now, ?
A will you B shall you C you D don’t you
3 There are no easy ways ; to learn a foreign language, ?
A are they B are there C aren’t they D aren’t there Fie seldom goes to the library, ?
A doesn’t he B is he C does he D isn't he
5 Let’s go for a long walk, ?
A will we B shall we C don’t you D you
6 I think he will join us, ?
A doesn’t he B won’t he C will he D don’t I
7 The film is good, ?
A is it B are they C isn’t it D aren’t they
8 You are going to the party, ?
A is you B are you C aren’t you D were you
9 He can speak English, ?
A can he B can’t he C can’t him D could he
10 You don’t know him, ?
A you B don’t you C are you D aren’t you
Exercise 2: Choose the correct answers Lan speaks Chinese very well, ?
A does she B doesn’t she C is she D was she
(2)A does he B did he C has he D hasn’t he They invited him to the party, ?
A they B don’t they C did they D didn’t they
4 They are leaving here tomorrow, ?
A they B are they C aren’t they D did they
5 I am a bit late, ?
A am not I B aren’t you C are you D aren’t I
6 No one is different to praise, ?
A is one B isn't one C is he D are they
7 Somebody has left these socks on the bathroom floor, ?
A have they B haven’t they C has he D hasn’t he
8 James owns a restaurant, ?
A does he B is he C doesn’t he D didn’t he
9 You aren’t too busy to talk, ?
A are you B have you C aren’t D you
10 The ticket to London doesn’t cost a lot, ?
A they B does it C is it D isn’t it
Exercise 3: Complete the sentences with tag questions.
1 Thu’s father reads a morning newspaper everyday, ? The teacher is going to explain a new grammar lesson, ? Their classmates were so excited about the games yesterday, ? Lan enjoys sewing clothes for her doll, ?
5 Hoa did a lot of homework last night, ? Schools may be closed if it snows heavily, ? She has visited the citadel in Hue twice, ? People have to rebuild the building after fire, ? Their children enjoy playing computer games, ? 10 You will have a cable TV soon, ?
Exercise 4: Complete the sentences with tag questions. I am making a big mistake, ?
2 Let’s go shopping at Saigon Coop Mart, ?
3 Children should drink a lot of milk and fruit juice, ? Bring your camera with you to the party, ?
5 These shoes need to be fixed, ?
6 You must ask for your parents’ permission to join the trip, ? Ba likes healthy food, ?
8 Thu didn’t take part in the competition, ? Phong hasn’t been to Hanoi before, ? 10 She can ride to school by herself, ?
Exercise 5: Complete the sentences with tag questions. We should follow the traffic rules strictly, ? He seldom visits you, ?
3 You have never been in Italy, ? No one died in the accident, ? Nothing is wrong, ?
6 Nobody called the phone, ? Everything is okay, ? Everyone took a rest, ?
9 Going swimming in the summer is never boring, ? 10 Let’s dance together, ?
(3)2 Sit down, ?
3 Hoa never comes to school late, ? He hardly ever makes a mistake, ?
5 We must communicate with you by means of email or chatting, ? She has got a great sense of humor, ?
7 Neither of them offered to help you, ? He ought to have made a note of it, ? There will be plenty for everyone, ? 10 Let’s go out for dinner tonight, ?
Exercise 7: Complete the sentences with tag questions. We often watch TV in the afternoon, ? John and Max don't like Maths, ? He could have bought a new car, ?
4 The Mount Rushmore National Memorial Park is in Keystone, ? She must come to the party, ?
6 Kathy and YoYo will go to the swimming pool tomorrow, ? No one can help you, ?
8 You have never been to Peking, ? Let's have a drink, ?
10 He could have bought a new car, ?
Exercise 8: Complete the sentences with tag questions. Come and see me tomorrow, ?
2 I’m never called “Scholar”, ?
3 Everybody can learn how to swim, ? His family often has tea for breakfast, ? That job is hardly suitable for her, ? No one died in the accident, ?
7 Speaking of kids, you have some of your own, ? That depends on what you mean by a long time, ? Everyone took the rest, ?
10 Let’s go to the cinema tonight, ?
ANSWER KEY Exercise 1: Choose the correct answers
1 C A B C B
6 B C C B 10 A
1 A D D C D
6 D B C A 10 B
Exercise 3: Complete the sentences with tag questions
1 doesn’t he isn’t she weren’t they does she didn’t she may it not hasn’t she don’t they don’t they 10 won’t you
Exercise 4: Complete the sentences with tag questions
1 aren’t I shall we shouldn’t they will you don’t they mustn’t you doesn’t he did she has he 10 can’t she
Exercise 5: Complete the sentences with tag questions
1 shouldn’t we does he have you they is it did they isn’t it didn’t it isn’t it 10 shall we
(4)1 will you will you does she does he mustn’t we doesn’t she did they ought he not won’t there 10 shall we
Exercise 7: Complete the sentences with tag questions
1 don’t we they couldn’t he isn’t it mustn’t she won’t they can they have you shall we 10 couldn’t he
Exercise 8: Underline the incorrect part