专业四级语法 | 反意疑问句考点归纳

反意疑问句(tag question)由肯定陈述句和简略否定问句或否定陈述句和简略肯定问句构成,用以要求对方证实所述之事。附加疑问句主要有两种:一类是反意的附加疑问句,另一类是非反意附加疑问句。

反意疑问句的主要考点包括:

1. 疑问部分的助动词要与陈述部分的助动词保持人称、数及时态上的一致。例如:

  • He gets across well, doesn't he?
    他说话很透彻,是不是?

2. 疑问部分的主语要和陈述部分的主语保持一致。如果陈述部分主语为表示人的不定代词(everyone, someone, anyone, no one),疑问部分的主语一般用 they ;如果陈述部分主语为表示物的不定代词(everything, something, nothing)或者 this, that 等,疑问部分的主语一般用 it ;如果陈述部分是 there be 句型,疑问部分的主语用 there 。例如:

  • Somebody borrowed my book yesterday, didn't they?
  • That's great, isn't it?
  • There must be someone else there, mustn't there?

3. 如果陈述句的主语为 nobody, nothing, none, neither, few 等否定代词,反意疑问句使用肯定结构。疑问句中用 they 代替nobody, neither, few;用 it 代替 nothing ; they 或者 it 均可用来代替 none 。例如:

  • Neither of them came, did they?
  • Nothing was left, was it?

4. 陈述句中含有 hardly, seldom, rarely 等否定副词,则反意疑问句使用肯定形式。例如:

  • You seldom go there, do you?

5. 几种特殊的反意疑问句。例如:

  • Have some tea, won't you?
  • Don't do that, will you?
  • Let's go shopping after dinner, shall we?
  • Please let us have more time, will you?
  • I am good at math, aren't I?
  • You must go home, needn't you?
  • She ought to leave, shouldn't she?