一、附加问句句尾上升调,表 询问事物
例:You are from Japan, aren't you? = Are you from Japan? (你来自日本,对吧)
Yes, I am / No, I'm not.
二、附加问句句尾下降调,表 寻求对方认同
例:You should follow traffic rules, shouldn't you? (你应该遵守交通规则,不是吗?)
三、附加问句的形成
1. 肯定直述句,否定附加问句 / 否定直述句,肯定附加问句
2. 注意beV或aux的使用,否定时,beV或aux和not需要缩写
直述句用be动词,附加问句用be动词;直述句用一般动词,附加问句用助动词(do,does,did);直述句用助动词(will,can,should等),附加问句用助动词(will,can,should等)
3. 附加问句的主词必须用人称代名词(he,she,they,it)
例:1. It's cold and humid, isn't it? (天气又冷又潮湿,不是吗?)
2. Dad was good at sports, wasn't he? (爸爸以前很擅长运动,不是吗?)
3. Tarzan fell in love with a beautiful girl, didn't he? (泰山爱上了一个美丽的姑娘,不是吗?)
4. People can't use fake credit card, can they? (人们不能使用假信用卡,对吧?)
5. This is really an embarrassing experience, isn't it? (这真是一次令人尴尬的经历,不是吗?)
6. Eating too much junk food isn't good for health, is it? (吃太多垃圾食品不利于健康,对吧?)
7. That baby fell asleep, didn't it? (那个婴儿睡着了,不是吗?)
4. 特别注意的附加问句
(1) am 和 not 没有缩写形,附加问句用 am I not, aren't I 或 ain't I 代替
例:I am the right man for the job, am I not? (我是最合适的人选,不是吗?)
(2) 直述句若是 There (is / are) ~ 的句型,附件问句可用 (isn't / aren't) there 回应
例:1. There is an old man jogging in the playground, isn't there? (操场上有位老人在慢跑,不是吗?)
2. There are not any pedestrians in the street, are there? (街上没有行人,对吧?)
5. 直述句中有 have / has / had 的附加問句
have / has + p.p. => have / has 为助动词
had better (最好) + 原形动词 => had 为助动词
例:1. We have to finish the work by ourselves, don't we? (我们必须自己完成工作,不是吗?)
2. He's fond of pop music, isn't he? (他喜欢流行音乐,不是吗?)
3. He's decided to quit smoking, hasn't he? (他决定戒烟了,不是吗?)
4. Mary and her friends had a very good times, didn't they? (玛丽和她的朋友们度过了一段美好时光,不是吗?)
5. You had better keep silent in the meeting, hadn't you? (你最好在会议上保持沉默,不是吗?)
6. 直述句中含有否定字,如:no, nothing, never, seldom, little, few等,要用肯定附加问句
例:1. There is nothing wrong with your cell phone, is there? (你的手机没有问题,是吗?)
2. I never tell lies to others, do I? (我从不对别人撒谎,不是吗?)
3. The foreigner has few friends here in Taiwan, does he / she? (这位外国人在台湾几乎没有朋友,是吗?)
7. 直述句中有 too ~ to ~(太~而不能~),用否定附加问句
例:1. You are too young to have the right to vote, aren't you? (你还太小没有投票权,不是吗?)
8. 直述句中主词为 something, anything, nothing, everything,附加问句用it;若为someone, anyone, no one,everyone则用they
例:1. Something bad happened to the student, didn't it? (那名学生遭遇了不测,不是吗?)
2. Someone took my notebook without asking me first, didn't they? (有人没问我就拿走了我的笔记本,不是吗?)
9. 当主要字句和附属字句出现时,根据主要字句形成附加问句
例:1. If it is fine tomorrow, they will go picnicking, won't they? (如果明天天气晴朗,他们就会去野餐,不是吗?)
2. Many readers thought that it was an interesting novel, didn't they? (许多读者认为这是一部有趣的小说,不是吗?)
10. 主要字句是I或we + (know / think / believe / imagine / guess / hear等),根据that字句形成附加问句
例:1. I know that you don't want to hurt me, do you? (我知道你不想伤害我,不是吗?)
2. I believe that he will try his best, won't he? (我相信他会尽力的,不是吗?)
3. I don't think that we can spend so much money on clothes, can we? (我觉得我们不能在衣服上花这么多钱,不是吗?) (S + think + 肯定字句)
11. 感叹句用否定附加问句,主词仍与感叹句一致
例:1. What a kind man he is, isn't he? (他是个多么善良的人啊,不是吗?)
2. How interesting this comic book is, isn't it? (这本漫画书多有趣啊,不是吗?)
12. 祈使句的附加问句
肯定祈使句,will you?
否定祈使句,will you?
邀请祈使句,won't you?
Let's~,shall we? / Let (us / me / him), will you? / (Let's not / Don't let's), all right?
例:1. Tell me what to do, will you? (告诉我该怎么做,好吗?)
2. Don't turn off the light, will you? (别关灯,好吗?)
3. Have a cup of tea, won't you? (喝杯茶,好吗?)
4. Let's call it a day, shall we? (我们今天就到这里,好吗?)
5. Let us give you a hand, will you? (让我们帮你一把,好吗?)
6. Let's not talk in English, all right? (我们别用英语交谈了,好吗?)