Гузаерова Лариса Савитовна

Tag questions

TAG questions

Разделительные

вопросы

You are an American, aren’t you ?

Вы американец, не так ли

(не правда ли) ?

Структура вопроса

Утверждение

Краткий вопрос

,

she

they

I

we

he

it

you

Emily is a New

Yorker , isn’t she ?

An American keeps a distance talking to a person, doesn’t he ?

Americans don’t like horror films, do they ?

Jessica didn't know that, did she ?

Jack hasn’t seen the film, has he ?

Pete wants to go to his grandparents, doesn’t he?

You like coffee,

don’t you?

Вопросы с глаголом to be

• He is a doctor, isn’t he?
• They are in the park, aren’t they?
• Bob was in Paris, wasn’t he?
• My parents were at home, weren’t they ?
• Nick isn’t at school, is he ?
• Polly and Ann aren’t students, are they ?

Вопросы с модальными глаголами

• She can speak English, can’t she?
• Liz must do it, mustn’t she?
• Pete may not go home, may he?

Вопросы с глаголом to have

• Mum has got a book, hasn’t she ?
• Dad has got a car, hasn’t he ?
• Bob and his friend haven’t got bikes, have they?

Ответ ы на разделительные вопросы

Могут быть краткими, как и на общие вопросы.

Например: известно, что Дон – пилот и у него есть самолёт.

• Don is a pilot, isn’t he? Yes, he is.
• Don is a teacher, isn’t he ? No, he isn’t.
• He has a plane, hasn’t he ? Yes, he has.

Существуют особые случаи образования разделительных вопросов.

В разделительном вопросе с I am в окончании используется aren’t I? :

e.g. I’m late, aren’t I ?

( am I not? )

После let’s используется shall we?

e.g. Let’s go to the park, shall we ?

There может быть подлежащим в разделительных вопросах:

e.g. There are a lot of presents under the Christmas tree,

aren’t there ?

never no nobody little

e.g. You have never been to Britain, have you ?

nothing everything something anything

e.g. Nothing is perfect, is it ?

nobody somebody everybody anybody

e.g. Nobody came, did they ?

e.g. Sit down, won’t you ?

e.g. Shut the door, will you?/

would you?/

can you?/can’t you?/could you?

Make up tag questions.

1.You are British,______________________________?

2. They were born in England,____________________?

3. Bob hasn’t got any brothers or sisters,___________________________________?

4. Your parents must be kind and friendly,__________________________________?

5. They play sports,____________________________?

6. You and your parents will go to Russia next year,_____________________________________?

7. Ann doesn’t speak Russian,___________________?

8. We visited this summer camp last year,____________________________________?

9. The weather in this part of Britain isn’t always rainy,____________________________________?

aren’t you

weren’t they

has he

mustn't they

don’t they

won’t you

does she

didn’t we

is it

some

religious

states

don’t

Americans

do

mark

holidays

In

,

widely

they

In some states Americans don’t mark

religious holidays widely, do they?

Fill in the gaps in the following sentences with an appropriate tag.

aren’t I

shall we

have you

can it

is there

won’t you

didn’t they

shall we

1.Let’s buy American souvenirs,__________________?

2. You have never been in Los Angeles , ____________?

3.Nothing can spoil these wonderful impressions,________________________________?

4. Somebody came to New York ,______________?

5. I am late for the party,________________________?

6. There is nothing interesting for us,_______________?

7. Use my iPhone,_____________________________?

have you

can it

didn’t they

aren’t I

is there

won’t you