Unit 3 grammar 课件2.ppt

1、高 一 英 语,Module 1 Unit 2 Grammar-2 Question tags,1. What are question tags?,Question tags are short questions that come at the end of statements.,2. Look at the following examples and tell in what different situations the question tags are used.,Example 1: Its a lovely day, isnt it? Situation 1: to s

2、tart a conversation,2. Look at the following examples and tell in what different situations the question tags are used.,Example 2: Neither of you has heard the news, have you? Situation 2: to request information in a more polite way.,Example 3: Pass the knife on the table to me, will you? Situation

3、3: to soften an order or a request for someone to do something.,Situation 4: 1. to ask for agreement, using a falling tone. (The speaker is sure about what is said.) 2. to ask for confirmation, using a rising tone. (The speaker is not sure about what is said.),Example 4: 1. Youre a high school stude

4、nt, arent you? 2. Youre a high school student, arent you?,1. What are the two kinds of question tags? Positive question tags and negative question tags.,2. How are question tags formed? Usually a negative question tag is used at the end of a positive statement; a positive question tag is used at the

5、 end of a negative statement.,1) We can still be friends, cant we? 2) He doesnt like ice cream, does he?,Formation of question tags:,Neither of you will have coffee, will you? No one has found my CD, have they? Nobody understood his speech, did they? His sister seldom argues with people, does she?,W

6、hen the main clause uses negative words like neither, none, nobody, nothing, few, little, never, hardly or seldom, it is followed by a positive question tag.,Conclusion,There are a group of little children in the museum, _?,arent there,What does the word “little” mean here? “Small or young” rather t

7、han “almost no”.,Attention,There is little water in the bottle, _?,isnt there,Im late, _? Peter often helps the old man, _? Everyone has advised you not to go on a diet, _? Everything is ready, _?,arent I,doesnt he,havent they / he,isnt it,We use a personal pronoun like I, we, you, he, she, it or th

8、ey in a question tag.,Conclusion 3,Conclusion,You like traveling, _? You cant speak Italian, _? There is something wrong, _?,We use an auxiliary verb, model verb or be in a question tag.,dont you,can you,isnt there,Conclusion,Post a letter for me, _? Lets have a break, _? Let us go home now, _?,Afte

9、r an imperative clause, we use will you. After Lets, we use shall we.,will you,shall we,will you,I think everyone will be interested in these books, _? I guess they havent heard about the plan, _? I dont suppose Tom went back home yesterday, _?,wont they,have they,did he,Conclusion,When the main cla

10、use of the sentence begins with I think / suppose / guess / believe / imagine and is followed by an object clause introduced by that, the question tags are formed according to the object clause.,1. I told him that you had finished the work, _? 2. You think he comes from Japan, _? 3. He doesnt guess

11、you are right, _? 4. We dont imagine that he has lied to us, _?,do we,does he,dont you,didnt I,Practice,Hes a very good teacher, _? Shes been in hospital for 2 weeks, _? Youd watch the football match rather than go to the party, _? Hed written to you before you phoned, _?,isnt he,hasnt she,wouldnt y

12、ou,hadnt he,Remember: s= is or has, and d = had or would,Conclusion,You must go home, _? You must be tired, _? You must know it, _? You must have met him, _? You must have met him yesterday, _?,You are tired, arent you ? You know it, dont you? You have met him, havent you? You met him yesterday, did

13、nt you?,neednt you,arent you,dont you,havent you,didnt you,There are some books on the table, _? There used to be four trees on the ground, _? _? _?,arent there,didnt there,usednt there,use(d)nt there,Dr Li used to go to the club a lot, _ he?,didnt he / use(d)nt,Tips about using question tags:,Take

14、note of: the kind of verb (auxiliary / modal verb / other verbs ) the tense of the verb / verb agreement,- Why does she always ask you for help? - Theres no one else she can turn to, _? A. is thereB. is it C. can she D. does she,Practice,A,2. There was a loud scream from the backstage immediately after the concert ended, _? A. wasnt there B. was there C. didnt it D. did it,A,3. There is no light in the dormitory. They must have gone to the lecture, _? A. didnt they B. dont they C. mustnt they D. havent they,D,4. Bills aim is to inform the viewers