反意疑問句(disjunctive question)是對陳述句所說的事實或觀點提出疑問的疑問句。一般由一個陳述句和一個簡短的問句兩部分構成,中間用逗號分開。
如果前一部分(陳述句)為肯定句,那后一部分(即簡單問句)就用否定式;反之,如果前一部分為否定式,那么后一部分就用肯定式。(我們稱之為:前肯后否,前否后肯)反意疑問句的提問部分必須簡寫,提問部分必須倒裝,使用人稱代詞。前后兩者的謂語在人稱、數(shù)、時態(tài)上都要一致。在朗讀反意疑問句時,前一部分用降調,后一部分可升可降。提問者對前一部分陳述的事實有把握的時候就用降調,無把握的時候可以用升調。反意疑問句的基本結構如下:
(一)肯定陳述句+否定提問部分
It is a fine day,isn't it?
Jack can swim fast,can't he?
My mother went to Beijing last week,didn't she?
I can fix the bicycle by myself,can't I?
I am late,aren't I?
注:陳述部分是I am ...時,反意疑問句常用“aren't I”代替“am not I”。
(二)否定陳述句+肯定提問部分
Tom isn't watching TV,is he?
I didn't drink the milk,did I?
You aren't Yao Ming,are you?
There isn't any milk in the bottle,is there?
My mother doesn't like cabbage,does she?
注:附加疑問句的主語必須和陳述句的主語一致。當陳述句的主語是名詞時,附加疑問句的主語必須使用相應的人稱代詞。
Amy and Mike are good friends,aren't they?
The apple is juicy,isn't it?
附加疑問句的時態(tài)必須和陳述句的時態(tài)保持一致。
Her mother bought a birthday cake for her,didn't she?
You saw Tom last Friday,didn't you?
附加疑問句如果是否定結構,必須使用縮寫形式。
It's a nice day,isn't it?(isn't不能寫成is not)
Tips:
肯定陳述句中,如果含有few,little,never,seldom,rarely,nobody,nothing等否定意義的詞匯,后半部分使用肯定疑問部分。
My grandmother never drinks coffee,does she?
There are few apples in the basket,are there?
He hardly cleans his room,does he?
There's nothing to eat,is there?
Exercises
12.6 Complete the sentences (寫出下列句子反意疑問句)
1.Linda is in the zoo,isn't she?
2.Jack ate an apple just now,____ ____?
3.They are dancing,____ ____?
4.Mary can sing very well,____ ____?
5.You play tennis at the weekend,____ ____?
6.Paul never cleans his room,____ ____?
7.The boy has dinner at school,____ ____?
8.My parents didn't watch the news last night,____ ____?
9.There isn't any juice in the bottle,____ ____?
10.Mr.and Mrs.Chen aren't singing,____ ____?