General problem
1. General interrogative sentences transformed from affirmative sentences.
Have you always lived here? Have you always lived here?
Second, deny general interrogative sentences.
Can't he drive? Can't he drive?
Can he not drive? Can't he drive?
Three. Matters needing attention in answering general questions in negative form:
Isn't he a student? Isn't he a student?
Yes, he is. No, he is a student. (Wrong answer: No, he is. )
Tip: When answering, treat it as an ordinary general question, and don't deny it.
note:
1. When changing a declarative sentence into a general question, if there is a be verb in the sentence, it can be brought directly before the subject. If the subject is in the first person, it should be changed to the second person. For example:
I'm in Class 2, Grade/kloc-0. → Are you from Class 2, Grade/kloc-0?
2. When there is a modal verb (can may must …) in the declarative sentence, it can also be brought directly before the subject to become a general question.
He can swim now. Can he swim now?
3. When there is only one notional verb as the predicate in a declarative sentence and its tense is the general present, the notional verb after the subject of "do" or "does" should be used as the prototype when it becomes a general question. For example:
I like these animals. Do you like these animals?
4. General interrogative sentences generally use rising tone (↑)
General questions sometimes don't need to be answered with "yes" or "no".
Choice interrogative sentence
Definition: Choose a question and put forward two or more possible answers for the other party to choose. There are two forms of this kind of interrogative sentences: one is based on the structural form of general interrogative sentences, but there are differences in intonation. This kind of multiple-choice questions usually use a low rising tone for the first alternative answer and a falling tone for the last one; If there are more than two answers to choose from, the last one is in a falling tone and the rest is in a low rising tone.
For example:
Do you want gin, whisky or beer?
Do you want gin, whisky or beer?
This intonation feature is often an important symbol to distinguish multiple-choice questions from general questions. Try to compare:
Shall we leave at six or seven? Shall we leave at 6 o'clock or 7 o'clock?
Shall we leave at six or seven? Shall we leave at six or seven?
The first example above is a multiple-choice question, and its answer can only be one of two.
We will leave at six o'clock/seven o'clock .. We will start at six o'clock/seven o'clock.
The second example above is a general question, and its answer is only yes/no, and it is not necessarily 6 o'clock or 7 o'clock, or even neither 6 o'clock nor 7 o'clock:
Yes, we will leave at six or seven.
Yes, we will start at six or seven o'clock.
We must leave early.
No. We must start early.
Another multiple-choice question is based on the structural form of special interrogative sentences, and its intonation is also different. For example:
Which vase should I use, the short one or the high one?
special?interrogative?sentence
A sentence that begins with a question word and questions the composition of the sentence is called a special question. Commonly used interrogative words are: what, who, who, when, where, how and why. Special interrogative sentences have two word orders:
1. If the interrogative word is the subject or the attribute of the subject, it is to ask the subject or the attribute of the subject.
Its word order is the word order of declarative sentences: interrogative words (+subject)+other components? For example:
Who is singing in the room?
Whose bike is broken?
2. If the interrogative words are other components, that is, asking questions of other components, the word order is: interrogative words+general interrogative word order? For example:
Which class are you in?
Note: 1. When answering special questions, you can't use yes/no, that is, answer whatever you ask, especially short answers. For example:
Who is from Canada? -Helen (yes).
3. Special interrogative sentences generally use falling tone (↓).
General interrogative sentence is a kind of interrogative sentence. A sentence that is answered with "yes" or "no". Its structure is: copula verb be/ auxiliary verb/modal verb+subject+other components? Is this your pen? -Yes, it is. /no, it isn't.
Disjunctive problem
Interrogative questions, also called tag questions, refer to questions that the questioner asks when he is uncertain about the above facts and needs to confirm with the other party. Its structure is: the former part is a declarative sentence, and the latter part is a simple sentence. When you finish the second half of the simple question, you should choose the appropriate auxiliary verb to ask questions according to the verb tense and person of the previous sentence, and the person and verb tense of the two parts should be consistent. If the former part is positive, the latter part is generally negative; On the contrary, the former part is negative and the latter part should be positive, that is, "affirmation precedes negation and negation precedes affirmation".
1) The subject of the statement part is "I", and the question part should be Aren. I am as tall as your sister. Am I not?
2) The predicate of the declarative sentence is "May", and the interrogative sentence should use "May"+subject.
May I have a word with you? May I have a word with you?
3) When negative words such as no, nothing, Nothing, Nothing, never, Rarely, Rarely, hardly, Rare, little are used in the declarative sentence, the interrogative sentence is used in a positive sense. The Swede didn't answer, did he?
4) Questions with "should" are affirmative sentences in the statement part and should not/should not+subject in the question part.
He should know what to do, shouldn't he /shouldn't he?
5) The statement part has "have to"+v. (have to+v.), and the question part often uses "don't"+subject (no+subject).
We have to get there at eight tomorrow, don't we?
6) When the predicate of the statement part is "used dn't"+",the question part is" nothing "+subject or" used dn't "+subject.
He used to take pictures there, didn't he? /Isn't it?
7) The statement part has "had better"+v. The question part uses "had not you".
You'd better see for yourself, wouldn't you?
8) The statement part has "would rather"+v. The question part uses "unwilling"+subject.
He would rather read it on the spot than recite it, wouldn't he?
9) There are "you will" +v in the declarative sentence, and "would not"+subject in the interrogative sentence.
You want to go with me, don't you
10) There are interrogative sentences with "must" in the statement part, and the interrogative part depends on the actual situation.
He must be a doctor, isn't he?
1 1) In the exclamatory sentence, the question part is "be"+subject.
What color is it, isn't it?
12) When stating a coordinate subject composed of "neither ... nor" and "there ... or", the question depends partly on its actual logical meaning. Neither you nor I are engineers, are we?
13) The subject of the statement part is demonstrative pronoun or indefinite pronouns everything, that, nothing, this, and the subject of the question part is "it".
Everything is ready, isn't it?
14) The statement part is a subject clause or a coordinate compound sentence, and there are three situations in the question part:
A. In the interrogative part of the coordinate compound sentence, the predicate verb depends on the predicate of the adjacent clause.
Mr Smith has been to Beijing several times. He should be in China now, shouldn't he?
B. The subject-slave complex sentence with attributive clause and object clause, and the predicate of the question part depends on the predicate of the main sentence:
He is not the man who gave us a report, is he?
He said he wanted to go to Japan, didn't he?
C. the predicate of the above main sentence is an attributive clause guided by think, believe, expect, assume, imagine, etc. The question part corresponds to the object clause to form an antonym question.
I don't think he is clever, is he?
We believe that she can do better, don't we?
15) The subject of the statement is everyone, any one, someone, nobody, no one, etc. in indefinite pronouns. In the question part, the plural "they" is often used, and sometimes the singular "he" is used. Everyone knows the answer, doesn't he? (Did he? )
No one knows about it, does he? (Did he? )
16) interrogative sentences with modal verbs "dare" or "need", in which "need" (dare)+subject is often used.
We don't need to do it again, do we
He dare not say so, dare you?
When "dare" and "need" are notional verbs, the auxiliary verb "do"+subject is used in the interrogative part.
She is afraid to go home alone, is she?
17) omit the question of the subject and use "do you want to" in the question part. Don't do that again, okay?
Come with me, will you?
Note: The imperative sentence at the beginning of "Let's" is followed by "shall we".
The imperative sentence at the beginning of "Let's" is followed by "Do we want you".
Let's listen to music, shall we?
Let's wait for you in the reading room, ok?
18) The statement part is "you be" structure, and the subject pronoun with "you" is omitted in the question part. There is something wrong with your watch, isn't there?
There won't be any trouble, will there?
The negative prefix of 19) cannot be regarded as a negative word, and its antonym question is still in a negative form.
It's impossible, isn't it?
He is not unkind to his classmates, is he?
20) When "must" means "guess", determine the rhetorical question according to its guess. He must be there now, isn't he?
It is bound to rain tomorrow, isn't it?