Tham khảo tài liệu 'english grammar drills part 37', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 244 Sentences 6. She is wearing her coat. 7. He could ask for a new assignment. 8. It might cause a real argument. 9. He filled the car up with gas. 10. You watched the game last night 11. He is retiring next year. 12. She just bought a new car seat for Timmy. 13. He reminded everyone about the meeting on Monday. 14. You hate going on long trips these days. 15. They have already guessed what they are getting for Christmas. Question tags A tag is a word or phrase added onto an otherwise already complete sentence. Most languages have what is called a question tag. Question tags are not genuine requests for information where the speaker is seeking new information. Question tags are short phrases added to the ends of sentences by speakers to get confirmation that their audience is following and or agreeing with what the speakers are saying. A simple question tag is right. For example You know how to fill out these forms right Questions and Negatives 245 Often a question tag is a single fixed phrase like right in English or nicht wahr in German. The most common and important question tag in English is unusually complex because the form of the question tag is not fixed. It depends entirely on the grammar of the main sentence. Here is a pair of examples You are coming tonight aren t you You are not coming tonight are you The form of the question tag is determined by the grammar of the main sentence in four different ways 1. Most obviously there is a positive-negative reversal between the main sentence and the question tag. If the main sentence is positive then the question tag must be negative. If the main sentence is negative then the question tag must be positive. 2. The verb in the question tag is determined by the verb in the main sentence. If the verb in the main sentence is a modal auxiliary or helping verb then the tag must be that same modal auxiliary or helping verb. For example Modal They should go shouldn t they We will be ready won t we Alice can play the oboe
