聂小涛
学习反意疑问句要掌握3个基本要点,即否定形式必须缩写,主语必须是人称代词,结构为肯定 + 否定或否定 + 肯定,但应用到各种语态和句型中却有各种变化。反意疑问句,现将反意疑问句常见的考点归纳如下:
一、考查陈述句的反意疑问句
1. 陈述部分的主语是指人的不定代词everyone, everybody, someone, nobody, no one, none, anyone, somebody等时, 反意疑问句中的主语通常用they(有时也用he)。例如:
Everyone here knows him well, doesnt he?
Nobody could make him interested in politics, could they?
2. 陈述部分的主语是指物的不定代词(everything, nothing, something, anything等)、名词性从句、动词不定式短语或动名词时,反意疑问句的主语用it。例如:
What you want to do is to finish your work before she comes, isnt it?
Nothing serious happened, did it?
3. 陈述部分的主语是代词these, those或名词复数时,反意疑问句中的主语必须是they;当主语是指示代词this, that或单数名词时,反意疑问句中的主语必须是it。例如:
Those are not their crops, are they?
This book belongs to Li ping, doesnt it?
注意:主语是不定代词one时,反意疑问句的主语用one。例如:
One should be ready to help others, shouldnt one?
4. 陈述部分带有few, little, hardly, scarcely, rarely, seldom, never, nowhere, nothing, no one, nobody等表示否定或半否定意义的词时,反意疑问句用肯定形式。注意:该句式的回答时的yes / no往往与中文意义相反,常译为:不 / 对的。例如:
—You have never been to Beijing, have you?—Yes, they have. 你没到过北京,对吗?不,他们到过。
—Little food has been left, has it?
—No, it hasnt. 没有了食物了,对吗? 对的,没有啦。
5. 陈述句部分的主谓语是I / We think(suppose, consider, believe, guess, expect, imagine等)或者Im sure (We are sure, Im afraid, I feel sure等) that + 宾语从句时,反意疑问句的主、谓语应与宾语从句的主、谓语相一致。例如:Im sure you will help me, wont you?
We think they have finished their homework, havent they?
注意:宾语从句如果转移了否定词,反意疑问句部分要用肯定形式。例如:
I dont think he is a doctor, is he?
6. 陈述句部分是由and (but, so, or等)连接两个并列句时,反意疑问句的主语和谓语必须采用就近一致的原则;当陈述部分是复合句时,反意疑问句的主语和谓语必须与主句保持一致。例如:
She is a doctor but her husband isnt a doctor, is he?
They ran out of the room when they were in danger, didnt they?
注意:当陈述句部分由either ... or ...,not only ... but also ..., not ... but ..., neither ... nor ...等连接并列主语时,疑问部分根据其实际逻辑意义而定。……