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Tag-Question: (Some Special Cases)

The document discusses different types of tag questions in English and provides examples for each case. It covers tag questions used with statements of identity, negatives, commands, wishes, pronouns like "one", modal verbs like "must", exclamations, belief statements, and statements with feeling/thinking verbs. In total, 18 special cases of tag questions are examined with explanatory sentences given for each.

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Tag-Question: (Some Special Cases)

The document discusses different types of tag questions in English and provides examples for each case. It covers tag questions used with statements of identity, negatives, commands, wishes, pronouns like "one", modal verbs like "must", exclamations, belief statements, and statements with feeling/thinking verbs. In total, 18 special cases of tag questions are examined with explanatory sentences given for each.

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Nguyen Thi Thanh Hai - 0388711792 – 21/12/2020

Tag-Question (Some special cases)

1. I am Aren’t I

2. I am not Am I

- I am a translator, aren’t I?
- I am not sick, am I?

3. Let’s Shall We?

- Let’s go outside, shall we?

4. Everyone, everybody, anybody, anyone They

- Everyone speaks English, don’t they? 


- Someone isn’t here, are they? 

5. No one, nobody (-) They (+)


6. Nothing (-)
7. Never, seldom, hardly, little, few (-) It (+)

(+)

- Nothing is special, isn’t it?


- She hardly eats bread, does she? 

8. It seems that Tag-Question of main Clause

- It seems that it is going to rain, isn’t it? 


- It seems that you don’t want to go with me, do you? 

9. S (clause, gerund, Noun phrase) It

- What I am hearing is very interesting, isn’t it?


- Singing helps us reduce stress, doesn’t it?
- To play video games doesn’t entertain us much, does it? 

10. Command (Mệnh lệnh) Will you?

- Do sit down, will you?


- Don’t make noise, will you? 

11. Wish sentence May + S?


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- She wishes she would become beautiful, may she?

12. ONE One/You

- One can play this song, can’t you? 

13. Must (sự cần thiết) Needn’t

- I must work a lot to meet the deadline, needn’t I? (Tôi phải làm việc thật nhiều để kịp
hạn nộp, đúng không?)

14. Must (sự cấm đoán) must (+ not)

- They must come home late, mustn’t they? (Họ không được về nhà muộn, đúng không nhỉ?)
- He mustn’t date with her, must he? (Anh ta không được hẹn hò với cô ấy phải không?)

15. Must (dự đoán) Depend on the V following Must

- He must come early, doesn’t he? (Chắc là anh ta đến sớm đấy nhỉ?)


- The child must be very good, is he? (Thằng bé chắc là ngoan lắm đấy nhỉ?)

16. Exclamation NS

- What a lovely kitten, isn’t it?


- How a handsome boy, isn’t he? 

17. I + feel, think, expect…that S + V Auxiliary + S?


18. S1 + feel, think, expect…that S2 + V
Auxiliary + S1?

- I believe the fairies exist, don’t they? (Tôi tin là thiên thần tồn tại, đúng nhỉ?)
- I don’t think she can do it, can’t she? 
- They expect she will come soon, don’t they? (Họ hy vọng cô ta sẽ đến sớm hả?)
- My mother doesn’t think I am fine, does she?

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