Question tags 反意疑問句
Question tags are the short questions that we put on the end of sentences – particularly in spoken English. There are lots of different question tags but the rules are not difficult to learn.
反意疑問句（也叫附加疑問句）是我們放在句子結尾的一個短問句，特別是在口語裏。有很多種不同類型的反意疑問句，但是其規則並不難學。
Positive/negative 肯定或否定
If the main part of the sentence is positive, the question tag is negative ….
如果主句是肯定的，那麼反意疑問句就是否定的……
• He’s a doctor, isn’t he?• You work in a bank, don’t you?
... and if the main part of the sentence is negative, the question tag is positive.
而如果主句是否定的，那麼反意疑問句就是肯定的。
• You haven’t met him, have you?• She isn’t coming, is she?
With auxiliary verbs 帶助動詞的
The question tag uses the same verb as the main part of the sentence. If this is an auxiliary verb (‘have’, ‘be’) then the question tag is made with the auxiliary verb.
反意疑問句用主句部分的同一個動詞來形成。如果主句裏有助動詞例如have或者be，那麼反意疑問句就用這些助動詞來充當動詞。
• They’ve gone away for a few days, haven’t they?• They weren’t here, were they?
• He had met him before, hadn’t he?
• This isn’t working, is it?
Without auxiliary verbs 不帶助動詞的
If the main part of the sentence doesn’t have an auxiliary verb, the question tag uses an appropriate form of ‘do’.
如果主句部分沒有助動詞，反意疑問句就用do的適當格式充當動詞。
• I said that, didn’t I?• You don’t recognise me, do you?
• She eats meat, doesn’t she?
With modal verbs 帶情態動詞的
If there is a modal verb in the main part of the sentence the question tag uses the same modal verb.
如果主句裏有情態動詞，反意疑問句就用同一個情態動詞。
• They couldn’t hear me, could they?
• You won’t tell anyone, will you?
With ‘I am’ 帶I am的
Be careful with question tags with sentences that start ‘I am’. The question tag for ‘I am’ is ‘aren’t I?’
要注意主句是帶I am的句子，反意疑問句是用aren’t I。
• I’m the fastest, aren’t I?Intonation 聲調
Question tags can either be ‘real’ questions where you want to know the answer or simply asking for agreement when we already know the answer.
反意疑問句可以是一個“真實的問題”，當你想知道答案的時候。或者僅僅是我們已經知道答案的一句附和。
If the question tag is a real question we use rising intonation. Our tone of voice rises.
如果反意疑問句是一個真實的問題，我們就用升調來讀。
If we already know the answer we use falling intonation. Our tone of voice falls.
如果我們已經知道答案，我們就用降調來讀。
