M: Bob took Chinese in summer school.

F: Bob took Chinese in summer school, didn't he?

M: He finished the course.

F: He finished the course, didn't he?

M: He was the best in his class.

F: He was the best in his class, wasn't he?

M: He didn't have much free time.

F: He didn't have much free time, did he?

M: Jenny worked in the summer.

F: Jenny worked in the summer, didn't she?

M: She had a good time in summer.

F: She had a good time in summer, hadn't she?

M: She saved some money.

F: She saved some money, didn't she?

M: She wouldn't waste her money.

F: She wouldn't waste her money, would she?

M: She couldn't go traveling.

F: She couldn't go traveling, could she?

三.听短文回答问题

我们今天要听的文章就是介绍什么是简短反问句. 文章里除了谈到人们在什 么场合用反问句, 还详细说明了用这种反问句的几个规则. 这些规则我刚才 已经用中文说明过了, 我们也按照规则作了不少练习, 现在请你听听英文说 明, 看看是不是听得懂.

Tag questions are commonly used in conversations by American English speakers.

Tag questions are short questions which are added to the end of statements. A person uses a tag question because he isn't sure of what he has said. He adds a tag question to his statement to make the listener talk. The listener may agree with the speaker or he may correct the speaker.

Tag questions have two words. The first word is always a helping verb such as "is" or "does". The helping verb of a tag question must be the same tense as the tense of the main statement. All helping verbs can be used in a tag question. They may be positive or they may be negative contractions with "n't". The second word of a tag question is always a pronoun. The pronoun stands for the subject of the main statement. A name is never repeated in a tag question.

Most languages have expressions like tag questions. But English tag questions are more difficult than those of other languages. Each tag question must agree in tense and subject with its preceding statement. However, when the statement is positive, the tag question must be negative; and when the statement is negative, the tag question must be positive. Tag questions in English are very difficult indeed.

刚才那篇文章你要是没有全听懂, 等一会儿还有机会听, 现在我们先来听今天 测验的三个问题.

第一个问题是:

M: What are tag questions?

第二个问题是:

M: Why do people use tag questions?

第三个问题是:

M: What are the two words of a tag question?

现在我们再听英文老师用慢速度把文章念一遍.

Tag questions are commonly used in conversations by American English speakers.

Tag questions are short questions which are added to the end of statements. A person uses a tag question because he isn't sure of what he has said. He adds a tag question to his statement to make the listener talk. The listener may agree with the speaker or he may correct the speaker.

Tag questions have two words. The first word is always a helping verb such as "is" or "does". The helping verb of a tag question must be the same tense as the tense of the main statement. All helping verbs can be used in a tag question. They may be positive or they may be negative contractions with "n't". The second word of a tag question is always a pronoun. The pronoun stands for the subject of the main statement. A name is never repeated in a tag question.

Most languages have expressions like tag questions. But English tag questions are more difficult than those of other languages. Each tag question must agree in tense and subject with its preceding statement. However, when the statement is positive, the tag question must be negative; and when the statement is negative, the tag question must be positive. Tag questions in English are very difficult indeed.

现在请你回答下面三个问题, 每回答一句就请你听老师念正确答案.

第一个问题是:

M: What are tag questions?

F: Tag questions are short questions which are added to the end of statements.

第二个问题是:

M: Why do people use tag questions?

F: People use tag questions because they are not sure of what they have said.

第三个问题是:

M: What are the two words of a tag question?

F: The two words are a helping verb and a pronoun.