tailieunhanh - Grammar practice for upperintermediate - part 9

Tham khảo tài liệu 'grammar practice for upperintermediate - part 9', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Sentence structure Tag questions with a rising intonation positive statements - positive tag These tags are not so common as positive-negative or negative-positive tags. The tag can convey a range of emotions. USE To express friendly interest and to encourage the other speaker to give more information So you ve been given a promotion have you To make a suggestion where agreement is expected We ll go for a swim this afternoon shall we To express disagreement and a warning So you think you re tougher than me do you To express disapproval and an accusation You went there without telling me did you Echo tags Positive statement - positive echo tag Negative statement - negative echo tag Intonation falling or rising Rising intonation expresses more surprise. An echo tag is a tag used in response to a statement. Echo tags are very common in spoken English. We use echo tags to show that we are listening to what the speaker is saying and showing interest A I met David the other night. B Did you A I m not going to apply for that job now. B Aren t you Notes Tag questions always use a pronoun and not a full name John s coming isn t he NOT John s coming isn t John and NOT Ho s coming isn t-Jehn When the main sentence has a modal use the modal in the tag You can help me can t you James would have helped US wouldn t he When the subject of the sentence is there use there in the tag There aren t many people here are there When the subject of the sentence is This That use it in the tag That s nice isn t it 164 Sentence structure When the subject of the sentence is These Those use they in the tag Those are beautiful aren t they When the subject of the sentence is a word like no-one someone everyone the tag uses the pronoun they Everyone s coming tonight aren t they Sentences with negative subjects like nothing no-one neither anyone behave like negative sentences and have a positive tag Nobody saw you did they I don t think anyone s coming are they Imperative sentences use will in the