TAG QUESTIONS (câu hỏi đuôi)

Câu hỏi đuôi (tag question) là dạng câu hỏi rất hay được sử dụng trong tiếng Anh,
đặc biệt là tiếng Anh giao tiếp. Câu hỏi đuôi là cấu hỏi ngắn ở cuối câu trần thuật.
Câu hỏi này được dùng khi người nói muốn xác minh thông tin là đúng hay không
hoặc khi khuyến khích một sự hồi đáp từ phía người nghe.
Ví dụ:She is learning English now, isn't she? (Cô ấy đang học tiếng Anh bây
giờ phải không?)
B. Công thức chung: S + V +…………………….,trợ động từ + S( ĐẠI TỪ )
-Nếu câu nói trước dấu phẩy là khẳng định thì câu hỏi đuôi là phủ định và ngược
lại.

Dưới đây là bảng tóm tắc cách thành lập câu hỏi đuôi.
Statement Tag questions
I am……… aren’t I ?
I am not……… am I ?
Động từ khiếm khuyết Can’t/couldn’t/shouldn’t/won’t………+
S + can/could/should/will……… S ?
Động từ thường Sử dụng trợ động từ: Do/does/did
S + V1…………….., Don’t + S?
S + Vs/es………….., Doesn’t + S?
S + V2/ed…………, Didn’t + S?
S + have/has/had +
Haven’t/hasn’t/hadn’t + S ?
V3/ed……………,
S+
Isn’t/aren’t/wasn’t/weren’t + S?
is/are/was/were………………,
S + used to + V………, Didn’t + S ?
S +’d better/had better +
Hadn’t + S?
V…………,
S +’d rather/would rather/would
Would + S?
like + V…………,
There + Isn’t/aren’t/wasn’t/weren’t + there?
is/are/was/were…………….,
Let’s + V………, Shall we+?
Chủ từ là : No
one/nobody/anyone/anybody/
……………..+ they ?
everyone/everybody/someone/s
omebody
Chủ từ là:
nothing/anything/something/ ………………+ it?
Everything…………..
Chủ từ là this/that………….. ………………+ it?
Chủ từ là these/those………. ……………..+ they ?
Trong câu có các từ phủ
định:no/none/without
Neither/hardly/seldom/rarely/ Câu hỏi đuôi khẳng định không có n’t (not)

little/never/few.
S + ought to = should………, Shouldn’t + S?
Câu mệnh lệnh Will you?
*Cấu trúc:" I + think/believe/suppose/…." + mệnh đề phụ thì ta dùng động từ
trong
mệnh đề phụ để xác định động từ cho câu hỏi đuôi.
Ex: I think she will meet him, won't she?
Cũng mẫu cấu trúc này nhưng nếu chủ từ không phải là "I" thì dùng động từ
chính trong câu (think/believe/suppose/...) để xác định động từ cho câu hỏi
đuôi.
Ex: She thinks he will come, dosen’t she?
EXERCISES❶
1. No one is better cook than his mother, ______?
A. is she B. isn’t she C. are they D. aren’t they
2. Do it right now, ______?
A. will you B. shall you C. do you D. don’t you
3. There are no easy ways to learn a foreign language, _______?
A. are they B. are there C. aren’t they D. aren’t there
4. He seldom goes to the library, ______?
A. doesn’t he B. is he C. does he D. isn’t he
5. Let’s go for a long walk, ______?
A. will we B. shall we C .don’t you D. do you
6. I think he will join us, _____?
A. doesn’t he B. won’t he C. will he D. don’t I
7. The film is good, _______________?
A. is it B. are they C. isn’t it D. aren’t they
8. You are going to the party, ____________?
A. is you B. are you C. aren’t you D. were you
9. He can speak English, _________________ ?
A. can he B. can’t he C. can’t him D. could he
10. You don’t know him,__________________ ?
A. do you B. don’t you C. are you D. aren’t you
11. Lan speaks Chinese very well, __________?
A. does she B. doesn’t she C. is she D. was she
12. John has worked hard, _________________?
A. does he B. did he C. has he D. hasn’t he
13. They invited him to the party, ___________?
A. do they B. don’t they C. did they D. didn’t they
14. They are leaving here tomorrow________?
A. do they B. are they C. aren’t they D. did they
15. I’m a bit late, ______?
A. am not I B. aren’t you C. are you D. aren’t I
16. No one is indifferent to praise, ______?
A. is one B. isn’t one C. is he D. are they
17. Somebody has left these socks on the bathroom floor, ______?
A. have they B. haven’t they C. has he D. hasn’t he
18. James owns a restaurant, ______?
A. does he B. is he C. doesn’t he D. didn’t he
19. You aren’t too busy to talk, ______?
A. are you B. have you C. aren’t D. do you
20. The ticket to London doesn’t cost a lot, ______?
A. do they B. does it C. is it D. isn’t it
21. You don’t need me any more, ______?
A. do I B. don’t I C. do you D. don’t you
22. Nobody knows who invited the wheel, ______?
A. do they B. don’t they C. does it D. doesn’t it
23. Harry was working in Bristol then, ______?
A. was Harry B. wasn’t he C. was he D. didn’t he
24. You’ll be home before midnight, ______?
A. will you B. won’t you C. are you D. won’t you be
25. David is bringing some wine, ______?
A. is he B. isn’t he C. is David D. isn’t David
26. Don’t leave anything behind, ______?
A. do you B. don’t you C. will you D. shall we
27. That isn’t Bill driving, ______?
A. is it B. is that C. isn’t that D. isn’t it
28. Nobody likes the play, __________?
A. do they B. don’t they C. didn’t they D. did they
29. The children can read English, __________?
A. can’t they B. can they C. they can D. they can’t
30. Your grandfather was a millionaire, ______?
A. was he B. is he C. wasn’t he D. isn’t he

Exercise 2 Hoàn thành những câu sau bằng dạng thức của hỏi đuôi đã học
1. Let's go shopping at Saigon Coop Mart, __shall we______?
2. Children should drink a lot of milk and fruit juice, ___shouldn’t they_____?
3. KHÔNG CÓ CHỦ NGỮ Bring your camera with you to the party, __WILL
YOU______?
4. Remember to buy your mother some sugar on your way home, __will
you______?
5. You think Internet is a means of education, ____don’t you____?
6. You ought to go now, __shouldn’t you______?
7. I think she won't come to your party, __will she______?
8. What a nice dress câu cảm thán, __isn’t______ it ?
What nice cars, aren’t they?
Ở câu cảm thán, ta lấy danh từ trong câu đổi thành đại từ, trợ động từ là is, am, are.
9. I think it is going to rain, ___isn’t it_____?
10.He said that his father was a doctor, __wasn’t he______?
11. Everything is all right, ___isn’t it_____?
12. She met nobody at the party, ____did she____?
13. Don't forget to turn off the lights before going out,___will you_____?
14. Be careful with that man, ____will you____?
15. Someone had come to our room, __hadn’t they______?
16. She likes nobody to help her, ____does she____?
17. Everybody realized the danger, _didn’t they_______?
18. Nobody complained, ___did they_____?
19. Mary hardly ever cooks, __does she______?
20. Nothing went wrong, ___did it_____?
21. He never takes advice, ___does he_____?
22. I am too impatient, __aren’t I______?
23. Don't drop that vase, __will you______?
24. Let's go out tonight, ____shall we____?
25. Open the door, ___will you_____?
Exercise 3
1. I'm late, ____aren’t I____?
2. Let's have a party, ___shall we_____?
3. Don't smoke, __will you______?
4. He'll never know, __will he______?
5. I think he's from India, ____isn’t he____?
6. They must have stayed up late last night, ___mustn’t they_____?
7. Let's go out, ____shall we____?
8. That is your umbrella, ___isn’t it_____?
9. Those aren't Fred's books, ____are they____?
10. Something is wrong with Jane today, __isn’t it______?
11. Everyone can learn how to swim, ____can’t they____?
12. Nobody cheated in the exam, ___did they_____?
13. Nothing went wrong while I was gone, __did it______?
14. I am invited to your party, ___aren’t I_____?
15. He'd better come to see me, _hadn’t he_______?
16. He seldom visits you, ____does he____?
17. You’ve never been in Italy, ___have you_____?
18. No one died in the accident, ____did they ____?
19. Going swimming in the summer is never boring, ___is it_____?
20. What nice gifts, ____aren’t they____?
21. Don't talk in class, ____will you____?
22. Sit down, __will you______?
23. Nobody called the phone, _did they_______?
24. Everything is okay, ____isn’t it____?
25. You have to leave early, ____haven’t you____?
Exercise 4
1. Hoa never comes to school late, __does she______?
2. He hardly ever makes a mistake, _____does he___?
3. Nobody liked the play, ___did they_____?
4. She'd saved money when she bought it, ____hadn’t she____?
5. They think he's funny, __don’t they______?
6. He ought to have made a note of it, ___shouldn’t he_____?
7. She must be here, __mustn’t she______?
8. I remember you said she would come the next day, _wouldn’t she_______?
9. I don' think he will come, __won’t he______?
10. One can leave it, ___can’t you/one_____?
11. What a beautiful house, __isn’t it______?
12. What handsome boys, ___aren’t they_____?
13. How lovely the baby is, ___isn’t it/he/she_____?
14. How interesting the games are, ___aren’t they_____?
15. People think she tell lie, ___don’t they_____?
16. It seems that you are right, ____aren’t you____?
17. What you have said is wrong, ___isn’t it_____?
18. Why he killed himself seems a secret, ______didn’t he__?
may I
→ Nếu câu ở mệnh đề chính là câu mong ước thì phần câu hỏi đuôi sẽ dùng may.
→ S + wish (es) + ..., may + S?
19. I wish to study English, ___may I_____?
20. One can be one's master, ______can’t you/one__?
21. What a long river, ____isn’t it____?
22. How intelligent you are, ___aren’t you_____?
23. Nobody has arrived yet, __has they______?
24. Everybody looked so miserable, ___didn’t they_____?
25. Nobody's=has got to leave early, _have they_______?