反意疑问句的句型结构是:"陈述句+附加问句"。附加问句部分与陈述句部分在人称。时态和数等方面须一致,而且"前否后肯,前肯后否"。在做反意疑问句改写时应特别注意下列情况:
1. 陈述句部分的主语是one时,附加问句部分主语正式场合用one,非正式场合用he。例如:
One should do one's best for the work, shouldn't one(he)?
One must do one's duty, needn't one(he)?
2. 陈述句部分是I'm...时,附加问句部分常用aren't I?例如:
I'm twelve, aren't I?
I'm a good driver, aren't I?
3. 陈述句部分是there be时, 附加问句部分也要用there。例如:
There is some milk in the bottle, isn't there?
There are many people in the park on Sunday, aren't there?
4. 陈述句部分以let's开头时,附加问句部分要用shall we;若以 let us开头时,附加问句部分要用 will you?例如:
Let's have a break, shall we?
Let us stop here, will you?
5. 陈述句部分的主语是everybody, everyone, someone, anyone, no one, nobody, somebody等不定代词时,附加问句部分可用he,也可用they。例如:
Everyone knows his own language, doesn't he?
Everybody enjoyed the film, didn't he/they?
6. 陈述句部分有never, none, nothing, no等否定词或few, little, hardly 等半否定词时,附加问句部分要用肯定形式。例如:
You never read this novel, do you?
Few people can live to 150, can they?
7. 当陈述句部分是一个含有从句的主从复合句时,附加问句部分的形式要看主句,其主语及动词都要与主句保持一致。例如:
He says she is a good teacher, doesn't he?
They said the teacher had left, didn't they?
但当主句是I think, I believe等结构时,附加问句部分形式要看从句。例如:
I think she is all right now, isn't she?
I don't believe he is here, is he?
8. 陈述句部分是祈使句的否定形式时,附加问句部分常用will you? 例如:
Don't make any noise, will you?
