В этом конспекте, я более подробно остановлюсь на специфических случаях расчлененных вопросов.
I am on the list, aren't I?
I'm not on the list, am I?
Let's surprise them, shall we?
Let's go for a walk, shall we?
There isn't any danger, is there?
There's not much we can do about it, is there?
Повелительные предложения, расчлененный вопрос делает такие предложение более вежливым:
Turn the sound down, will you? (polite)
Turn the sound down, won't you? (informal)
Pass the salt, will you \ would you \ could you?
Clear the table, will you?
Be careful, won't you?
Have a drink, won't you? (informal offer)
После someone, somebody, everybody, everyone, no one etc. в вопросе будет they:
Everybody is sleeping, aren't they?
No one wants to come, do they?
Someone has been in here, haven't they?
После nothing, something, everything в вопросе будет местоимение it:
Nothing happened, did it?
Примеры глаголов в расчлененных вопросах:
| verb in statement | verb in tag | examples |
| statement without an auxiliary or modal | do | You like him, don't you? |
| be | be | This is yours, isn't it? |
| have (=possess) | do | You don't have a watch, do you? |
| have got | have | You haven't got a brother, have you? |
| have (=auxiliary) | have | You haven't seen Joe, have you? |
| do | do | You do aerobics, don't you? |
| can | can | She can swim, can't she? |
| could | could | We could do better, couldn't we? |
| may | might | It may rain, mightn't it? |
| will | will | You won't tell them, will you? |
| would | would | He'd like that, wouldn't he? |
| needn't | need | We needn't come, need we? |
| must | must | We mustn't make a noise, must we? |
| have to | do | We have to work harder, don't we? |
| need to | do | She needs to be there, doesn't she? |