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Module 1 Europe
Speaking---教案
■Goals
● To learn about tag questions
● To role-play a conversation
■Procedures
Step 1: Learning about Tag Questions
A tag question is a special construction in English. It is a statement followed by a mini-question. The whole sentence is a "tag question", and the mini-question at the end is called a "question tag".
We use tag questions at the end of statements to ask for confirmation. They mean something like: "Am I right " or "Do you agree " They are very common in English.
The basic structure is:
+
Positive statement, -
negative tag
-
Negative statement, +
positive tag
Look at these examples with positive statements:
positive statement [+] negative tag [-] notes:
subject auxiliary main verb auxiliary not personal
pronoun
(same as subject)
You are coming, are n't you
We have finished, have n't we
You do like coffee, do n't you
You like coffee, do n't you You (do) like...
They will help, wo n't they won't = will not
I can come, can 't I
We must go, must n't we
He should try harder, should n't he
You are English, are n't you no auxiliary for main verb be present & past
John was there, was n't he
Look at these examples with negative statements:
negative statement [-] positive tag [+]
subject auxiliary main verb auxiliary personal
pronoun
(same as subject)
It is n't raining, is it
We have never seen that, have we
You do n't like coffee, do you
They will not help, will they
They wo n't report us, will they
I can never do it right, can I
We must n't tell her, must we
He should n't drive so fast, should he
You are n't English, are you
John was not there, was he
Some special cases:
I am right, aren't I aren't I (not amn't I)
You have to go, don't you you (do) have to go...
I have been answering, haven't I use first auxiliary
Nothing came in the post, did it treat statements with nothing, nobody etc like negative statements
Let's go, shall we let's = let us
He'd better do it, hadn't he he had better (no auxiliary)
Here are some mixed examples:
But you don't really love her, do you
This will work, won't it
Well, I couldn't help it, could I
But you'll tell me if she calls, won't you
We'd never have known, would we
The weather's bad, isn't it
You won't be late, will you
Nobody knows, do they
Notice that we often use tag questions to ask for information or help, starting with a negative statement. This is quite a friendly/polite way of making a request. For example, instead of saying "Where is the police station " (not very polite), or "Do you know where the police station is " (slightly more polite), we could say: "You wouldn't know where the police station is, would you " Here are some more examples:
You don't know of any good jobs, do you
You couldn't help me with my homework, could you
You haven't got $10 to lend me, have you
Intonation
We can change the meaning of a tag question with the musical pitch of our voice. With rising intonation, it sounds like a real question. But if our intonation falls, it sounds more like a statement that doesn't require a real answer:
intonation
You don't know where my wallet is, do you / rising real question
It's a beatiful view, isn't it \ falling not a real question
Answers to tag questions
How do we answer a tag question Often, we just say Yes or No. Sometimes we may repeat the tag and reverse it (..., do they Yes, they do). Be very careful about answering tag questions. In some languages, an opposite system of answering is used, and non-native English speakers sometimes answer in the wrong way. This can lead to a lot of confusion!
For example, everyone knows that snow is white. Look at these questions, and the correct answers:
tag question correct answer
Snow is white, isn't it Yes (it is). the answer is the same in both cases - because snow IS WHITE! but notice the change of stress when the answerer does not agree with the questioner
Snow isn't white, is it Yes it is!
Snow is black, isn't it No it isn't! the answer is the same in both cases - because snow IS NOT BLACK!
Snow isn't black, is it No (it isn't).
In some languages, people answer a question like "Snow isn't black, is it " with "Yes" (meaning "Yes, I agree with you"). This is the wrong answer in English!
Here are some more examples, with correct answers:
The moon goes round the earth, doesn't it Yes, it does.
The earth is bigger than the moon, isn't it Yes.
The earth is bigger than the sun, isn't it No, it isn't!
Asian people don't like rice, do they Yes, they do!
Elephants live in Europe, don't they No, they don't!
Men don't have babies, do they No.
The English alphabet doesn't have 40 letters, does it No, it doesn't.
Question tags with imperatives
Sometimes we use question tags with imperatives (invitations, orders), but the sentence remains an imperative and does not require a direct answer. We use won't for invitations. We use can, can't, will, would for orders.
imperative + question tag notes:
invitation Take a seat, won't you polite
order Help me, can you quite friendly
Help me, can't you quite friendly (some irritation )
Close the door, would you quite polite
Do it now, will you less polite
Don't forget, will you with negative imperatives only will is possible
Same-way question tags
Although the basic structure of tag questions is positive-negative or negative-positive, it is sometime possible to use a positive-positive or negative-negative structure. We use same-way question tags to express interest, surprise, anger etc, and not to make real questions.
So you're having a baby, are you That's wonderful!
She wants to marry him, does she Some chance!
So you think that's amusing, do you Think again.
Negative-negative tag questions usually sound rather hostile:
So you don't like my looks, don't you
Step 2: Role-play a conversation about where you live
A: Where are you from B: I am from Taiyuan.A: You are from Shanxi, aren’t you B: Yes, I am. I love my special part of Taiyuan, the Nan Cheng Part, what some people call “old Taiyuan”and what I call home. A: What is it like B: Dating from the Tang Dynasty, old Taiyuan is arguably the most artistically and architecturally attractive capital city in the country. A: Are there any places of interest on the street where you live B: On the street where I live, you can see two towers called Double Towers.A: I know they are the famous symbols of Taiyuan.B: Down the road, you will come to Clothing Town, the most famous shopping center in Taiyuan. Here you can find varieties of clothing you like.A: They say that Taiyuan is the world’s biggest open-air museum and not even residents, let alone tourists, ever get the chance to see every temple (more than 350 of them), every tower, every statue, or every historic street within a lifetime. B: You are absolutely right.A: When is the best time to visit Taiyuan B: The best time to enjoy the neighborhood is early morning. The sounds and smells are quintessentially Taiyuan. The memories linger long after one has left the city. The incessant yelling (a-o-o-oh! is a particularly favorite cry) and friendly insults of the trades people as they set up their market stalls along the streets, mammas calling down the corridor to their children as they head off to school, and young men on parked scooters greeting each other as if they hadn't seen each other for years, accompanied by sings of birds in the trees. Ah, what heaven Everybody at this hour looks incredibly happy.A: What about the city later on in the day B: Later on in the day, the streets and shops start to fill up. Locals gather for meals at the restaurants, standing around in groups engaged in deep, intense conversation. After meals, the chatting continues on the pavement, totally oblivious to the traffic, to other pedestrians (normally tourists) trying to get through and to anything that might possibly interrupt the subject in hand. A: It seems to me that Taiyuan people are so intent at interacting with each other that they are able to ignore the millions of tourists that invade their city every year. They are the only people on earth who are as passionate about talking as they are about eating and making love.B: You are correct in saying that. Taiyuan people know how to live. I started to learn this when I came to live in Taiyuan as a child in 1953. Nearly half a century later, I am still learning.
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