Antonymous Questions in English grammar tutorial classAn antonymous question is also called a tag question, which means that the speaker questions or proves the facts or opinions stated in the statement.
The basic structure was "a statement +, + a short general question", where "a short general question" referred to "the affirmative form of be/modals/auxiliary verbs + subject" or "the shortened form of be/modals/auxiliary verbs and not + subject", and the subject and tense in the question part had to be consistent with the statement. "Be" included am, is, are, was, and were. Modal predictors included can, could, may, might, will, would, should, must, need, and so on. Adjuvants included do, do, did, am, is, are, was, were (forming the continuous/passive voice), have, has, had (forming the perfect tense), will, would, should, should (forming the future tense).
The antonymous question followed the principle of "yes before no, no before yes after yes", that is, affirmative statement + negative question, negative statement + affirmative question. For example: You are a teacher, aren't you? You're a teacher, aren't you? You are not a teacher, are you? You're not a teacher, are you? If there are negative words or phrases such as "never, seldom, hardly, little, few, no, no one, nobody, nothing, none" in the statement part, the statement part should be regarded as a negative sentence, and the question part should be used in the affirmative form. If there are words with negative prefixing such as "un -, dis -, im -"(such as "unhappy, dislike, unfriendly, impossible") or words with negative postfix "- less" in the statement part, the statement part should be regarded as a positive sentence, and the question part should be used in the negative form.
In an antonymous question, there were rules for choosing the subject of the question. The subject of the question must be the nominative form of the personal pronoun (i.e. I/we/you/he/she/it/they), and it should be consistent with the subject of the statement. When the subject of the statement is the demonicative pronoun "this/that", the subject of the question should be "it".
The answer to the antonymous question should follow the principle of speaking from the facts: Yes+ positive facts;No+ negative facts. This is a difficult point for China English language students. It is especially easy to make mistakes when the statement is a negative sentence. The reason is that there is a difference in the way of thinking. English only speaks from the "facts", while Chinese first judges the "question". For example: --- China doesn't belong to the developing world, does it? --- Yes, it does(=it belongs to the developing world)。
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choose grammar"choose" can be followed by a verb, pronoun, infinitive with or without a question, gerund, that/wh-clause. The basic meaning is "choose, choose", usually refers to a person's subjective judgment or will to choose between two or more people or things, emphasizing that one should choose what one thinks is suitable according to one's likes and dislikes. Sometimes it also refers to the choice made according to the advantages or actual needs of the chosen object, which can be extended to the meaning of "decision" and "like; prefer".
The indirect object can be transformed into the object of the preposition for. It can also be followed by "to be/as + n". Or use the infinitive of the verb as the compound object of the complement. (1) Decide, decide, decide, decide I would rather have you come to my room than to have you come to my room. In addition, if the infinitive of the verb used to choose is placed at the end of the sentence, the infinitive phrase can often be omitted.
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