2.3. Solutions
a. Presentation:
In the hope to better the situation, I have presented the lesson in the following
way:
+ The teacher gives 2 or 3 examples, which help the students and the teacher
analyze the notes(time needed: about 10 minutes):
- Mary is an excellent, isn’t she ? (RP: Yes, she is/ No, she isn’t)
- You didn’t meet Peter yesterday afternoon, did you? (RP: Yes, I did/ No, I
didn’t)
- Paul will become a famous singer soon, won’t he?
+ The teacher gives suggestions for the students (the excellent and good students) to
sate the notes. If they have difficulty, the teacher may help them directly.
Meaning:
If the speaker rises his voice at the end of the question, he wants to get
information from the listener; otherwise, if his voice is down, he expects the
agreements from the listener.
The question can be divided into two parts separated by a comma:
+ Main clause: is a statement (in affirmative or negative form)
+ Question tag: is formed with: Auxiliary – S (personal pronoun).
If the statement is affirmative, then the auxiliary is negative and on the
reverse.
The auxiliaries in different tenses/forms: The teacher asks the excellent or
good students to present the notes, helps them if necessary.
+ S – V/Vs(es) – ..., don’t/doesn’t – S?
don’t /doesn’t – V – ………., do/does – S?
+ S – Ved/2 – ………., didn’t – S?
didn’t – V – ………, did – S?
+ S – have/has/had – Vp2 – ……….., haven’t/hasn’t/hadn’t – S?
haven’t/hasn’t/hadn’t – Vp2 – ………., have/has/had – S?
+ S – will/can/could/… – V – ………, won’t/can’t/couldn’t/… – S?
won’t/can’t/couldn’t/… – V ………, will/can/could/… – S?
+ S – is/are/was/were – ………., isn’t/aren’t/wasn’t/weren’t – S?
isn’t/aren’t/wasn’t/weren’t – ………., is/are/was/were – S?
(I am ……….., aren’t I? but I am not ………, am I?)
Depending on the time, if there is not much time left, the teacher may
choose some important notes for special cases to present (about 10 minutes).
For class 11A3, Cam Thuy3 High School, there is enough time to present all
the notes:
+ If the statement contains hardly, seldom, rarely, never, no one, nobody, nothing,
no – Noun, neither of …, none of …, without …, the auxiliary is affirmative.
Ex: You paid no attention to what he said, did you?
+ If the S in the statement is someone or somebody, anyone, anybody, no one,
nobody, none of …, neither of …, everyone, everybody, the S in the question tag is
they. And if the S in the statement is something, or nothing, everything, the S in the
question tag is it.
Ex: Someone is waiting for me in the office, aren’t they?
Everything is ready now, isn’t it?
+ If the statement is in imperative form, the question tag is will you?
Ex: Study harder for the coming exam, will you?
Never repeat the mistake again, will you?
+ Let’s ………., shall we?
But: Let me ………, may I?
Ex: Let’s go to the stadium this Sunday afternoon, shall we?
Let me pay for the meal, may I?
+ If the statement contains 2 clauses like: I(we) think/ believe/ suppose/ figure/
assume/ fancy/ imagine/ reckon/ expect/ seem/ feel – S – V – , the question tag is
formed according to S – V –
Ex: I think he has been working very hard, hasn’t he?
+ There – be – N, … there?
Ex: There are over 40 students in your class, aren’t there?
+ If the statement is This (That) – be – N –, the question tag is formed according to
the N and be
Ex: This is a very beautiful cave, isn’t it?
b. Practice:
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