Câu hỏi đuôi (lý thuyết, bài tập kèm đáp án)

Câu h ỏ i đuôi (Question Tag) trong Ti ế ng
Anh
Câu hỏi đuôi là một phần ngữ pháp quan trọng trong Tiếng Anh và cũng
thường xuyên xuất hiện trong các đề thi đại học, cao đẳng. Tuy nhiên, không
phải ai cũng nắm chắc cách thành lập và các trường hợp đặc biệt của câu hỏi
đuôi- điểm mấu chốt giúp bạn nổi bật và khác biệt trong bài thi đại học. Vì vậy,
hãy cùng đi tìm hiểu những vấn đề cần lưu ý khi nói đến câu hỏi đuôi và trả lời
bất kì câu hỏi nào liên quan đến nó một cách dễ dàng nhé.
1. Nguyên tắc chung khi lập câu hỏi đuôi:
- Nếu câu nói trước dấu phẩy là câu khẳng định, câu hỏi đuôi phải ở thể phủ định.
- Nếu câu nói trước dấu phẩy là câu phủ định, câu hỏi đuôi phải ở thể khẳng định
2. Cấu tạo chung của câu hỏi đuôi:
Câu hỏi đuôi gồm một trợ động từ tương ứng với thì được dùng trong câu nói
trước dấu phầy, có NOT hoặc không có NOT và một đại từ nhân xưng tương ứng
với chủ ngữ của câu nói trước dấu phẩy.
Ví dụ:
- She is tall, isn’t she?
- He has closed the window, hasn’t he?
- Your mother was born in Hanoi, wasn’t she?
3. Một số trường hợp cần lưu ý:
a. Câu hỏi đuôi của “I am” là “aren’t I”
Ex: I am a sophomore, aren’t I
b. Câu hỏi đuôi của “Let’s” là “shall we”
Ex: Let’s go camping, shall we?
c. Chủ ngữ là “Everyone, someone, anyone, no one, nobody…” câu hỏi đuôi
là “they”
Ex: Somebody called my name, didn’t they?
Nobody answered, did they?
d. Chủ ngữ là “nothing” thì câu hỏi đuôi dùng “it”
Ex: Nothing can prevent us from fulfilling the task, can it?
e. Trong câu có các trạng từ phủ định và bán phủ định như: never, seldom,

hardly, scarely, little… thì câu đó được xem như là câu phủ định – phần hỏi đuôi
sẽ ở dạng khẳng định
Ex: – He seldom goes swimming, does he?
f. Used to: từng (diễn tả thói quen, hành động thường lập đi lập lại trong quá khứ)
- Trường hợp này, ta cứ việc xem Used to là một động từ chia ở thì quá khứ.
Do đó, câu hỏi đuôi tương ứng chỉ cần mượn trợ động từ Did
- Ví dụ: He used to live here, didn’t he?
g. Had better
- Had better thường được viết ngắn gọn thành ‘d better, nên dễ khiến ta
lúng túng khi phải lập câu hỏi đuôi tương ứng. Khi thấy ‘d better, chỉ cần mượn
trợ động từ Had để lập câu hỏi đuôi.
- Ví dụ: He‘d better apologize, hadn’t he?
h. Would rather
- Would rather thường được viết gọn là ‘d rather nên cũng dễ gây lúng túng
cho bạn. Chỉ cần mượn trợ động từ Would cho trường hợp này để lập câu hỏi
đuôi.
- Ví dụ: She‘d rather go to the doctor, wouldn’d she?

Question tags after negative statements
Add question tags to the following statements.
1 You aren't afraid of snakes……………
2 Ann isn't at home……………… ……
3 You don't know French………………
4 Tom didn't see her……………………
5 This isn't yours………………………
6 Mary wasn't angry……………………
7 Bill hasn't had breakfast………………
8 You won't tell anyone………………….
9 I didn't wake you up……………………
10 Tom doesn't like oysters……………….

11 You don't want to sell the house……….
12 It doesn't hurt………………………….
13 People shouldn't drink and drive……………
14 You aren't going alone………………………
15 They couldn't pay the rent……………………
16 You don't agree with Bill…………………….
17 There wasn't a lot to do……………………
18 I needn't say anything………………………
19 That wasn't Ann on the phone……………………
20 You didn't do it on purpose………………………….
21 This won't take long…………………………………
22 She doesn't believe you………………….
23 It didn't matter very much……………….
24 He shouldn't put so much salt in it…………………….
25 Mary couldn't leave the children alone………………
26 You aren't doing anything tonight…………….
27 You wouldn't mind helping me with this……………
28 George hadn't been there before……………
29 The children weren't surprised………………….
30 You wouldn't like another drink………………
31 Tom doesn't have to go to lectures……………
32 Bill hasn't got a car……………
33 Bill couldn't have prevented it…………….
34 I needn't wait any longer…………….
35 There weren't any mosquitoes……………….
36 The fire wasn't started deliberately(thận trọng)………………
Question tags after affirmative statements
1 The children can read French…………………
2 He's ten years old………………………
3 Bill came on a bicycle………………

4 The Smiths have got two cars…………………
5 Your grandfather was a millionaire……………….
6 Tom should try again…………………….
7 It could be done……………………
8 Your brother's here…………………………
9 That's him over there…………………….
10 George can leave his case here……………………….
11 This will fit in your pocket……………………
12 His wife has headaches quite often…………………
13 She's got lovely blue eyes…………………
14 The twins arrived last night………………….
15 Mary paints portraits……………………
16 Bill puts the money in the bank…………………….
17 Bill put the money in the bank……………………
18 Prices keep going up…………………
19 I've seen you before……………………
20 Bill's written a novel………………
21 His mother's very proud of him…………………
22 The twins used to play rugby……………………….
23 Tom might be at home now…………………
24 We must hurry………………………
25 You'd been there before……………………
26 You'd like a drink……………………
27 The boys prefer a cooked breakfast………………….
28 Mary ought to cook it for them…………………………….
29 That was Ann on the phone………………………
30 The Smiths need two cars…………….
31 You'll help me…………………
32 He used to eat raw fish…………………
33 There'11 be plenty for everyone………………

34 You'd better wait for Bill……………….
35 You'd come if I needed help……………
36 You could come at short notice…………………
Question tags: mixed
Note that a statement containing words such as none, nobody, hardly/hardly any etc. is
treated as a negative statement:
He hardly ever makes a mistake, does he?
When the subject is nobody/anybody/everybody etc., the pronoun they is used in the tag:
Nobody liked the play, did they?
Add question tags to the following statements.
1 You take sugar in tea…………………
2 But you don't take it in coffee……………………
3 The lift isn't working today……………………
4 It never works very well………………………
5 The area was evacuated at once(sơ tán)………………………
6 There was no panic(hốt hoảng)…………………….
7 Though everybody realized the danger……………
8 There was a lot of noise……………….
9 But nobody complained…………………
10 Mary hardly ever cooks……………………
11 She buys convenience foods……………………
12 She'd save money if she bought fresh food………………….
13 Mr Smith usually remembered his wife's birthdays………………….
14 But he didn't remember this one………………………….
15 And his wife was very disappointed………………………
16 He ought to have made a note of it……………………
17 Neither of them offered to help you……………….
18 They don't allow pet dogs in this shop………………….
19 But guide dogs can come in………………………
20 He hardly ever leaves the house……………………

21 That isn't Bill driving…………………….
22 Nothing went wrong………………
23 Lions are loose in this reserve……………………….
24 So we'd better get back in the car………………
25 It'd be unpleasant to be attacked by a lion………….
26 And it wouldn't be any use running away…………………
27 It is a pity Ann didn't come with us……………………
28 She'd have enjoyed it………………………
29 They should have planned the expedition more carefully……………
30 Lives were lost unnecessarily………………….
31 She warned him not to ride the stallion……………………
32 But he never takes advice………………….
33 There used to be trees here……………………
34 There isn't any point in waiting…………………
35 He'll hardly come now……………………
36 Your central heating doesn't work very well…………………
Dap an
Exercise 12 1 are you 2 is she 3 do you 4 did he 5 is it 6 was she 7 has he 8 will
you 9 did 1 10 does he II do you 12 does it 13 should they 14 are you 15 could
they 16 do you
17 was there 18 need 1 19 was it 20 did you 21 will it 22 does she 23 did it 24
should he 25 could she 26 are you 27 would you 28 had he 29 were they 30
would you 31 does he 32 has he 33 could he 34 need 1 35 were there 36 was it
Exercise 13 1can't they 2 isn't he 3 didn't he 4 haven't they 5 wasn't he 6
shouldn't he
7 couldn't it 8 isn't he 9 isn't it 10 can't he 11 won't it 12 doesn't she 13 hasn't she
14 didn't
they 15 doesn't she 16 doesn't he 17 didn't he 18 don't they 19 haven't 1 20 hasn't
he
21 isn't she 22 didn't they 23 mightn't he 24 mustn't we 25 hadn't you 26 wouldn't

you
27 don't they 28 oughtn't she 29 wasn't it 30 don't they 31 won't you 32 didn't he
33 won't there 34 hadn't you 35 wouldn't you 36 couldn't you
Exercise 14 1 don't you 2 do you 3 is it 4 does it 5 wasn't it 6 was there 7 didn't
they
8 wasn't there 9 did they 10 does she 11 doesn't she 12 wouldn't she 13 didn't he
14 did he 15 wasn't she 16 oughtn't he 17 did they 18 do they 19 can't they 20
does he 21 is it 22 did it 23 aren't they 24 hadn't we 25 wouldn't it 26 would it 27
isn't it 28 wouldn't she
29 shouldn't they 30 weren't they 31 didn't she 32 does he '33 didn't there 34 is
there
35 will he 36 does it