lecture-27

1Lecture27Statements,Questions,Commands,Exclamation2KeyPointsFourtypesofsentencesBasictypesofquestionsTagquestions327.1Fourtypesofsentences1Astatement/declarativesentencestatesanidea.Itdoesnotgiveacommandorrequest,nordoesitaskaquestion.Abankerisafellowwholendsyouhisumbrellawhenthesunisshining,butwantsitbacktheminuteitbeginstorain.“(MarkTwain)Clicktogotonextslide427.1Fourtypesofsentences2Aquestionisatypeofsentencethatistryingtogetinformation.Itiscalledaninterrogativesentence.Aninterrogativesentenceneedsaquestionmarkattheend.e.g.Whatistheuseofahouseifyouhaven'tgotatolerableplanettoputiton?“(HenryDavidThoreau)Practice:Getwithapartneranddiscussthetopic,ADayatSchool.youcanonlyspeakinquestions.527.1Fourtypesofsentences3Anexclamationisasentencethatexpressesstrongemotion.Authorswriteexclamationstoshow__________________.Exclamationsalwaysendwithan___________.HowfluentlyshespeaksChinese!Whatawonderfulsurprise!excitement,anger,joy,humor,orsadnessexclamationmark627.1Fourtypesofsentences4Acommandisasentencethatisusedtotellsomeonetodosomething,ortogiveanorder.Iwishyou’dopenthewindow.Wouldyouclosethedoor,please?Openthewindow,please.727.2BasicQuestionTypesYes/NoQuestions(theanswertothequestionisYesorNo)QuestionWordQuestions(theanswertothequestionisInformation)AlternativeQuestions(theanswertothequestionisinthequestion)827.3TagquestionsAtagissomethingsmallthatweaddtosomethinglarger.Forexample,thelittlepieceofclothaddedtoashirtshowingsizeorwashinginstructionsisatag.927.3Tagquestions1Construction:astatement+mini-questionYouhavetogo,don'tyou?statementquestiontagtagquestion1027.3Tagquestions2Basicstructures:+Positivestatement,-negativetag?Snowiswhite,isn'tit?-Negativestatement,+positivetag?Youdon'tlikeme,doyou?1127.3Tagquestions4IntonationintonationYoudon'tknowwheremywalletis,doyou?/risingrealquestionIt'sabeatifulview,isn'tit?\fallingnotarealquestion1227.3Tagquestions5AnswertotagquestionstagquestioncorrectanswerSnowisn'twhite,isit?Snowiswhite,isit?Snowisn'tblack,isit?Snowisblack,isit?Answeratagquestionaccordingtothetruthofthesituation.Youranswerreflectstherealfacts,not(necessarily)thequestion.13Weusesame-wayquestiontagstoexpressinterest,surprise,angeretc,andnottomakerealquestions.Soyou'rehavingababy,areyou?That'swonderful!Shewantstomarryhim,doesshe?Somechance!Soyouthinkthat'samusing,doyou?Thinkagain.Negative-negativetagquestionsusuallysoundratherhostile:Soyoudon'tlikemylooks,don'tyou?27.3Tagquestions7Samewayquestiontags1427.4Quiz1Nothingcanstopusnow,____?2Anyonecanseeit,_____?3Oneshouldbestrictwithoneself,____?4Hemusthaveabigfamily,_____?5Theymusthavearrivedbynow,_____?6Theroommusthavebeencleanedyesterday,____?7Thepatientisunabletomoveround,____?8Youhaveheadaches,____?1canit?2can’tthey/he?3shouldn’tone?4doesn'the?5haven'tthey?6wasn'tit?7isn’the?8don’tyou?1527.4Quiz9Thereusedtobesometreesinthisfield,____?10Pleasedon’tdrawonthewall,____?11Howcleverthegirlis,____?12Thereisamaponthewall,______?13Ifhehasn’tfinishedhiswork,hecan’tgoouttoplay,_____?14Ithinkhehasarrivedattheairport,_____?15Idon’tbelievesheknowsit,______?9use(d)n’t/didn’tthere?10willyou?11isn’tshe?12isn’tthere?13canhe?14hasn’the?15doesshe?