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I. Nguyên tắc chung:

Câu giới thiệu khẳng định, phần câu hỏi đuôi phủ định:
 You are a student, aren’t you?
 The flowers are beautiful, aren't they ?
 Lan goes to school, doesn't she?
 She has just bought a new bicycle, hasn’t she?
 Lan can put a pen in your bag, can't she ?
 Girls may go out at night, may they not?( “May not” không rút gọn)
 She will marry an American, won’t she?
 You could have seen him, couldn’t you?
 I ought to have heard by now, oughtn’t I?
Câu giới thiệu khẳng định, phần câu hỏi đuôi phủ định:
 She hasn’t bought a new bicycle, has she?
 You aren’t a student, are you?
 You’re not going out today, are you? 
 Your wife didn’t sing that song when she was alive, did she?

Chủ ngữ (S) ở đuôi phải là một trong 7 đại từ nhân xưng :It, we, I, he, she,they, you

I. Một số TH đặc biệt:

Trường hợp 1: Câu giới thiệu dùng “I am”, câu hỏi đuôi dùng “ aren’t I” ( or am I not)
I’m right to say that, aren’t I? ( Remarks: I’m not wrong, am I?)

Trường hợp 2: Câu đầu có “I” + các động từ sau: think, believe, suppose, figure, assume, imagine, reckon, expect,
seem, feel that + mệnh đề phụ  lấy mệnh đề phụ làm câu hỏi đuôi.
I think he will come here, won’t he? - I don’t believe Mary can do it, can she?

Trường hợp 3: Câu giới thiệu dùng Lets, câu hỏi đuôi “ Shall we”.
Let’s go gor a picnic, shall we?

Trường hợp 4: Sau câu mệnh lệnh, câu hỏi đuôi “will you”?
Don’t be late, will you? - Open the door, will you?

Trường hợp 5: S là Everyone, someone, anyone, no one, nobody, none of, neither of…, dùng “they”
Somebody wanted a drink, didn’t they? - Nobody*phoned, did they?
Neither of them complained, did they?
EVERYONE came there, didn’t THEY?
EVERYBODY is happy, AREN’T THEY?
NO ONE is perfect, ARE THEY?
NOBODY wants to go, DO THEY?

Trường hợp 6: S là nothing, anything, something, everything, this, that….dùng “ it”.

Nothing can happen, can it?
NOTHING has become worse, HAS IT?

Trường hợp 7: S là trạng từ phủ định: NEVER (không bao giờ) - HARDLY (hầu như không)  RARELY = SCARELY =
SELDOM ( hiếm khi), LITTLE (ít khi, hiếm khi), NO, NONE, NEITHER  => thì câu hỏi đuôi ở dạng khẳng định
He NEVER GETS up early, DOES HE? 
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Trường hợp 8: Câu đầu là “ I WISH”, dùng “ MAY” trong câu hỏi đuôi.
I wish to studay English, may I

Trường hợp 9: Câu đầu có MUST

+ MUST chỉ sự cần thiết  Needn’t: They must study hard, needn’t they?
+ MUST chỉ sự cấm đoán  Must: You mustn’t come late, must you?
+ MUST chỉ sự dự đoán ở hiện tại  Dựa vào V theo sau must He must be a very intelligent student, isn’t he?
+ MUST chỉ sự dự đoán ở quá khứ ( Must + have + PP)  You must have stolen my bike, haven’t you?

Trường hợp 10: Câu cảm thán  Lấy danh từ trong câu đổi thành đại từ, câu hỏi đuôi dùng “am, is, are”
What a beautiful dress, is it? – How intelligent you are, aren’t you!

Trường hợp 11: Câu đầu có “ It seems that + Clause”  Lấy mệnh đề làm câu hỏi đuôi.
It seems that you’re right, aren’t you?

Trường hợp 12 : Chủ từ là mệnh đề danh từ , dùng “ it”

What you have said is wrong, isn’t it? – Why he killed himself seems a secret, doesn’t it?

Trường hợp 13: Câu mời , dùng “ won’t you”

Have a cup of coffee with me, won’t you?

Trường hợp 14: Câu có cấu trúc “ neither…nor” thì câu hỏi đuôi sẽ chia ở số nhiều
Neither you nor I are children, are we

Trường hợp 15 :Chủ từ là một số Đại từ đặc biệt:

All can’t speak at a time, can they?
Everyone cheered wildly, didn’t he( formal)/ didn’t they( informal)?

Trường hợp 16: Câu có little, a little, few, a few:

Very little progress has been made, has it?
A little progress has been made, hasn’t it?

Few people knew the answer, did they?

A few people knew the answer, didn’t they?

1.  She is collecting stickers,                        ? 1. isn’t she

2.  We often watch TV in the afternoon,                       ? 2. don’t we 
3.  You have cleaned your bike,                        ? 3. haven’t you
4.  John and Max don't like Maths,                      ? 4. do they
5.  Peter played handball yesterday,                         ? 5. didn’t he
6.  They are going home from school,                         ? 6. aren’t they
7.  Mary didn't do her homework last Monday,                     ? 7. did she
8.  He could have bought a new car,                      ? 8. couldn’t he
9.  Kevin will come tonight,                         ? 9. won’t he
10.  I'm clever,                         ? 10. aren’t I
11.  He's not coming,                      ? 11. is he
12.  I'm not late,                        ? 12. am I
13.  The bank lent him the money,                          ?
13. didn’t it
14.  You shouldn't do that,                    ?
14. should you
15.  You don't take sugar in coffee,                      ?
15. do you
16.  She looks tired,                          ?
16. doesn’t she
17.  There's a cinema near the station,                  ?
18.  He arrived late,                             ? 17. isn’t there
19.   Nobody has arrived yet,                           ? 18. didn’t he
20.  It's time to go,                         ? 19. have they
21.   I'm right,                         ? 20. isn’t it
22.  You had seen it before,                         ? 21. aren’t I
23.  Everybody looked so miserable,                         ? 22. hadn’t you
24.  You wouldn't do that,                              ? 23. didn’t they
25.  He'll be there,                               ? 24. would you
26.  Everybody will be there,                               ? 25. won’t he
27.  She's had too much to do lately,                                  ? 26. won’t they
28.  It won't happen,                          ? 27. hasn’t she
29.  They should be here soon,                                   ? 28. will it
30.  I'm not intruding,                              ? 29. shouldn’t they
31.  Nobody's got to leave early,                            ? 30. am I
32.  That dog's very noisy,                           ? 31. have they
33.  You have got to arrive before half past eight,                             ? 32. isn’t it
34.  They took it,                      ? 33. haven’t you
35.  That's the shop where you used to work,                         ?
34. didn’t they
36.  The book's a best-seller,                             ?
35. isn’t it
37.  You haven't got a sister,                              ?
36. isn’t it
38.  I'm in trouble,                           ?
37. have you
39.  You would tell me if you knew,                          ?
40.  You'd rather not tell me,                                ? 38. aren’t I
41.  Lima is the capital of Peru,                         ? 39. wouldn’t you
42.  He'd better try harder,                            ? 40. would you
43.  There's nothing on TV tonight,                                ? 41. isn’t it
44.  That's the guy who was on TV the other night,                           ? 42. hadn’t he
45.  That's the guy that won the pools,                       ? 43. is there
46.  She won't be here for another hour,                            ? 44. isn’t it
47.  Mr McGuinness is from Ireland,                      ? 45. isn’t it
48.  The car isn't in the garage,                        ? 46. will she
49.  You are John,                          ? 47. isn’t he
50.  She went to the library yesterday,                            ? 48. is it
51.  He didn't recognize me,                             ? 49. aren’t you
52.  Cars pollute the environment,                             ? 50. didn’t she
53.  Mr. Pritchard has been to Scotland recently,                           ? 51. did he
54.  The trip is very expensive,                              ? 52. don’t they
55.  He won't tell her ,                         ? 53. hasn’t he
56.  He sometimes reads the newspaper,                               ? 54. isn’t it
57.  You are Indian,                                ? 55. will he
58.  Peggy didn't use the pencil,                                ? 56. doesn’t he
59.  Mary has answered the teacher's question,                                     ?
57. aren’t you
60.  The boy is from Turkey,                            ?
58. did he
61.  Sue wasn't listening,                                     .?
59. hasn’t she
62.  Andrew isn't sleeping,                                 ?
60. isn’t he
63.  Tom and Maria will arrive at Heathrow,                               ?
64.   He's been to Texas,                           ? 61. was she
65.  Dogs like meat,                                ? 62. is he
66.  There are some apples left,                             ? 63. won’t they
67.  I'm late,                          ?     64. hasn’t he
68.  Let's go,                              ? 65. don’t they
69.  Don't smoke,                              ? 66. aren’t there
70.  He does sing in the bathroom,                              ? 67. aren’t I
71.  He'll never know,                                ? 68. shall we
72.  I think, he's from India,                             ? 69. will you
73.  Lovely day today,                          ? 70. doesn’t he
74.  She is collecting stickers,                                 ? 71. will he
75.  We often watch TV in the afternoon,                            ? 72. isn’t he
76.  You have cleaned your bike,                               ? 73. isn’t it
77.  John and Max don't like Maths,                              ? 74. isn’t she
78.  Peter played handball yesterday,                              ? 75. don’t we
79.  They are going home from school,                               ? 76. haven’t you
80.  Mary didn't do her homework last Monday,                          ? 77. do they
81.  He could have bought a new car,                          ? 78. didn’t he
82.  Kevin will come tonight,                                   ?
83.  I'm clever,                               ? 79. aren’t they
84.  Murat gets up late,                                 ? 80. did she
85.  You didn't go to school yesterday,                       ? 81. couldn’t he
86.  I am not a nurse,                      ? 82. won’t he
87.  She doesn't cook well,                           ? 83. aren’t I
88.  You can speak English,                          ? 84. doesn’t he
89.  I am your best friend,                        ? 85. did you
90.  The sun is shining,                       ? 86. am I
91.  They haven't seen him for ages,                         ? 87. does she
92.   She visited her grandmother,                         ? 88. can’t you
93.  Susan and Peter arrived late yesterday,                       ? 89. aren’t I
94.  She wasn't there,                        ? 90. isn’t it
95.  Sheila has gone to the supermarket,                         ?
91. have they
96.   I will help you,                      ?
92. didn’t she
97.  You shouldn't do that,                      ?
93. didn’t they
98.  The thief was arrested yesterday,                          ?
94. was she
99.  The computer is broken,                      ?
100.  Our English teacher is very nice,                      ? 95. hasn’t she
101.  I am a doctor,                         ? 96. won’t I
102.  Susan caught the bus,                      ? 97. should you
103.  They drew an elephant,                        ? 98. wasn’t he
104.  The student sdidn't do the homework,                        ? 99. isn’t it
105.  Let's have a drink,                        ? 100. isn’t he/she
106.  Your car is not cheap,                            ?  101. aren’t I
107.  Lisa has lost her ID,                              ?  102. didn’t she
108.  You couldn't help me,                          ?   103. didn’t they
109.  We are friends,                         ? 104. did they
110.  You weren't at the party last night,                          ?               105. shall we
111.  Shout up,                          ? 106. is it
112.  There is a museum in this city,                          ?      107. hasn’t she
113.  Good idea,                              ?     108. could you
114.  You have never been to Peking,                         ?      109. aren’t we
115.  You must give up smoking,                       ? 110. were you
116.    I didn't do anything wrong,                     ? 111. will you
117.   No one can help you,                       ? 112. isn’t there
118.  They helped us a lot,                ?     113. isn’t it
119.  Don't do it,                                ?
114. have you
120.  Get out of my sight,                      ?          
115. mustn’t you
121.  Dave is your cousin,                     ?      
116. did I
122.  Kiki doesn’t write a letter before bed                     ?           
117. can they
123.   Jenny and Natalie are the members of the Photography
Club,                ?      118. didn’t they
124.   You can swim very well,                  ? 119. will you
125.  She draws a beautiful picture,                       ? 120. will you
126.  We came home late last night,                    ? 121. isn’t he
127.  Henry and Ricky read a lot of books,                       ? 122. does she
128.  We played football last night,                      ? 123. aren’t they
129.  You didn’t see me,                       ? 124. can’t you
130.  He sells toys,                       ? 125. doesn’t she
131.  They don’t like cats,                         ? 126. didn’t we
132.  She loves flowers,                       ? 127. don’t they
133.  You are a student,                   ? 128. didn’t we
134.  Jane can’t swim,                       ? 129. did you
135.  They mustn’t buy the car,                        ? 130. doesn’t he
136.  Billy has made a beautiful kite,                       ? 131. do they
137.  You won’t trust him,                        ? 132. doesn’t she
138.  Kathy and YoYo will go to the swimming pool 133. aren’t you
tomorrow,                       ? 134. can she
139.  Mrs. White ate a lot of fish yesterday,                       ? 135. must they
140.  Ken didn’t visit his grandfather last week,                    ?
141.  You don’t like fishing,                         ? 136. hasn’t he
142.  Fiona likes Jacky Chan,                        ? 137. will you
143.  She must come to the party,                           ? 138. won’t they
144.  Lucy will buy the dress,                       ? 139. didn’t she
145.  Mimi and Lily were sad yesterday,                       ? 140. did she
146.  Kate always sleeps early,                        ? 141. do you
147.  He won’t be happy,                      ? 142. doesn’t she
148.  You didn’t do homework yesterday,                            ? 143. mustn’t she
149.  We kept some money under the bed,                        ? 144. won’t she
150.  It seldom barks,                     ? 145. weren’t they
151.  Michael and Melody often go home late,                         ? 146. doesn’t she
152.  Hugh had a red car,                        ? 147. will he
153.  The Mount Rushmore National Memorial Park is in
148. did you
Keystone,               ?
149. didn’t we
154.  The rock was a sacred Indian site once,                            ?
150. does it
155.  It has been a national memorial since 1925,                   ?
151. don’t they
156.  The monument doesn’t show the bust of President
Clinton,                      ? 152. didn’t he
157.  George Washington was the first President of the  United 153. isn’t it
States,               ? 154. wasn’t it
158.  Mr McGuinness is from Ireland,                    ? 155. hasn’t it
159.  The car isn't in the garage,                    ? 156. does it
160.  You are John,                    ? 157. wasn’t he
161.  She went to the library yesterday,                      ? 158. isn’t he
159. is it
160. aren’t you
161. didn’t she