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Pour traduire «
n’est-ce pas », en fin de phrase, on utilise les «
question-tags
».
Cela consiste à
reprendre en fin de phrase
l’auxiliaire
du verbe (à la forme négative
si dans la phrase il est à
la forme affirmative,
et inversement) puis le sujet sous forme de pronom personnel.
Jane
is rich, isn’t
she? = Jane est riche,
n'est-ce pas ? / – John
isn’t rich, is
he? = John n'est pas
riche, n'est-ce pas ? - Exercices
Présent | Passé | |||
Après affirmation | Après négation | Après affirmation | Après négation | |
Auxiliaire be | Jane is rich, isn’t she? | John isn’t rich, is he? | I was rich, wasn’t I? | I wasn’t rich, was I? |
You are working, aren’t you? | You aren’t working, are you? | Men were working, weren’t they? | Children weren’t working, were they? | |
Auxiliaire have | Eve has worked, hasn’t she? | Adam hasn’t worked, has he? | Adam had worked, hadn’t he? | Eve hadn’t worked, had she? |
You have worked, haven’t you? | You haven’t worked, have you? | We had worked, hadn’t we? | We hadn’t worked, had we? | |
Auxiliaire do | This thing works, doesn’t it? | That thing doesn’t work, does it? | Tom worked, didn’t he? | Liz didn’t work, did she? |
You work, don’t you? | You don’t work, do you? | People worked, didn’t they? | People didn’t work, did they? | |
Modal will | Jill will be rich, won’t she? | Dan won’t be rich, will he? | ||
Modal would | You would be rich, wouldn’t you? | Teachers wouldn’t be rich, would they? |