反意疑问句是附加在陈述句之后、对所陈述的事实或观点提出疑问的一种简短句。使用这一句型时应遵循“前肯后否”或“前否后肯”的原则。
1.当陈述部分的主语是everyone, someone, nobody, each等表示人的不定代词时，附加问句的主语用they。如：
Each of the students went there, didn’t he?/didn’t they?
2.当陈述部分的主语是everything, anything, something, nothing等表示物的不定代词时，附加问句的主语用it。如：
Something has gone wrong, hasn’t it?
3.当陈述部分的主语是指示代词this, that或these, those时，附加问句的主语应分别用it 或they。如：
This is the third time this week that he has had to study late, isn’t it?
Those are the presents for the children, aren’t they?
4.当陈述部分的主语为短语或句子时，附加问句的主语用it。如：
Learning how to repair motors takes a long time, doesn’t it?
5.当陈述部分如果是there be 结构或是there live, there used to be, there seem等结构时，附加问句仍用there，谓语则采用与陈述部分谓语相对应的助动词。如：
There is something wrong with the car, isn’t there?
6.当陈述部分是祈使句时，反意疑问句的结构有以下三种：
（1）当陈述部分是否定的祈使句时，问句部分可用will you，有时也可用can you。如：
Don’t make a noise, will you? /can you?
（2）当陈述部分为肯定的祈使句时，问句部分可用will you，也可用won’t you。如：
Try it on, will you? /won’t you?
（3）当遇到以Let’s 开头的祈使句时，问句部分可用shall we；当遇到以Let us或Let me等开头的祈使句时，问句部分一般要用will you。如：
Let’s go skating, shall we?
Let me/him try it again, will you?
7.当陈述句是一个主从复合句时，附加问句的主谓语形式应与主句保持一致。如：
You don’t know when the building will be completed, do you?
8.当陈述部分是I/We don’t think (suppose, believe, expect, imaging 等) +宾语从句结构时，附加问句的主谓语要与宾语从句保持一致，而且要注意陈述句的否定转移现象。如：
I don’t think the plan is perfect, is it?
We suppose you know it, don’t you?
9.当陈述句中含有no, nothing, nobody, never, hardly, seldom, few, little 等否定词时，附加问句一般采用肯定形式；当陈述部分使用了带否定词缀(前缀或后缀)的词时，附加问句则可采用否定式。如：
You dislike coffee, don’t you?
He saw nobody, did he?
There are few people in the room, are there?
10.当陈述部分是并列句时，问句部分应与最邻近的分句的主谓语保持一致。如：
He is a teacher but his wife is an engineer, isn’t she?