QUESTION TAGS

QUESTION TAGS

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Fungsi                        : Untuk penegasan / pengukuhan

Rumus                        :      Statement          Tag Questions

                               Positif (+)           Negatif (-)

                               Negatif (-)          Positif (+)

Question tags dibagi menjadi 2 bagian :

Kalimat berita (assertive / affirmative) = question tags (ada subjek)

Kalimat perintah (imperative) = question tags (tidak ada subjek)

Kalimat Berita

Untuk membuat question tags harus memperhatikan subyeknya yang selalu diganti / pronoun sesuai, kecuali “There”

Example :

Ali is not reading a book, is he ?

The students can work hard, can’t they ?

Mrs. Smith ought to do the work now, oughtn’t now ?

Bila tidak ada auxiliary verb maka diberi tambahan (do, does, did) dengan memperhatikan bentuk kata kerjanya.

Example :

Indonesian people eat rice, don’t they ?

Mr. Smith drinks tea in the morning, doesn’t he ?

We saw the beautiful film. Didn’t we ?

Untuk kalimat majemuk

Example :

When she arrived, the man was cutting the tree, wasn’t he ?

After he had studied English he went to USA, didn’t he ?

Catatan :

1. For introductory “there” as the subjek

Example :

There is a man over there, isn’t there ?

There are not any people here, are there ?

2. For I am

Example :

I am diligent, aren’t I ?

I am not busy, am I ?

3. For somebody, someone, everybody, everyone, something

Example :

Someone knocked the door, didn’t they ?

Everyone doesn’t know him, do they ?

Something is wrong, isn’t it ?

4. For word negative meanings (never, seldom, hardly ever, nobody, no one, nothing)

     Example :

I never meet her, do I ?

Nobody likes, do they ?

Nothing can stop it, can it ?

5. For have

Rumus :

Have/has + v3 = telah

Have/has + noun = mempunyai

Example :

The boy has gone abroad, hasn’t he ?

The boys have gone abroad, haven’t they ?

The boy has a motorcycle, doesn’t he ?

The boys have a motorcycle, don’t they ?

Kalimat Perintah

Tidak ada subjek dan tag question harus dalam bentuk positif

Example :

Open the door, will you!

Don’t open the window, will you!

Let’s study together, shall we!

Let’s pray together, shall we!

Catatan :

Will you dapat diganti dengan would you : arti lebih halus

Shut your mouth, can’t you ?