QUESTION TAG
A.
QUESTION
TAG adalah pertanyaan yang diletakkan
pada akhir kalimat yang dimaksudkan untuk menegaskan pertanyaan yang
disebutkann sebelumnya dan menegaskan arti dari apa yang dikatakan pembicara,
biasanya tidak memerlukan jawaban karena jawabanya sudah terkandung dalam
kalimat pertanyaan itu.
B.
Prinsip-prinsip
umum yang berlaku pada Question Tag
1.
Positive
Statement dengan Negative Tag
a.
Positive
Statement dengan menggunakan Special Verb
-
Kitty is
studying English, isn’t she?
-
We are
Junior High School students, aren’t we?
-
The book was
on the table just now, wasn’t it?
-
The children
can swim, can’t they?
-
You have
written a letter, haven’t you?
-
John will
leave soon, won’t he?
-
You are
late, aren’t you?
b.
Positive
Statement dengan tidak menggunakan Special Verb ditambah (don’t, doesn’t,
didn’t)sesuai dengan tensisnya
-
The boy
beats the dog, doesn’t he?
-
Mr. John
prepares the dinner, doesn’t he?
-
The children
play football, don’t they?
-
You boil
some egg, don’t you?
-
The rain
caused the flood, didn’t it?
-
Mrs. Kitty
bought some sugar, didn’t she?
c.
Positive
Statement dengan Negative Tag disertai jawabanya
-
Kitty can
swim well, can’t she?
·
Yes, she can
(agreement)
·
No, she
can’t (disagreement)
-
Kitty helps
her mother after school, doesn’t she?
·
Yes, she
does (agreement)
·
No, she
doesn’t (disagreement)
-
You have
finished your homework, haven’t you?
·
Yes, I have
(agreement)
·
No, I
haven’t (disagreement)
2.
Negative Statement
dengan Positive Tag
a.
Negative
Statement dengan menggunakan Special Verb
-
John isn’t
studying English, is he?
-
You aren’t a
teacher, are you?
-
Kitty can’t
swim, can she?
-
They haven’t
studied English yet, have they?
-
The girls
weren’t in the yard, were they?
-
You aren’t
late, are you?
b.
Negative
Statement dengan tidak menggunakan Special Verb
-
You don’t
like this one, don’t you?
-
Mrs. Kitty
didn’t make cakes, did she?
-
It didn’t
rain last night, did it?
-
The dog
doesn’t beat him, does it?
c.
Negative Statement
dengan Positive Tag disertai dengan jawabanya
-
Kitty can’t
swim well, can she?
·
No, she
can’t
·
Yes, she can
-
Mrs. Kitty didn’t
buy anything, did she?
·
No, she
didn’t
·
Yes, she did
-
You haven’t
written a letter yet, have you
·
No, I
haven’t
·
No, I have
Kalimat yang memiliki Adverb of
Frequency yang mengandung arti Negative seperti (bardly, hardly, never, rarely,
scarcely and seldom) dianggap Negative sehingga Question Tag harus dalam bentuk
Positive
-
You are
never late, aren’t you?
-
They are
seldom come to here, aren’t they?
-
These
sentences are correctly constructed, aren’t they?
-
Your brother
is a doctor, isn’t he?
-
John and
Hendry from England, aren’t they?
3.
Alternatif
lain dari Adverb of Frequency “Little, no one, unhappy, unlike, few, never,
dislike, misunderstand, neither (tidakm juga), Hardly ever (tidak pernah)
4.
THEY =
Someone, anyone, no one, everybody, people
5.
IT =
Something, nothing, anything
6.
WILL YOU
(WON’T YOU) = Kalimat Perintah
7.
SHALL WE =
Kalimat Ajakan
-
Let’s Go =
Shall We
COMBINATION OF SUBJECT
|
1.
|
I, We +
You
I, We +
She
I, We + It
|
We
We
We
|
|
2.
|
You + She
You + It
You + You
You + They
|
You
You
You
You
|
|
3.
|
She + He
She + They
It + It
They + It
They +
They
She + It
|
They
They
They
They
They
They
|
C.
BENTUK –
BENTUK QUESTION TAG
1.
Question Tag
yang mengguanakan “to be”
To be (am, is, are, was, were)
digunakana pada Question Tag apabila kalimat peryataanya memiliki “To be”
-
The students
are studying English, aren’t they?
-
John’s
mother was a singer, wasn’t she?
To be “am” (positive) dalam
Question Tag diubah menjadi “aren’t”
-
I am year
classmate, aren’t I?
2.
Question Tag
yang menggunakan “Modal”
Modal (can, may, must, will)
digunakan pada Question Tag apabila kalimatnya memiliki Modal
-
They can not
solve the problem, can they?
-
She has
finished her work, hasn’t she?
-
The children
will have a picnic by next week, went they?
3.
Question Tag
yang menggunakan “do, does, did
Do, does, did digunakan pada
Question Tag apabila kalimat pertanyaanya tidak memiliki “to be” atau “modal”
-
She always
goes to school on foot, doesn’t she?
-
They don’t
want to help us, do they?
-
John went to
the party by taxi, didn’t he?
“Have” yang berfungsi sebagai
kata kerja penuh (full verb) menggunakan “do, does, did”
-
He has a lot
of friends, doesn’t he?”
-
You have
your breakfast at seven, don’t you?
“Have to” (harus) diperlakukan
seperti kata kerja penuh
-
You have to
study hard, didn’t you?
4.
Question Tag
dari kalimat “Imperative” (kalimat perintah)
“Positive Future” digunakan pada
Question Tag yang berasal dari kalimat “Imperative”
-
Stop the
car, will you?
-
Don’t stop
the car, will you?
-
Be always on
time, will you?
-
Don’t be
lazy, will you?
-
Let’s go to
Japan, will you?
-
Let me check
you answer, will you?
D.
QUESTION TAG
DALAM KALIMAT YANG TERDIRI DARI DUA CLAUSE pada umumnya dibentuk dari “induk
kalimatnya” tetapi apabila “anak kalimat” dianggap sebagai bagian yang
dipentingkan Question Tag dapat dibentuk dari anak kalimtnya
1.
Dari induk
kalimatnya
-
He said that
he was very busy yesterday, didn’t he?
-
The room
which they are decorating is large, isn’t it?
2.
Dari anak
kalimatnya
-
He said you
were ill yesterday, weren’t you?
