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?