Question Tag
Question-tags adalah pertanyaan
ekor yang dibubuhkan pada akhir suatu kalimat. Fungsinya adalah untuk
menegaskan informasi yang diucapkan atau untuk mendapatkan persetujuan.
Dalam question-tags, diperlukan auxiliary
atau kata kerja bantu. Jenis auxiliary antara lain:
1. Be auxiliary
- is, am, atau are (untuk bentuk present tense/sekarang)
- was atau were (untuk bentuk past tense/lampau)
2. Do auxiliary
- do dan does (untuk bentuk present tense/sekarang)
- did (untuk bentuk past tense/lampau)
3. Have auxiliary
- have dan has (untuk bentuk present perfect tense)
- had (untuk bentuk past perfect tense)
4. Modal auxiliary: can, may,
must, should, could, might
Shall dan Will
untuk bentuk future tense
A. Bentuk Question
Tag
1. Negatif Question Tag
Auxiliary+n’t + pronoun?
(pronoun merupakan kata ganti
dari subyek pada kalimat positif)
Contoh:
~ isn’t
it?
~ aren’t you?
~ aren’t they?
~ wasn’t she?
~ weren’t you?
|
~ don’t
you?
~ doesn’t
he?
~ don’t
they?
~ didn’t
you?
~ didn’t
they?
|
~ hasn’t
she?
~ haven’t you?
~ hadn’t he?
~ can’t you?
~ shouldn’t I?
|
2. Positif Question Tag
Auxiliary + pronoun?
(pronoun merupakan kata ganti
dari subyek pada kalimat positif)
Contoh:
~ is it?
~ are you?
~ are they?
~ was she?
~ were you?
|
~ do
you?
~ does he?
~ do they?
~ did you?
~ did
they?
|
~ has she?
~ have you?
~ had he?
~ can you?
~ should I?
|
B. RUMUS
1. Kalimat Positif , negative Question tag?
Contoh:
· Heni is a
dancer, isn’t she ?
|
You like milk, don’t you?
·
Andien went to Bali, didn’t she?
· They will go to
Bandung, won’t they?
·
Agnes comes from Italy, doesn’t she?
·
This is your house, isn’t it?
·
Those are your cars, aren’t they?
·
There is a party tonight, isn’t there?
·
Everything is okay, isn’t it?
·
Everyone did homework, didn’t they?
2. Kalimat Negatif , positif Question
tag?
Contoh:
- · Raymond isn’t an artist, is he?
- · You aren’t a student, are you?
- · They weren’t at home, were they?
- · You don’t like gardening, do you?
- · Ganis didn’t go to Africa, did she?
- · You won’t leave me, will you?
- · Karina doesn’t love Mandra, does she?
- · I am not stupid, am I?
- · That isn’t your car, is it?
- · These aren’t her books, are they?
- · Nothing is wrong, is it?
- · Nobody wanted to move, did they?
C. Catatan
1. Mengenai Subject
Subyek QT berasal dari subyek
kalimat di depannya.
Subyek QT (Question-Tags) harus
dalam bentuk pronoun, yaitu:
I, You, We, They, He, She, It.
- Tag pronoun untuk this/that = it
- Tag pronoun untuk these/those = they
- Tag pronoun untuk subyek Everyone, Everybody, Someone, Somebody, No one, dan Nobodyadalah They.
- Tag pronoun untuk Everything, Something, and Nothing adalah It.
- Kalimat dengan there + be, maka there digunakan dalam tag.
- Jika kalimat menggunakan “I am ….. “(kalimat positif), maka tag-nya harus aren’t I.
2. Bentuk Auxiliary
- Auxiliary pada QT harus sesuai dengan auxiliary pada kalimat di depannya.
- Auxiliary+not harus disingkat:
Is not
Are not
Was not
Were not
Does not
Do not
Did not
Has not
Have not
|
Isn’t
Aren’t
Wasn’t
Weren’t
Doesn’t
Don’t
Didn’t
Hasn’t
Haven’t
|
Had not
Cannot
May not
Must not
Should not
Could not
Might not
Shall not
Will not
|
Hadn’t
Can’t
May not
Mustn’t
Shouldn’t
Couldn’t
Mightn’t
Shan’t
Won’t
|
- Nothing, nobody, no one, never adalah kata-kata yang bermakna negative, maka tag-nya harus berbentukpositif.
3. Bentuk Tag yang lain
I.
Kalimat perintah
Contoh:
- “Open the door, will/would/can/could you?”
- “Take your book, will/would/can/could you?”
- “Pass me the spoon, will/would/can/could you?”
II.
Kalimat ajakan
Contoh:
- “Let’s go, shall we?”
- “Let’s get to work, shall we?”
- “Let’s discuss it, shall we?”
III.
Kalimat tawaran
Contoh:
- “Have a seat, won’t you?
- “Have a drink, won’t you?
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