QUESTION TAGS

QUESTION TAGS

                ( PENEGASAN DALAM KALIMAT TANYA)

          ^a/ suatu kalimat yg berfungsi sebagai kalimat penegasan & di dalam kaliamat Q.T. hanya menggunakan kalimat positive (+) & negative (-)

kalau kalimatnya positive (+) maka tagnya harus negative (-), dan begitu juga sebaliknya.

Note:

(*) have/had » s.past/s.present yg artinya mempunyai 2 Q.T.

(*) karma “am” tdk bias di singkat maka menjadi “aren’t”

Steping :

» harus mengetahui “tensesnya” terlebih dahulu

» lihat “subjectnya” terlebih dahulu

e.g. I study English, don’t I ?

            (+)            (-)

      Ex from verbal sentences :

» she goes to Surabaya, doesn’t she?

» they have visited us, haven’t they?

» you had been cooking it, hadn’t you?

» we do our home work, don’t we?

» I have a book, don’t I?

» I had a book, didn’t I?

» I have breakfast, don’t I?

» I have had a book, haven’t I?

» I had had a book, hadn’t I?

» you will be yours, won’t you?

      Ex from nominal sentences :

» I am student, aren’t I?

» you are mine, aren’t you?

      Ex from modal sentences :

» I have to study English, don’t I?

» you had to visit me, didn’t you?

» she can sing a song, can’t she?

» he gets used to getting up early, doesn’t he?

» I must sing a song, mustn’t I? ( bukan needn’t I )          

» I will be able to speak English, won’t I?

Note subject yang dipakai dalam Q.T. :

(*) I, you, we, they, he, she, it

      Ex from the name :

» Budi have to had it, didn’t he?

» My mother went to Bali, didn’t she?

» Anis and Budi used to speak English, didn’t they?

Note :

(+) every body                                   (+) everything

(+) some one                                     (+) something

(-) no body      »  THEY                       (-) nothing  »  IT

(-) any body                                     (-) anything

Those                                             That

These     »      THEY                          This    »   IT

      Ex :

» every body knows Sidu, don’t they?

» no body knows john, do they?

» everything gets a cat, doesn’t it?

» nothing gets an ant, does it?

» these are books, aren’t they?

» those aren’t pencils, are they?

» this is a pen, isn’t it?

» that isn’t a car, is it?

      semi negative ( tag + ) » mengandung makna positive :

» No one

» No body

» Nothing

» Dislike

» Disagree

» Seldom

» Never

» Impolite

» Unlucky etc……

Ex :

» nothing impossible, is it?

» I never go to Bali, do I?

» you are unlucky, are you?

» I did nothing, did I?

      » few, little   » (+)

       » a few, a little   » (-)

Ex :

» few students study English, does it?

» a few students study English, don’t they?

      None of……………( tag (+) ) » tak satupun

Ex :

» none of you is my friend, are you?

» none of us did it, did we?

» none of students created in the exam, did they?

      Perintah/larangan tag “will you”

Ex :

» open the door, will you?

» don’t be lazy, will you?

      Ajakan “shall we”

Ex :

» Let’s sing together, shall we?

» let’s dance in my place, shall we?

      Clause (kalimat berita)

Ex :

» what you have has what I have, doesn’t it?

» what I want to do you must repeat it, doesn’t it?

      Modal

Ex :

» I can do it, can’t I?

» I am going to call you, aren’t they?