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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