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:
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)
- do dan does (untuk bentuk present tense/sekarang)
- did (untuk bentuk past tense/lampau)
- have dan has (untuk bentuk present perfect tense)
- had (untuk bentuk past perfect tense)
Shall dan Will untuk bentuk future tense
A. Bentuk Question Tag
1. Negatif Question TagAuxiliary+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?
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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 ?
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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.
- 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.
3.1. 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?”
3.2. Kalimat ajakan
Contoh:
“Let’s go, shall we?”
“Let’s get to work, shall we?”
“Let’s discuss it, shall we?”
3.3. Kalimat tawaran
Contoh:
“Have a seat, won’t you?
“Have a drink, won’t you?
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