Question Tag - Pengertian dan Contoh
Question-tags merupakan salah satu jenis kalimat tanya yang fungsinya untuk
menegaskan informasi yang diucapkan atau untuk mendapatkan persetujuan.
Dalam question-tags, diperlukan auxiliary atau kata kerja
bantu.
Ada beberapa macam auxiliary yang harus kita tahu, antara
lain:
1. Be auxiliary
a) is, am, atau are (untuk bentuk present tense/sekarang)
b) was atau were (untuk bentuk past tense/lampau)
2. Do auxiliary
a) do dan does (untuk bentuk present tense/sekarang)
b) did (untuk bentuk past tense/lampau)
3. Have auxiliary
a) have dan has (untuk bentuk present perfect tense)
b) 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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