Question - Tags

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
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

5.Shall dan Will untuk bentuk future tense



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?

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?



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

Nobody adalah 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 berbentuk positif.

3.Bentuk Tag yang lain
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?

Kalimat ajakan
Contoh:
“Let’s go, shall we?
“Let’s get to work, shall we?
“Let’s discuss it, shall we?

Kalimat tawaran
Contoh:
“Have a seat, won’t you?
“Have a drink, won’t you?