TAG QUESTION

Chapter XI

TAG QUESTION

Def      : Pertanyaan singkat yang terletak setelah kalimat (sentence).

Form    :

Sentence, aux + S ?

E.g.

-         Mereka sedang belajar, kan?

Ø  They are studying, aren’t they?

Fungsi  :

1.      Meminta persetujuan

E.g.

-         Kamu kelihatannya gak sehat, ya?

Ø  You look not so well, don’t you?

2.      Sebagai penegasan

E.g.

-         Aku ini temanmu, bukan?

Ø  I am your friend, aren’t I?

3.      Menanyakan kebenaran informasi

E.g.

-         Julia datang kesini, gak?

Ø  Julia came here, didn’t she?

Kinds of Tag Question

a.       Statement

Peraturan Umum

1.    Jika statement (+), maka tag (-)

Jika statement (-), maka tag (+)

E.g.

-       She is collecting stickers, isn’t she?

-       We don’t often watch TV in the afternoon, do we?

2.        Negative tag harus disingkat.

-       Do not         = don’t

-       Does not      = doesn’t

-       Did not        = didn’t

-       Am not        = aren’t

-       Are not        = aren’t

-       Must not      = needn’t/mustn’t …….etc.

3.        Subject tag harus berupa pronoun.

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

e.g.

-       Sarah is very smart, isn’t Sarah? (Incorrect)

-       Sarah is very smart, isn’t she? (Correct)

NOTICE!!!

v Indefinite Pronoun

-       Person, menjadi “THEY”

=> Someone       => Somebody

=> Anyone          => Anybody

=> Everyone       => Everybody

=> No one          => Nobody

-       Non-Person, menjadi “IT”

=> Something      => Anything

=> Everything      => Nothing

E.g.

1. Somebody should take it, shouldn’t they?

2. Everything is important, isn’t it?

Peraturan Khusus

1.    Tag auxiliary mengikuti bentuk dan tenses statement

E.g.

-       You aren’t a nurse, were you? (Incorrect)

-       You aren’t a nurse, are you? (Correct)

2.    Tag auxiliary menggunakan auxiliary yang pertama

E.g.

-       Bob has been working for 5 hours, hasn’t been he? (Incorrect)

-       Bob has been working for 5 hours, hasn’t he? (Correct)

3.    Auxiliary subject “there”, tergantung Subjective Complement.

E.g.

-       There is a pen on the table, isn’t there?

-       There aren’t two cats under the chair, are there?

4.    Jika terdapat “Negative Expression”, maka tag (+)

Pronoun	Verb	Adverb	Adj
No one Nobody Nothing ………..etc.	Dislike Disagree Disobey ………..etc.	Never Seldom Hardly ………..etc.	Unfair Dishonest Impolite ………..etc.

E.g.

-       I never met her before, did I?

-       Nobody’s listening, are they?

-       It’s unfair, is it?

-       You disagree too, do you?

5.    Combination Subjects

                        I.     I/we + (any subject) = WE

                      II.     You + (any subject) = YOU

                   III.     She/he/it/they + (any subject)= THEY

E.g.

-       She and I visit you together, don’t we?

-       He and you are classmate, aren’t you?

-       Bill and Tom weren’t here, were they?

b.      Imperative

1.      Subject full (Invitation)

Form:

Let’s + (not) + V₁, SHALL WE?

E.g.

-       Let’s finish it soon, shall we?

-       Let’s not be late, shall we?

2.      Subject less

Form:

(Don’t) + V₁, WILL YOU?

E.g.

-       Wait in your place obediently, will you?

-       Don’t cover my way, will you?

-       Be faithful, will you!

-       Don’t be unfaithful, will you?