Question Tags Lengkap: Belajar Bahasa Inggris
Pengertian Question Tags
Question Tag adalah suatu kata atau ungkapan yang digunakan untuk memberikan pertanyaan dan meminta lawan bicara untuk menyetujui pendapatmu.
Dalam bahasa Indonesia, sama dengan kata "bukan" dalam suatu kalimat, misalnya:
Jakarta Ibu kota Indonesia, Bukan?
Bahasa Inggris itu penting, Bukan?
Pedoman-pedoman untuk membuat Question Tags
Question tag memiliki berbagai macam bentuk dari question tag, seperti berikit:
Pedoman 1
Apabila pertanyaannya positif, maka question tag-nya negatif (menyangkal).
Contoh:
We shall be late, shan't we?
It's a nice day, isn't it?
Ali can swim, can't he?
She is reading a book, isn't she?
Fatimah comes late, doesn't she?
Pedoman 2
Apabila pernyataannya negatif, maka question tag-nya positif.
Contoh:
Ali can not speak English well, can he?
She will not go home, will she?
Marry did not like swimming, did she?
We are not happy, are we?
She doesn't come late, does she?
Pedoman 3
Kata yang dapat digunakan dalam question tag, hanyalah: I, you, she, he, it, we, they, dan there.
It biasanya digunakan dalam question tag untuk menunjukan pada kata-kata berikut:
Everything
This..............
That.............
His................
Your............. ect.
They biasanya digunakan dalam question tag untuk menunjukan pada kata-kata berikut:
Everyone No one
Someone Nobody
Somebody
Perhatikan kalimat-kalimat berikut:
Ali doesn't like milk, does she?
This film is not good, is it?
His name is Udin, isn't it?
Your sister always gets up early, doesn't she?
Everything is ready, isn't it?
There are two men in the garden, aren't they?
Nobody called on the phone, did they?
This/that is your book, isn't it?
These/those are your, aren't they?
Nobody was waching me, were they?
Pedoman 4
Dalam kalimat verbal (peredikatnya berupa kata kerja) yang berbentuk simple present dan past tense. Tembahkan do, does atau did, untuk membuat question tag-nya.
Contoh:
They want to watch TV tonight, don't they?
She visited my sister yesterday, didn't she?
Ali usually comes late, doesn't he?
He likes fishing, doesn't he?
They always get up early, don't thay?
Pedoman 5
Bila dalam satu kalimat ada auxiliary dan modal, maka question tag-nya dibuat dengan auxiliary atau modal yang terletak paling depan (paling dekat dengan subject).
Contoh:
Your house is being painted, isn't it?
He has been to Bali, hasn't he?
She will have gone to Jakarta before friday, won't she?
They will be a doctor next year, won't day?
Pedoman 6
Dalam pernyataan: I am ............, question taq-nya adalah: aren't I? (Bukan, Am not I?)
I am a student, aren't I?
I am ill, aren't I?
I am working hard, aren't I?
Bandingkan dengan kalimat berikut:
Contoh:
I am not a doctor, am I?
I am not ready, am I?
Pedoman 7
Kata-kata yang mempunyai (mengandung) arti negatif (not) atau setengah negatif, question tag-nya selalu positif, berapa diantaranya adalah:
Never : tidak pernah
Seldom: jarang
Rarely : jarang
Hardly ever : hampir tidak
Barely : hampir tidak
Scarcely : hampir tidak
Few : sedikit
No/none : not any
Contoh:
She never goes to the movies, does she?
He's never been in Bali, has he?
You seldom get up early, do you?
They hardly ever go to town, do they?
He hasn't any money, has he?
Pedoman 8
Bemtuk question taq khusus yang digunakan untuk menyatakan:
Perintah, baik positif dan negatif (melarang) question tag-nya adalah: will you?
contoh:
Stop that noise, will you?
Give me a hand, will you?
Don't forget, will you?
Take my bag please, will you?
Ajakan dengan: let's, question tag-nya adalah: shall we?
Contoh:
Let's go for a walk, shall we?
Let't sing together, shall we?
Let's visit Umar tonight, shall we?
Pedoman 9
Untuk kalimat majemuk, maka quetion tag-nya dibuat berdasrkan kalimat utamanya.
Contoh:
I belive he will come soon, won't he?
She knew what I meant, didn't she?
He made a statemant that it was a mistake, didn't he?
You rather i didn't say anything, wouldn't you?
I suppose he should have known that, shouldn't he?
Pedoman 10
Untuk membuat question tags-nya dari suati kalimat, harus diperhatkan benar berikut kalimatnya.
Contoh:
You'd better go home now, hadn't you?
You'd rather stay here, wouldn't you?
She'd gona to Jakarta before you arrived here, hadn't she?
He should study hard, shouldn't he?
Jawaban Terhadap Question Tags
Membenarkan
You are working, are you?
Yes, I am.
She is not a doctor, is she?
No, she is.
Menyangkal
He is diligent, isn't he?
No, he isn't
She is not busy now, is she?
Yes, she is.
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