Question Tag atau Tag Question merupakan pertanyaan singkat yang terletak pada akhir kalimat yang bermakna “ya?”, “kan?” dan “yuk?”.
Ciri-ciri :
– Question tag selalu diawali tanda baca koma (,) dan inversi (Pembalikan)
– Question tag menggunakan Verb Auxiliary, kecuali pada tenses simple present (nominal ) dan simple past (nominal)
– Jika Question tag negatif (-), maka Verb Auxiliary + not digabung (Negative Contraction).
is not = isn’t
are not = aren’t
do not = don’t
dll,
– Subject pada Question tag selalu berupa Pronoun.
– Jika kalimat bermakna positif, maka Question tag menjadi negative. Begitupun sebaliknya.
Contoh:
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You will go there, won’t you? |
Kamu akan pergi kesana, kan? |
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She doesn’t go there, does she? |
Dia (pr) tidak pergi kesana, kan? |
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You are hungry, aren’t you? |
Kamu lapar, kan? |
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You love him, don’t you? |
Kamu sayang dia (lk), kan? |
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My father didn’t leave me, did he? |
Ayahku tidak meninggalkan ku, kan? |
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Let’s go, shall we? |
Pergi, yuk? |
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There is a handsome boy, isn’t there? |
Ada lelaki yang tampan,kan? |
Peraturan pada Question Tag:
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Jika terdapat negative word seperti never, seldom, rarely, |
– She never loves you, does she? – You seldom study, do you? |
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Jika pada subject terdapat Indifinte pronoun seperti :
Person: somebody, someone, anybody, anyone,dll Maka pronoun yang digunakan adalah “they”.
Non person: something, anything, everything, nothing, dll. Maka pronoun yang digunakan adalah “it”. |
– Someone looks for you, don’t they? – Everyone can speak English, can’t they? – Something is special, isn’t it? – Everything will be fine, won’t it? – dll |
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Jika subject terdapat Noun Countable Plural, maka pronoun yang |
– The boys play football, do they? – His bags are expensive, aren’t they? – The cats are eating fish, aren’t they? – The students don’t like homework, do they? |
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Jika subject terdapat Noun Countable singular, maka pronoun yang |
– The monkey eats banana, doesn’t it? – My father is rich, isn’t he? – Your sister works hard, doesn’t she? |
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Jika subject terdapat Noun Countable, maka pronoun yang digunakan |
– The coffe is sweet, isn’t it? – The water isn’t clear, isn’it? |
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Jika subject terdapat “there”, maka pronoun yang digunakan adalah |
– There is a new student, isn’t there? – There wasn’t a teacher, was there? – There are people, aren’t there? |
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Jika terdapat subject I am yang berkalimat positif, maka pronoun
Jika terdapat subject I am yang berkalimat negative, maka pronoun
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– I am handsome, aren’t I? – I am rich, aren’t I? – I am not ugly, am I? – I am not lazy, am I? |
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Jika terdapat kata perintah atau larangan, maka polanya adalah “Will |
-Go there, will you? -Don’t go there, will you? -Be diligent, will you? -Don’t be lazy, will you? |
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Jika terdapat kata ajakan, maka polanya adalah “shall we?” |
-Let’s go, shall we? -Let’s eat together, shall we? -Let’s study, shall we? |