Question tag
What is Question Tag?
Question Tag adalah klausa yang sangat
pendek yang ada di akhir sebuah pernyataan
yang mengubah pernyataan menjadi
pertanyaan. Fungsinya yaitu untuk membuat
pertanyaan yang tujuaannya meminta
penegasan atau persetujuan.
Dalam bahasa Indonesia question tag memiliki
arti seperti “kan”, “bukan”, “oke?”, dan “yuk?”.
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Ketentuan dan Pola
Question Tag
1. Positive Sentence, negative tag
✘ She goes to school by car, doesn’t she? (S. Present
Verbal)
✘ We are friends, aren’t we? ([Link] Naminal)
2. Negative sentence, positive tag
✘ They aren’t siblings, are they?
✘ He doesn’t like spicy food, does he?
3. Negative tag selalu disingkat: doesn’t she?, aren’t
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4. Pronoun
• Safira gave you a bracelet, didn’t she?
• Your father is a teacher, isn’t he ?
5. Modals (can, will, should, must, shall, may, dll, maka
ulangi modal tersebut dan tambahkan not untuk negative
tag-nya.
• Mrs Tia will teach us, won’t she?
• We should follow the rules, shouldn’t we?
6. Tenses (question tag harus mengikuti tenses di
pernyataannya)
• They sang together, didn’t they?
• Alina doesn’t like swimming, does she?
7. I am menjadi aren’t I, I am not menjadi am I
• I am pretty, aren’t i?
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8. Perhatikan penggunaan Have
Jika dalam kalimat terdapat have/has + V3 (present
perfect) maka question tag nya menjadi haven’t / hasn’t +
S?
Namun jika have yang dimaksud artinya adalah memiliki,
maka question tagnya menjadi “don’t/doesn’t + S” karena
have berfungsi sebagai kata kerja.
✘ The students have learned Japanese, haven’t they?
✘ You have two cats, don’t you?
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9. Penggunaan kata-kata negatif pada kalimat positif (never,
seldom, barely, dan hardly). Karena sudah negatif, maka
question tag nya dibuat positif.
✘ She never reads your message, does she?
✘ They barely come to your house, do they?
10. Perhatikan subjek
Subjek “nobody, “no one”, “somebody” dan “someone”
dijadikan “they” pada question tag-nya. Sedangkan “nothing”
dan “everything” menjadi “it”. Penggunaan “no” artinya
negatif, maka question tag-nya menjadi positif.
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✘ Nobody finish the homework, do they?
✘ Everything looks different, doesn’t it?
11. Kalimat ajakan (jika ajakannya berupa let’s maka question
tag-nya menjadi “shall we”.
✘ Let’s go to the beach, shall we?
✘ Let’s dance, shall we?
12. Imperative sentence (larangan/perintah) maka question
tag-nya menggunakan “will you”.
✘ Close the window, will you?
✘ Don’t leave me, will you?
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Start
Father went to office Ratna eats many fresh We want to make
late last day, …..? vegetables every night friendship, …?
She wasn’t happy when to her dinner, …? He canceled his vacation
he didn’t come to her They shouldn’t play a because of his business,
house, …? lot if they want their …?
They were learning task to be finished, …? We will come if they had
Physics when we came Mia and I wanted to finished their task yet, ….?
last morning, …? shop together last I have finished my report
I can do this faster, …? Friday night, …? for 5 minutes, ….?
He could try again if he He had many things to My friend and I were in
wanted to get more, …? be sold, …? market when you came to
I will be happy if you She has done her task my house, ..?
bring me many since 8 a.m., ….? She always keeps her
chocolates, …? 8
attitude better, ….?
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