CHAPTER 21: TAG QUESTION

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Definisi: Pertanyaan singkat di akhir kalimat.

Fungsi: Meminta persetujuan pada lawan bicara atau sebuah penegasan.

Contoh:

Mereka sedang belajar, kan?

They are studying, aren’t they?

TATA CARA DAN ATURAN PENULISAN QUESTIION TAG

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1. Diawali tanda koma (,)

2. Subject tag question berupa pronoun yang mengacu pada subject of sentence.

3. Verb tag question menggunakan verb auxiliary dan harus diinversi.

Khusus Simple Present dan Simple Past, auxiliarynya menggunakan “do” dan “does” untuk kalimat verbal dan menggunakan verb ordinary-nya untuk kalimat nominal.

4. Bila tag question berbentuk negatif, maka penulisannya harus di-contraction atau disingkat.

Contoh:

is + not = isn’t

are + not = aren’t

do + not = don’t

will + not = won’t

Contoh kalimat:

Kamu kelihatannya nggak sehat, ya? à You look not so well, don’t you?

ATURAN-ATURAN TAG QUESTION DALAM TABEL

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Statement	Tag Question	Example
Positive (+)	Negative (-)	Leddy will treat us, won’t she?
Negative (-)	Positive (+)	They do not come late, do they?
Terdapat negative word: - Adverb (never, seldom, etc) - Indefinite Pronoun (nobody, no one, nothing)	Positive (+)	Jesicca never has girlfriend, does she? Nobody loves Jeniver, do they? Nothing is impossible, is it?

Subject in statement: - Indefinite Pronoun (Person) – Somebody, Eberybody Etc

They

Somebody shows me about it, don’t they?

Indefinite pronoun (thing) – something, everything	It	Something is interesting, isn’t it?
There	There	There is a book on the table, isn’t there?
Noun countable plural	there	The peace students are cute, aren’t they?
Noun uncountable	It	Bagus’s cycle is expensive, isn’t it?
Noun countable singular	It	The milk is sweet, isn’t it?
I am	Aren’t I	I am handsome, aren’t I?
I am	Am not I	I am friendly, am not I?
Imperative perintah (+)	Will you	Be crazy, will you?
Imperative larangan (-)	Will you	Don’t be smart, will you?
Invitation (ajakan) à let’s + V1	Shall we	Let’s sing together, shall we?

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Statement

Tag Question

Example

Positive (+)

Negative (-)

Leddy will treat us, won’t she?

Negative (-)

Positive (+)

They do not come late, do they?

Terdapat negative word:

- Adverb (never, seldom, etc)

- Indefinite Pronoun (nobody, no one, nothing)

Positive (+)

Jesicca never has girlfriend, does she?

Nobody loves Jeniver, do they?

Nothing is impossible, is it?

Subject in statement:

- Indefinite Pronoun (Person) – Somebody, Eberybody Etc

They

Somebody shows me about it, don’t they?

Indefinite pronoun (thing) – something, everything

It

Something is interesting, isn’t it?

There

There

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

Noun countable plural

there

The peace students are cute, aren’t they?

Noun uncountable

It

Bagus’s cycle is expensive, isn’t it?

Noun countable singular

It

The milk is sweet, isn’t it?

I am

Aren’t I

I am handsome, aren’t I?

I am

Am not I

I am friendly, am not I?

Imperative perintah (+)

Will you

Be crazy, will you?

Imperative larangan (-)

Will you

Don’t be smart, will you?

Invitation (ajakan) à let’s + V1

Shall we

Let’s sing together, shall we?

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