Question-tags adalah pertanyaan ekor yang dibubuhkan pada akhir suatu kalimat. Fungsinya adalah untuk menegaskan informasi yang diucapkan atau untuk mendapatkan persetujuan.
Dalam question-tags, diperlukan auxiliary atau kata kerja bantu. Jenis auxiliary antara lain:
1. Be auxiliary
1. is, am, atau are (untuk bentuk present tense/sekarang)
2. was atau were (untuk bentuk past tense/lampau)
2. Do auxiliary
1. do dan does (untuk bentuk present tense/sekarang)
2. did (untuk bentuk past tense/lampau)
3. Have auxiliary
1. have dan has (untuk bentuk present perfect tense)
2. had (untuk bentuk past perfect tense)
4. Modal auxiliary: can, may, must, should, could, might
Shall dan Will untuk bentuk future tense
A. Bentuk Question Tag
1. Negatif Question Tag
Auxiliary+n’t + pronoun?
(pronoun merupakan kata ganti dari subyek pada kalimat positif)
Contoh:
| ~ isn’t it? ~ aren’t you? ~ aren’t they? ~ wasn’t she? ~ weren’t you? | ~ don’t you? ~ doesn’t he? ~ don’t they? ~ didn’t you? ~ didn’t they? | ~ hasn’t she? ~ haven’t you? ~ hadn’t he? ~ can’t you? ~ shouldn’t I? |
2. Positif Question Tag
Auxiliary + pronoun?
(pronoun merupakan kata ganti dari subyek pada kalimat positif)
Contoh:
| ~ is it? ~ are you? ~ are they? ~ was she? ~ were you? | ~ do you? ~ does he? ~ do they? ~ did you? ~ did they? | ~ has she? ~ have you? ~ had he? ~ can you? ~ should I? |
B. RUMUS
1. Kalimat Positif , negative Question tag?
Contoh:
· Heni is a dancer, isn’t she ?
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· You like milk, don’t you?
· Andien went to Bali, didn’t she?
· They will go to Bandung, won’t they?
· Agnes comes from Italy, doesn’t she?
· This is your house, isn’t it?
· Those are your cars, aren’t they?
· There is a party tonight, isn’t there?
· Everything is okay, isn’t it?
· Everyone did homework, didn’t they?
2. Kalimat Negatif , positif Question tag?
Contoh:
· · Raymond isn’t an artist, is he?
· · You aren’t a student, are you?
· · They weren’t at home, were they?
· · You don’t like gardening, do you?
· · Ganis didn’t go to Africa, did she?
· · You won’t leave me, will you?
· · Karina doesn’t love Mandra, does she?
· · I am not stupid, am I?
· · That isn’t your car, is it?
· · These aren’t her books, are they?
· · Nothing is wrong, is it?
· · Nobody wanted to move, did they?
C. Catatan
1. Mengenai Subject
Subyek QT berasal dari subyek kalimat di depannya.
Subyek QT (Question-Tags) harus dalam bentuk pronoun, yaitu:
I, You, We, They, He, She, It.
· Tag pronoun untuk this/that = it
· Tag pronoun untuk these/those = they
· Tag pronoun untuk subyek Everyone, Everybody, Someone, Somebody, No one, dan Nobody adalah They.
· Tag pronoun untuk Everything, Something, and Nothing adalah It.
· Kalimat dengan there + be, maka there digunakan dalam tag.
· Jika kalimat menggunakan “I am ….. “(kalimat positif), maka tag-nya harus aren’t I.
2. Bentuk Auxiliary
· Auxiliary pada QT harus sesuai dengan auxiliary pada kalimat di depannya.
· Auxiliary+not harus disingkat:
| Is not Are not Was not Were not Does not Do not Did not Has not Have not | Isn’t Aren’t Wasn’t Weren’t Doesn’t Don’t Didn’t Hasn’t Haven’t | Had not Cannot May not Must not Should not Could not Might not Shall not Will not | Hadn’t Can’t May not Mustn’t Shouldn’t Couldn’t Mightn’t Shan’t Won’t |
· Nothing, nobody, no one, never adalah kata-kata yang bermakna negative, maka tag-nya harus berbentuk positif.
3. Bentuk Tag yang lain
I. Kalimat perintah
Contoh:
· “Open the door, will/would/can/could you?”
· “Take your book, will/would/can/could you?”
· “Pass me the spoon, will/would/can/could you?”
II. Kalimat ajakan
Contoh:
· “Let’s go, shall we?”
· “Let’s get to work, shall we?”
· “Let’s discuss it, shall we?”
III. Kalimat tawaran
Contoh:
· “Have a seat, won’t you?
· “Have a drink, won’t you?
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