Question Tag

QUESTION TAG

Is a small question at the end of statement.

Function : Making sure the information is correct or to see agreement.

Compare ( bandingkan ) :

Yes/ No question

Student A : Do you know Sule?

Student B : Yes, I do or No, I don’t

( Student A has no idea. So he/she is looking for information )

Question Tag

Student A : You know Sule, don’t  you?

Student B : Yes, I do or No, I don’t

( Student A believes that student B knows Sule and student A just wants to make sure student’s B idea is correct )

● The subject in QT are:

   ( I, You, They, We, She, He, It, One, There )

   Ex : My friends are in the classroom, aren’t they?

Statement  , QT ?                    => formula : Aux + S

Simple formula :

J If statement (+), Qt  (-)

    Ex :  Dodi writes a letter, doesn’t he?

            They have been driving a car, haven’t they?

            Neneng will sing a song, won’t  she?

Keterangan :

~Untuk membuat Qt, maka Auxiliary ( kt. Bantu ) yang dipakai adalah auxiliary yang    pertama.

~Jika menggunakan nama orang ketiga tunggal, maka Qt’ nya harus menggunakan kata ganti orang ke-3 tunggal pula. ( she, he )

~Khusus untuk I am, maka QT’nya menggunakan “are” jika statement ( + )

Contoh:    I am clever, aren’t I ?

Jika statement (-) menggunakan “am” :

Contoh : I am not a singer, am I ?

J If statement  (-), Qt (+)

    Ex :  I don’t have a car, do I ?

            We aren’t playing football, are We ?

            Ita can’t climb the tree, can he

J If statement has meaning (-), Qt must be (+)

The words that have meaning (-) are:

Never                : tdk pernah

Seldom : Jarang

Sometimes       : Kadang- kadang

Impolite            : tidak sopan

Impossible        : tidak mungkin

Absent : tidak hadir

Rarely               : jarang

Hardly               : dengan keras

Few/ little          : beberapa/ sedikit

Unlucky            : tidak beruntung

Unfair               : tidak adil

Un justice          : tidak adil

Dislike             : tidak suka

Disagree           : tidak setuju

No/ any : tidak

   Ex :   Joko never takes a bath, does he?

            He is impolite, is he?

            She sometimes sleep in the class, does she?

Catatan :

(-) No one/ No body                  jika menjadi subject, maka Qt nya menjadi “they”.

(-) Anyone                                 ex: No one is calling her, are they?

(+)Someone                              jika menjadi object, maka Qt nya kembali ke aux dan subject awal yang dipakai

(+)Everyone                              Ex : Arifin is calling no one, is he?

(-) Nothing                                 jika menjadi subject, maka Qt nya menjadi “It”

(-) Anything                               ex: Nothing eats my fish, is it?

(+)somrthing                             sedangkan jika berada di object, maka kembali ke aux dan subject   awal yang dipakai.

(+)Everything                            ex : Mery eats nothing, is she?

J Commond ( perintah )

Rumusnya….V1 + O ! ( we may use +/- Tag. “Will you/ won’t you” )

Open the door, will you?

Study hard, won’t you?

Mengapa memakai subject You?

Karena kembali ke orang yang diajak bicara.

JProhibition ( larangan )

Rumusnya…Don’t + V1 ( we may use +/- Tag. “ will you/ won’t you” )

Don’t  smoke, will you?

Don’t  sleep, won’t you?

JInvitation ( ajakan )

Let’s ( Let us ) => we must use Tag “ Shall we”

Let’s dance together, shall we?

Let’s do it, shall we?

  J This ; ini                              maka Qt nya “It”

    That  : itu                               This is a book, isn’t  it ?

                                                That is a pen, isn’t it?

JThese : ini( jamak )      maka Qt nya “ they” dan aux “ are”.

    Those           : itu (jamak)       These are your cars, are they?

                                                Those are my books, are they?

JThere is : ada untuk benda tunggal

    There are: ada untuk benda jamak

    Maka Qt nya “There”

   There is a snake, isn’t there?

   There are two handsome boys here, are there?

J If there is a word “only” we may use +/- Tag.

    Ex: He is only in my heart, is he/ isn’t he?

           They are only my best friend, are they/ aren’t they?

J I + you, we, they, he, she,      = We

    We+ you,I,they, she, he         = We

    You + they, she, he               = You

    She + he                               = They

Ex : He and I are going to market, are we?

        You and she want to study English, don’t you?

        She and he will come here, won’t they?