contoh tag question

February 23rd, 2010 • Related • Filed Under

Tag Question ialah kalimat pertanyaan penjelas, contoh :

a) Kalau kalimat pernyataan positif atau kata kerja utama (main verb) positif, tag verb adalah negatif atau lazimnya disebut negative tag.

Contoh: He is working, isn’t he?

b) Kalau kalimat pernyataan negatif atau main verb negatif, tag verb positif atau lazimnya disebut positive tag.

Contoh: He didn’t come, did he?

c) Tense dari tag sama seperti tense dalam kalimat utama.

Contoh: She types accurately, doesn’t she?

d) Special verbs sebagai modal verbs (kata kerja bantu)

To be, to have, dan modal auziliaries (kata bantu pengandaian): shall, should, will, would,

can, could, may, might, must, ought, need diulang dalam tag.

To be

Contoh: She is reading, isn’t she?

To have

Contoh: You have sent it, haven’t you?

Modal auxiliaries

Contoh: You needn’t have put more sugar in my coffe, need you?

e) Kata kerja biasa memakai kata kerja bantu to do di dalam tag.

To be

Tag question dari kalimat-kalimat yang menggunakan kata kerja penghubung subjek dan predikat (linking verb) to be:

Contoh: There isn’t any news, is there?

Tag question dari kalimat-kalimat yang menggunakan kata kerja bantu (auxiliary verb) to be:

Contoh: She is reading, isn’t she?

To have

Tag question dari kalimat-kalimat yang memakai kata kerja bantu to have:

Contoh: You haven’t written yet, have you?

Tag question dari kalimat-kalimat yang memakai kata kerja to have :

Contoh: He has a lot of money, hasn’t he?

Modal auxiliary

Contoh: She can sing, can’t she?

We needn’t do that, need we?

Tag question yang memakai kata kerja bantu to do (do, does,did)

You speak English, don’t you?

He likes tennis, doesn’t he?

Tag question yang berhubungan dengan tenses:

Contoh: The train had left before I arrived, hadn’t it?

I finished the work yesterday, didn’t I?

I didn’t finish the work yesterday, did I?

Perhatikan :

Let’s go to the movie, shall we?

Wait a moment, will you?

Catatan :

Jawaban tag question :

1) Membenarkan :

Contoh: You are working, aren’t you? Yes, I am

You aren’t a doctor, are you? No, I am not

2) Menyangkal

Contoh: He is clever, isn’t he? No, he isn’t

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