You dont eat meat, do you? (Kamu tidak makan daging kan?)
Penjelasan lebih lengkap dapat dilihat di Pengertian, Rumus dan Contoh Question Tag.
You havent finished your homework, have you? No, I havent. (Kamu belum
menyelesaikan PR kan? Belum)
She will come on time, wont she? Yes, she will. (Dia akan datang tepat waktu kan?
Ya)
I talked in my sleep, didnt I? Yes, you did. (Saya mengigau kan? Ya)
Note:
*Fokus pada fakta bahwa bintang itu panas. Maka jawabannya Yes karena bintang itu panas,
dan No karena bintang itu tidak dingin.
Its a beautiful day, isnt it? Yes, it is. (Hari yang indah kan? Ya)
The party was very nice, wasnt it? Yes, it was. (Pesta tadi sangat menyenangkan kan?
Ya)
Shed look great without make up, wouldnt she? Yes, she would. (Dia akan kelihatan
hebat tanpa make up kan? Ya
QUESTION TAGS
A. Pengertian Question Tag
Yaitu suatu pertanyaan tambahan yang diletakkan di belakang kalimat, yang
digunakan untuk membenarkan atau menegaskan suatu pernyataan (statement).
Apabila kita mengharapkan jawaban "YES", Question Tag-nya disusun dalam bentuk negatif.
Sebaliknya, jika mengharapkan jawaban "NO", Question Tag-nya disusun dalam bentuk
positif.
B. Bentuk Dasar
Secara ringkas, bentuk dasar dari Question Tag adalah sebagai berikut : Jika pernyataannya
(statement) disusun dalam bentuk positif, pertanyaannya disusun dalam bentuk negatif.
Sebaliknya, Jika pernyataannya negatif, pertanyaannya disusun dalam bentuk positif. Pola
tersebut dapat digambarkan sebagai berikut :
Statement
Question Tag
(+)
(-)
Snow is white,
isnt it?
(-)
(+)
You dont like badminton,
do you?
C. Variasi Bentuk
Bentuk question tag disesuaikan dengan kata kerja atau kata kerja bantu dalam
pernyataannya. Jika berupa kalimat nominal, kita menggunakan is, am, are, was, atau were.
Namun, jika berupa kalimat verbal, kita menggunakan do, does dan did.
Selain itu question tag yang digunakan, disesuaikan dengan tenses yang digunakan dalam
kalimat tersebut. Oleh karena itu, penambahan question tag harus benar-benar
memperhatikan tenses kalimat asalnya.
STATEMENT
POSITIVE (+)
Auxiliar
Subject
y
You
Are
We
Have
You
Do
You
They
Will
I
Can
We
Must
He
Should
You
Jack
Main
Verb
reading,
finished,
like
like
help,
write,
go,
try
are
was
juice,
juice,
harder,
student,
there,
QUESTION TAG
NEGATIVE (-)
Personal
Auxiliary Not
Pronoun
are
nt you?
have
nt you?
do
nt you?
do
nt you?
wo
nt they
can
t
I?
must
nt we?
should
nt he?
are
nt you?
was
nt he?
Variasi-variasi
untuk bentuk
positif dapat
digambarkan
sebagai berikut :
STATEMENT
NEGATIVE (-)
Subjct
Auxiliary
It
We
You
They
They
I
We
He
You
Jack
is
have
do
will
wo
can
must
should
QUESTION TAG
POSITIVE (+)
Main
Verb
nt
never
nt
not
nt
never
nt
nt
raining,
seen
like
help,
report
do
tell
drive
are
was
Auxiliary
Is
that,
have
juice,
Do
will
us,
will
it right, can
her,
must
so fast, should
nt teacher, are
not there
was
Personal
Pronoun
it?
we?
you?
they?
they?
I?
we?
he?
you?
he?
D. Ketentuan
Terdapat ketentuan dalam membuat question tag, yaitu sebagai berikut:
1. Apa bila statement-nya positif, "tag" yang digunakan adalah negatif. Dalam pola ini
jawaban yang diharapkan adalah "YES".
Contoh :
- Julie is a good student, isn't she? Yes, she is.
(Julie adalah murid yang baik, bukan? Ya)
- Bara likes reading a story book, doesn't he? Yes, he does.
(Bara suka membaca buku cerita, bukan? Ya)
2. Apabila statement-nya negatif, "tag" yang digunakan adalah positif. Dalam pola ini,
jawaban yang diharapkan adalah "NO".
Contoh :
- Your brother isn't a dancer, is he? No, he isn't.
(Kakak laki-lakimu bukan seorang penari, bukan? Bukan/Tidak)
- Your sister doesn't like doll, does she? No, she doesn't
(Kakak perempuanmu tidak suka boneka, bukan? Tidak)
3. Apabila pada statement-nya terdapat "auxiliary verbs" (kata kerja bantu), "tag"
yang digunakan adalah "auxiliary verbs" tersebut dalam bentuk berlawanan.
Contoh :
- She can stay here, can't she?
(Dia dapat tinggal disini, bukan?)
- They can't write a letter, can they?
(Mereka tidak dapat menulis sebuah surat, bukan?)
E. Bentuk Khusus
Bentuk ini juga memiliki bentuk khusus, yaitu bentuk yang tidak sesuai dengan rumusan
umum pembentukan question tag. Bentuk-bentuk tersebut adalah sebagai berikut :
a. I am right, aren't I?
Untuk kalimat ini, berdasarkan ketentuan yang ada, kita seharusnya menggunakan amn't I.
Namun,bentuk itu tidak lazim, sehingga kita menggunakan aren't I?
TERJEMAHAN
A. Definition of Question Tags
That is an additional question which is placed behind the sentence, which
is used to justify or affirm a statement (statement). If we expect the
answer "YES", the Tag Question arranged in a negative form. Conversely,
if expecting the answer "NO", the Tag Question arranged in a positive
form.
B. Basic Shapes
In summary, the basic form of Question Tag is as follows: If the statement
(statement) is established in a positive, structured in the form of a
negative question. Conversely, if a negative statement, drawn up in the
form of the question positively. The pattern can be described as follows:
Statement
Question Tag
(+)
(-)
Snow is white,
isnt it?
(-)
(+)
You dont like
do you?
badminton,
C. Variation Form
is
You
You
have
They
do
I
will
We
wo
He
can
We
He
You
must
should
Jack
Main
Verb
Main
reading
, Verb
Have
finishe
d,
nt
raining
Do
like
,
like
never help,
seen
Will
nt
like
Can
write,
not
help,
Must
go,
nt
report
Should
try
never do
nt
nt
are
tell
drive
was
You
are
Jack
was
QUESTION TAG
NEGATIVE (-)
Person
Auxiliar No al
QUESTION
TAG
y
t
Pronou
POSITIVE
n (+)
Persona
are Auxiliar
nt you?
y
l
Pronou
have
nt you?
n
Is nt you?
it?
do
juice,
juice, do
nt
that,
havent
wo
juice,
can Do t
must will nt
hardeus, shouldwill nt
it
can
r,
studeright,
are
nt
her,
must
nt,
there,so was should
nt
fast,
nt teache are
r,
no there
was
t
you?
we?
they
I?you?
they?
we?
they?
he?
I?
you?
we?
he?
he?
you?
he?
Variations in
the negative:
D. provisions
There are provisions in question tags to make , as follows :
1 . What if the statement is positive , " tag " is used negatively . In this
pattern the expected answer is " YES " .
example :
- Julie is a good student , is not she ? Yes , she is .
( Julie is a good student , is not it? Ya )
- Bara likes reading a story book , does not he ? Yes , he does .
( Bara like to read that story , is not it? Ya )
2 . If the negative statement , " tag " is used positively . In this pattern ,
the expected answer is " NO " .
example :
- Your brother is not a dancer , is he ? No , he is not .
( Your little brother is not a dancer , right? Non / No)
- Your sister does not like doll , does she ? No , she does not
( Older sister did not like dolls , right? Photo )
3 . If his statement contained in the "auxiliary verbs " ( auxiliary verb ) , "
tags " are used is the "auxiliary verbs " in the form opposite .
example :
- She can stay here , can not she ?
( She can stay here , do not you? )
E. Special Form
This form also has a special form , namely forms that do not correspond to
the general formula tag question formation . The forms are as follows :
a. I am right , are not I ?
For this sentence , based on the existing provisions , we should use amn't
I. However , it is not unusual shapes , so we use are not I ?
This phrase is often confusing . However , make sure that the cutting
came from had better , would not better , so the question tags used were
had not he?