EMBEDDED QUESTIONS DAN TAG QUESTIONS

1. Embedded Questions

Embedded Questions adalah kata tanya yang terdapat pada sebuah kalimat atau pernyataan.
Embedded Questions bukan merupakan kalimat tanya, makanya bentuknya pun tidak seperti
kalimat tanya. Pelajari aturan2 berikut ini.

Subject + Verb(phrase) + Question Word + Subject + Verb(phrase)

example:

a. We haven't ascertained where the meeting will take place.

b. Where will the meeting take place?

kalimat a adalah kalimat pernyataan, sedangkan pada kalimat b adalah kalimat pertanyaan.

Selain itu, Embedded Questions juga bisa terdapat pada kalimat pertanyaan.

Auxiliary + Subject + Verb + Question Word + Subject + Verb

Example:

a. Do you know where he went ?

b. Can you tell me how far the museum is from the collage?

2. Tag Questions

Dalam tag question, penutur membuat sebuah pernyataan tapi tidak yakin dengan
pernyataannya. Jadi, dia menggunakan tag question untuk memverifikasi pernyataan tersebut.
Berikut aturan2nya;

a. Gunakan auxiliary yang sama dengan yang terdapat pada kalimat utama. Jika pada
kalimat utama tidak terdapat auxiliary , maka pada tag question , auxiliary yang digunakan
adalah do / does (present) dan did (past).

- It is raining now, isn't it?

- you will go tomorrow, won't you? ( won't = will not )

- you talked with the professor yesterday, didn't you?

- she has two children, doesn't she?

b. Jika kalimat utama positif maka tag question-nya harus negatif. Sebaliknya, jika kalimat
utama negatif maka tag question nya positif. Pada tag question , subject nya harus berupa
pronoun.

- The boys don't have class tomorrow, do they ?

- The boys have class tomorrow, don't they ?

c. Jika kalimat tersebut menggunakan pseudo-subject ( There is / There are ), maka tag
question nya juga harus menggunakan there .

- There are only three days in February, aren't there ?

- There is a coffee shop near here, isn't there ?

Positive Agreement dan Negative Agreement

1. Positive Agreement

Positive agreement digunakan untuk menyatakan kalimat jika ada dua orang atau lebih
melakukan hal yang sama tanpa mengulang dua kalimat yang sama.

Positive Statement + and + Subject + Auxiliary Verb + too

Positive Statement + and + so + Auxiliary Verb + Subject

Example:

- I am happy, and you are too / so are you

- They go to the beach, and you do too / so do you

- Jane went to the mountain last week, and we did too / so did we

- I will be in Jakarta in November, and they will too / so will they

- She is wearing a costume, and you are too / so are you

2. Negative Agreement

Negative agreement digunakan sama dengan Positive Agreement , tapi dengan bentuk yang
berbeda.

Negative Statement + and + Subject + Negative Auxiliary + either

Negative Statement + and + neither + Positive Auxiliary + Subject

Example:

- I didn't see Mary this morning, and John didn't either / neither did John

- He don't study for the exam, and they don't either / neither do they

- she hasn't seen the movie yet, and I haven't either / neither have I

Commands

1. Direct Commands

a. Positive

- Close the door.

- Please turn of the light

- Open the window.

b. Negative

- Don't close the door

- Please don't turn off the light

- Don't open the window.

2. Indirect Commands

a. Positive Indirect Commands

Subject + Order/ask/tell/say + Complement + Infinitive (to + verb)

Example:

- John told Mary to close the door

- Jack ask Jill to turn off the light

- I told Peter to open the window

b. Negative Indirect Commands

Subject + Verb + Complement + NOT + Infinitive (to + verb)

Example:
- John told Mary not to close the door

- Jack ask Jill not to turn off the light

- I told Peter not to open the window

EXERCISE

1. Embedded Questions

Example : _where did he go? I don't know where he went .

a. Who will be elected president? I'm not sure.....................................

b. Whose book is it? I haven't discovered.......................................

c. How tall is John? Do you know...........................?

d. How long does the class last? The catalog doesn't say.......................

2. Tag Questions

Finish these sentences by adding a tag question with the correct form of the verb and the
subject pronoun.

a. You are going to school tomorrow, ..............?

b. Gary signed the petition, .............?

c. There is exam tomorrow, ..............?

d. She has been studying English for two years, .................?

3. Agreement

Fill in the blank with the correct form of agreement!

a. Rose likes to fly, and her brother....................

b. We don't plan to attend the concert, and.................They.

c. John shouldn't run so fast, and you................

d. He has lived in Jogja for five years, and ......................we