THE TAG QUESTION

The tag question is the short question form that is added in the end of a sentence and it has function to ask for the confirmation about something that is still unsure or to request agreement.

Pendekatan arti dalam bahasa indonesia,question tag adalah bentuk pertanyaan pendek yang diletakkan di akhir kalimat dan di gunakan untuk meminta penegasan tentang sesuatu yang masih belum yakin atau memohon persetujuan.

Rumus:
-Letakkan kembali auxiliary/to be diakhir kalimat.
-Letakkan kembali subject diakhir kalimat dengan menggunakan salah satu bentuk subject berikut:
I,you,we,they,she,he,it,there,one.
-Kalimat positive menggunakan negatif tag dan not-nya disingkat dengan auxiliarynya(bukan are not you,tapi aren't you)
-Kalimat negative menggunakan positive tag.
Contoh:
-He is diligent,isn't he?
(Dia rajin kan)
-My uncle isn't lazy,is he?
(Dia tidak malas,kan)
Note:
Jika dalam kalimat tidak terdapat auxiriary/to be,maka harus dicari dengan cara melihat bentuk negative/interrogative-nya.
-He speaks English,doesn't he?
-He spoke English,didn't he?
-He cut this string,didn't?
Perhatikan singkatan dengan melihat kata kerja di belakangnya:
-He'd taken it,hadn't he?
-He'd take it,would't he?

Pedoman-pedoman dalam membentuk question tag:
1.Jika kalimatnya positif,maka menggunakan negatif tag.
Contoh:
-He will go abroad,won't he?
(Dia akan keluar negeri ,kan)
-He can speak English,can't he?
(Dia bisa brbicara bahasa inggris,kan?)
-You are my friend,aren't you?
(kamu temanku,kan?)
2.Jika kalimatnya negatif,maka menggunakan positif tag.
Contoh:
-He won't go abroad,will he?
(Dia tidak akan keluar negeri,kan?)
-He can't speak English,can he?
(Dia tidak bisa berbahasa Inggris,kan?)
3.Jika Simple Present menggunakan:do/does
Jika Simple Past menggunakan:did
Gunakan satu auxiliary yang pertama jika ada lebih dari satu.
Contoh:
-We study English every day,don't we?
(Kita belajar bahasa inggris setiap hari,kan?)
-You saw me last night,didn't you.
(Kamu melhat aku tadi malam,kan?)
-They will have been ready,won't they?
(Mereka akan telah siap,kan?)
4.Kata-kata yang mengandung arti negatif,menggunakan positif tag.Kata-kata tersebut antara lain:
seldom     never        scarcely
rarely       hardly       few
little         no one      unusual
absent      nothing     impossible
Contoh:
-He seldom visits her,does he?
-She hardly ever prayed after going abroad,did she?
-You were absent yesterday,were you?
5.Kata few dan little menggunakan positive tag.
Kata a few dan a little menggunakan negative tag.
Kata few diletakkan sebelum kata benda jamak yang dapat dihitung.Sedangkan little untuk kata benda yang tidak bisa di hitung.
Contoh:
-Few students are praying,are they?
-A few students are studying,aren't they?
-I need little sugar,do I?
-I need a little sugar,don't I?
6.Khusus am not yang tidak bisa disingkat ,harus diganti aren't.
Contoh:
-I am a teacher,aren't I?
bukan amn't I tetapi boleh am I not
-I am not a teacher,am I?
7.Kalimat perintah positif/negatif,menggunakan:will you/won't you
Contoh:
-Speak English,will you?
(Bicara bahasa inggris ,ya?)
-Don't speak Maduraness,will you?
(Jangan bicara bahasa madura,ya.)
8.Kakimat ajakan let's,maka gunakan:shall we.
Contoh:
-Let's go together,shall we?
-Let's speak English,shall we?
9.Perhatikan perubahan subject dari pernyataan ke question tag:
Contoh:
Everyone is happy,aren't they?
dalam pernyataan everyone menggunakan to be is,tetapi dalam question tag everyone harus diubah menjadi they.Karena berubah menjadi they sehingga to be yang digunakan adalah are.
-Everybody........they?
-Someone..........they?
-Somebody........they?
10.Perhatikan perubahan subject dari pernyataan ke question tag:
Everything is ready,isn't it?
dalam pernyataan everything menggunakan to be is dan dalam question tag to be-nya tetap is karena everything berubah menjadi it
Something.......it?
A book............it?
This pen..........it?
11.Kalimat majemuk yang terdiri dari induk kalimat(main clause)dan anak kalimat(sub clause),question tag-nya mengikuti induk kalimat.
She will come if you invite her,won't won't she?
After I had left a small village in the south of France I drove on to the next town,didn't I?
12.Kalimat yang menggunakan this,that, these, those.
Contoh:
This book is good,isn't it?
That book is good,isn't it?
These books are good,aren't they?
Those books are good,aren't they?
This is a good book,isn't it?
Those are good books,aren't they?
13.Kalimat yang menggunakan none of.........,mengikuti setelah of.
None of you will go,will you?
Contoh:
-None of them will go,will they?
-None of us will go, will we?
14.Gabungan dari beberapa subject, mengikuti rumus sebagai berikut:
I +all of subjects                         =We
We+all of subjects                      =We
You+all of subject,except I/we=You
Subject 111(S/P)                         =They
I and she can do it,can't we?
Contoh: 
-You and he can do it,can't you?
-She and he can do it,can't they?
15.Jawaban question tag:
Membenarkan:
-You are studying,aren't you?Yes I am.
-You aren't studying,are you?No I am not.
Menyangkal:
-You are studying,aren't you?No I am not.
-You aren't studying,are you?Yes she is.

Perhatikan singkatan-sigkatan berikut ini:
You'd go abroud,wouldn't you?
(You would....)
You'd gone abroad,hadn't you?
(You had.....)
You'd better go abroad,hadn't you?
(You had better.......)
You'd rather go abroad,wouldn't you?
(You would rather.......)
She cut this string,didn't she?
(cut adalah V-2,sehingga menggunakan did)
She cuts this string,doesn't she?
(cuts adalah V-1 + S,sehingga menggunakan does)

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