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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 diakhir kalimat dan digunakan untuk meminta penegasan tentang sesuatu yang masih helum yakin atau memohon perretujuan. Rumus dasar: Letakkan kembali auxiliary / to he 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 negative tag dan notnya disingkat dengan auxiliary-nya (bukan are not you, tapi aren't you) Kalimat negative menggunakan positive tag. 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 auxiliary / to be, maka hares 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 he? Perhatikan singkatan dengan melihat kata kerja dibelakangnya: - He'd taken it, hadn't he? - He'd take it, wouldn't he?

Pedoman pedoman dalam membuat question tag: I. Jika kali,natnva posit f, maka menggmaakun negnti/'lag. I e will go abroad, won't he? (dia akan keluar negeri, kan) I-Ie can speak English, can't he'? (dia hisa berbahasa Inggris, kan) You are my friend, aren't you'? (kamu temanku, kan) 2. Jika kalirnatnya negatif, maka nrenggunakan posit// trig. He won't go abroad, will he? (dia tidak akan keluar negeri, kan) I le can't speak I,nglish, can he? (dia tidak bisa berbaliasa Inggris, kan) Jika Simply Present numggrin(Aan' th) ehwc ,Jika Simple Past tnenggunakan: did Gunakan sate arrxliary yang pertarna Jika ado lebih dari sate. We study English every day, don't we? (kita belajar bahasa Inggris setiap hail, kan) You saw me last night, didn't you'? (kamu melihat aku tadi malam, kan) They will have been ready, won't they? (mereka akan telah siap, kan) Ran kuman 16 tenses ~ c uestion la ,: Examples 1 We speak English, don't we? 2 We are speaking English, aren't we? 3 We have spoken English, haven't we 4 We have been speaking English, haven t vc 2 5 We spoke Rnglish, didn't 'e? 6 We were speaking E n lish weren 1 we? 7 We had spoken English, hadn'1 we? 8 We had been speaking English, hadn't we? 9 We will speak English, won't we? 10 We Fill be speaking English, won't we II We will have spoken English, ii on't wet 12 We will ha 'c been speaking English, won't 110 13 We would speak English, i'ouldn't pe? 14 We' ould be speaking English 'orrl In '1 'e'2 I We would have spoken I?nglish, i'auldn't c'e? 16 _

We would have been speaking English, wouldri'I we?02 4. Kate-kata yang niengandung arii negatif nenggunakan posiflf tag. Kata-kata tersehut anlara lain: seldom never scarcely rarely hardly few little no one unusual absent nothing impossible 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 mcnggunakan positive tag. Kata a f-, den a little menggunakan negative tag. Kate few diletakkan sebelum kata bends jamak yang dapat dihitung. Sedangkan little untuk kate henda yang tidak bisa dihitung. 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 l? 6. Khusus am not yang tidak bisa disingkat, harus diganti aren't. I am a teacher, aren't I ? (bukan amn't I tetapi boleh am I not) 1 am not a teacher, am I ? 7. Kalimat perintah positif/negatif, menggunakan: will you. Speak English, will you? (bicara hahasa Inggris, ya) Don't speak Maduraness, will you? (jangan bieara hahasa Madura, ya) It. Kalimat waken let's, maka gunakan: shall we. - Let's go together, shall we? - Let's speak English, shall we? 9. Perhatikan peruhahan subyck dari pcmyataan ke question tag: Everyone is happy, aren't they? (dalam pernyataan everyone menggunakan to he is, tetapi dalam question tag everyone hams diuhah menjadi the y. Karena beruhah menjadi they sehingga to he yang digunakan adalah are) Everybody ....... they? - Someone .......... they? Somebody......... they? 03

10. I'erhatikcnr pe rubahan suhyek dari pernvataan ke question tag: Everything is ready, isn't it'? (dalam pemyataan everything menggunakan to be is clan dalam question tag to he-nya t,;tap is karena everything bf-rubah menjadi it) Something ... it? A book ......... it? This pen ...... it? 11. Kalimat majemuk yang terdiri clan -i induk kalimat (main clause) dan anak kalimat (sub clause), question lag-nya mengikuti induk kalimat. - She will come if you invite her, 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. 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 hooks, aren't they? 13. Kalimat yang menggunakan none of mengikuti setelah of. None of you will go, will you? None of them will go, will they? None of us will go, will we? 14. Gahungan dari heberapa suhyek, mengikuti rumus sehagai herikut. I + all of = We We + all of subjects = We You + all of subjects except = You subjects, Subject III (SIP) + Subject III = They I/we I and she can do it, can't (SIP) we'? You and he can do it, can't you? She and he can do it, can't they? 04 15. Jasvahan 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.

Perhatikan singkatan-singkatan herikut ini: You'd go abroad, 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, schingga menggunakan did) She cuts this string, doesn't she'? (cuts adalah V-1 + s ,sehingga menggunakan does) Macam-macam .singkatan don't, doesn't, didn't, haven't. hasn't, hadn't, isn't, aren't, wasn't, w.wweren't, won't, shan't, wouldn't, shouldn't, mayn't, mightn't, can't, couldn't, mustn't, needn't. daren't, oughtn't to, usedn't to, hadn't better. ain't = is not / am not / are not / have not / has not I'm = I am You're = you are You'll = you will You'd = you had / you would / you should You've = you have She's = she is / she has 05

Put a tag question ! Everyone is dizzy,... 4.E'. t:. 2. Everything is ready,.t S t ' ? 3............................. No one is sleepy,.''.'.: :;:...? 4. Nothing is ours,...:- ..... ? '? 5. Someone does something in somewhere.-'..2.'.: 6. Her uncle will have been working,.. '.: ... :T: -... ? 7. You and she can do it, ': : ' 8. ......................... 1 will go if you go,..! .. ".... '' 9. Let's speak English .... ' k ................................ ? 10. Few men came here last night,... '.:.: ? 11. The rich will help the poor ' ? 12. I am tidy ............. ? 13. She put her book on the table ? 14. Let me sit beside your friend ' :..? 15. She's been tired, ....... ? 16. He'd forget it, .:: ? 17. Everyone does it .. ? 18. His niece is stingy, ? 19. Her nephew was upset, :: .: ? 20. She and your brother are jogging '1 21. Your father and your mother were glad;:.: ? .':.:....'? 22. Speak English, .".. '? L. 23. You speak English, .:.'.' '.r`.? 24. lhm't speak Javanese, .' 7 25. Do what he can't do,. :.: ....? 26. What \ ou say is nonsense, 06