15. Question Tag (Kalimat Meminta Persetujuan)

Sains, Teknologi dan Ekonomi Bisnis Sunday, February 3, 2013

Examples :

* It is a nice day, isn’t it?

* Fida can cook, can’t she?

Utk modal seperti (can, will,may, shall, would, should, might dll) maka cukup menambahkan "not" sesudah modal tsb

Examples :

* She is not happy, is she?

* Fida didn’t like cook, did she?

Kata bantu dalam question tag tergantung pada kata bantu dalam pernyataannya. Dalam simple present tense dan simple past tense, kata bantu dalam question tag-nya harus do/does dan did.

Examples :

* She likes cooking, doesn’t she?

* She cooked a meal for Dina, didn’t she?

* They always come late, don’t they?

Pernyataan “I am….,” yang positif, question tagnya bukan “am not I?” tetapi “aren’t I?”

pernyataan yang negative, question tagnya tetap “am I?”

Examples :

* I am a doctor, aren’t I?

* I am working hard, aren’t I?

* I am not a doctor, am I?

* I am not working hard, am I?

Ada kata-kata yang memliki arti negatif, sehinggga questionnya menjadi positif jika ada kata berikut dalam kalimat :

Never : tidak pernah / belum pernah

Seldom / rarely : jarang

Hardly ever / barely / scarcely : hampir tidak

By no mean : sama sekali tidak

Few : sedikit

No / not any / none (no + kata benda)

Examples :

* She never goes to school late, does she?

* She has no chicken, has she?

* They seldom get up early, do they?

Examples :

* Close the door, will you?

* Let’s go to the cinema, shall we?

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