Selasa, 02 November 2010

QUESTIONS TAG

Questions tag adalah bentuk kalimat tanya yang pola kalimatnya menggunakan kata tanya di akhir kalimat. Kalimat tanya ini biasanya tidak membutuhkan jawaban karena digunakan untuk menanyakan hal-hal yang diyakini benar oleh sang penanya.

Jika pertanyaan yang di gunakan positif, maka "tag" nya negatif
jika pertanyaan yang di gunakan negatif maka " tag" nya positif

agar lebih mudah memahami lihat struktur dasar pembentukan question tag di bawah ini :
+
Pernyataan positif,
-
tag negatif?
Snow is white,
isn't it?
-
pernyataan negatif,
+
tag positif?
You don't like me,
do you?

PENGECUALIAN
I am right, aren't I?
aren't I (bukan amn't I)
You have to go, don't you?
you (do) have to go...
I have been answering, haven't I?
menggunakan kata bantu have
Nothing came in the post, did it?
pernyataan menggunakan nothing, nobody etc. tag nya adalah did,do,does, tergantung tenses yang di gunakan
Let's go, shall we?
let's = let us
He'd better do it, hadn't he?
he had better (no auxiliary)

BEBERAPA CONTOH QUESTIONS TAG
  • But you don't really love her, do you?
  • This will work, won't it?
  • Well, I couldn't help it, could I?
  • But you'll tell me if she calls, won't you?
  • We'd never have known, would we?
  • The weather's bad, isn't it?
  • You won't be late, will you?
  • Nobody knows, do they?

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