Name : Darel
Akhir Syawal
Class : 3EB02
NPM : 21212717
#Bahasa Inggris Bisnis
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Tag
Question
Tag Questions is used to conversation English as
statement from audience about something not sure the person or request
agreement from audience with additing short question in last sentence.
Example :
1. She is a Girlband,
isn’t she ?
2. They can do the
national examination, can”t they ?
3. He is a guitarist of
Mahadewa, isn’t he ?
Word/Not in this sentences is called Tag Questions. Tag
Question is form with used auxiliaty
(is,an,are,do,does,did,have,has,can,may,must,shall,will,were,was and others)
and next arrange it with pronoun (They,we,I,you,she,he,it).
1.
Making Tag Question
1. Jika pernyataan
positif, tagnya negative atau sebaliknya
2. Subject dalam tag
questions harus pronoun (Kata ganti)
3. Kata bantu
(auxiliary verb) harus diulang dalam tag
4. Jika tidak
mengandung auxiliary verb, used : do,does or did.
Example :
1. She has a new dress,
doesn’t she ?
2. They like dangdut
music, don’t you ?
A. The sentences with
to be (am,is,are,was,were)
Example :
1. She is a nurse,
isn’t she ?
2. He was late to come
my birthday party, wasn’t he ?
B. The sentences with
verb. Tag question is form with do,does,did with tense, from that sentences.
Example :
1. Last morning you
spent the morning at the Gelora Bung Karno, didn’t you ?
2. Last morning you
didn’t spent the morning at Gelora Bung Karno, did you ?
C. The sentences with
auxiliaries (Can,may,must,will,should,would,here,had,etc). Tag Question is form
with repeat that auxiliaries.
Example :
1. They must study
English, musn’t they ?
2. She must not study
English, must she ?
D. For Idiomatic
expression used to, Tag questionnya is form with did and auxiliary have to/has
to is form with do, does.
Example :
1. I have to study
Japanese, don’t I ?
2. She doesn’t have to
study Japanese, does she ?
E. For imperative
sentences, Tag question is form with use will you and shall we.
Example :
1. Let her have a
comic, will you ?
2. Let’s go for a walk,
shall we ?
Exception
:
1. - I am handsome, am
I not ? (Formal)
- I am handsome, aren’t I ? (Informal pada
percakapan)
2. - I think, they will
come here, won’t they ? bukan : don’t I?
- You believe, he sent me a letter, didn’t
he ? bukan : don’t you ?
3. There is a some
positive sentences as negative sentences, if using words :
·
Never
: Tidak pernah
·
Seldom :
Jarang
·
Rarely :
Jarang
·
Hardly :
Hampir tidak
·
Few/Little : Sedikit ( Bukan a few/a little )
·
Impossible : Tidak mungkin
·
Dislike :
Tidak suka
·
Incorrect : Tidak benar
Example
:
1.
The children can hardly do it, do they ?
2.
He never come here, does he ?
2. The answer for Tag Question
A.
If you hope the postif answer or yes, we use positive sentences
Example
:
1.
They are happy, aren’t you ? Yes,I’m.
2.
She likes this colour, doesn’t she ? Yes She does.
B.
If you hope negative answer or no, we use negative sentences.
Example
:
1.
We didn’t go there, did you ? No, I didn’t
2.
He is not a musician, is he ?. No, he isn’t.
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