Pengertian dan Contoh Question Tag

ARH    Desember 28, 2016    Comment   

Question tag adalah kalimat yang digunakan untuk meminta penegasan dari pendengar tentang sesuatu yang belum menyakinkan si pembicara atau meminta persetujuan dari pendengar.

Ex :
Jhon is a student, isn't he ?
(Jhon adalah seorang pelajar, bukan ?

Kata " bukan " dalam kalimat itulah yang disebut question tag.

Syarat-syarat question tag adalah sebagai berikut :

1. Bila pernyataan (statement) positive maka question tagnya harus negative dan jawabannya positive, begitu sebaliknya.

Ex :
* Bentuk Positive *
1. You are a student, aren't you ? Yes, I am
2. Your father is a teacher, isn't he ? Yes, he is
3. You are happy, aren't you ? Yes, we are
4. You like apple, don't you ? Yes, I do
5. They bought a new car, didn't they ? Yes, they did
6. You will come to my house, won't you ? Yes, I will
7. You can speak english, can't you ? Yes, I can

* Bentuk Negative *
1. Jojon is not a singer, is he ? No, he is not
2. You are not angry with me, are you ? No, I am not
3. He does not love me, does he ? No, he doesn't
4. They did not go to Alam Mayang, did they ? No, They didn't
5. You will not forget me, will you ? No, I will not
6. You can not play football, can you ? No, I can't


2. Subjek dalam bentuk question tag harus berupa kata ganti.
  
    Ex :
    1. Jhon is a student, isn't he ?
    2. Fadlia is beautiful, isn't she ?


3. Untuk membentuk question tag, kita harus menggunakan tobe atau kata bantu yang sesuai dengan tensesnya dan untuk question tag negativenya harus di singkat.

Ex :
1. She is a new teacher, isn't he ?
2. You study english at ITGG, don't you ?
3. Your mother made cakes, didn't she ?


4. Khusus sebagai pengecualian, pernyataan " I am " dalam bentuk positive maka untuk question tag negativenya adalah " aren't I ". Bukan " am not I ", karena bentuk singkatan am not tidak ada.

Ex :
1. I am a teacher, aren't I ?
2. I am sick, aren't I ?

Perhatikan dan bandingkan :
1. I am not a doctor, am I ?
2. I am not watching TV, am I ?


5. Kalimat yang berisikan kata-kata seperti :
neither, none of, no one, nobody, nothing maka di berlakukan sebagai kalimat negative dan question tagnya bentuk positive.

Ex :
1. There is no one in the class, are they ?
2. No body loves me, do they ?


6. Jika subjek dalam kalimat statement memakai somebody, anybody, nobody, no one, everybody, maka dalam question tag kata gantinya adalah " they ".

Ex :
1. Everybody has mother, don,t they ?

7. Question tag dapat dibuat dalam berbagai macam tenses.

8. Bentuk-bentuk singkatan (contractions) :
    - are not (aren't)
    - is not (isn't)
    - was not (wasn't)
    - were not (weren't)
    - do not (don't)
    - does not (doesn't)
    - did not (didn't)
    - have not (haven't)
    - has not (hasn't)
    - had not (hadn't)
    - will not (won't)
    - shall not (shan't)
    - can not (can't)
    - must not (mustn't)
    - may not (mayn't)
    - should not (shouldn't)
    - would not (wouldn't)
    - could not (couldn't)