Question Tag

QUESTION TAG
Question Tag adalah

• pola kalimat khusus dalam bahasa inggris yang digunakan untuk meminta
konfirmasi, persetujuan atau penegasan. Question tag berupa statement (
pernyataan ) yang diikuti oleh pertanyaan singkat (mini question)
Apabila pernyataannya positive diikuti oleh tag
negative.
Positive Statement (+) Negative Tag (-) Arti
You are Hanna aren't you? Kamu Hanna, kan?

Apabila pernyataannya negative diikuti oleh tag
positive.
Negative Statement (-) Positive Tag (+) Arti
Budi doesn't like coffee does he? Budi tidak suka kopi, kan?
Positive statement – Negative Tag
NO POSITIVE STATEMENT (+) NEGATIVE TAG (-)
1 You are writing aren't you?
2 We have learned haven't we?
3 They will go to school won't they?
4 I can do it can't I?
5 You should study shouldn't you?
6 She must go mustn't she?
7 He plays guitar doesn't he?
8 You study English don't you?
9 You played football didn't you?

Perhatian:
• » Untuk no 1 – 6, kita mengulang auxiliary yang diubah kedalam bentuk negatif.
1. Are → aren’t
2. Have → haven’t
3. Will → won’t
4. Can → can’t
5. Should → shouldn’t
6. Must → mustn’t
• » Untuk no 7, 8, 9, apabila kita tidak menemukan auxiliary dalam pernyataan tersebut, INGAT
bahwa auxiliary untuk simple present adalah “do/does” dan auxiliary untuk simple past adalah “did”
7. Plays → doesn’t (simple present) (I, you, we they mengunakan “do”, he, she, it menggunakan “does”)
8. Study → don’t (simple present) (I, you, we they mengunakan “do”, he, she, it menggunakan “does”)
9. Played → didn’t (simple past) (I, you, we, they, he, she, it menggunakan “did”)
Negative Statement – Positive Tag
NO NEGATIVE STATEMENT (-) POSITIVE TAG (+)
1 You aren't coming are you?
2 We haven't read it have we?
3 They won't go to school will they?
4 I can't drive can I?
5 You shouldn't go should you?
6 She mustn't sleep must she?
7 She doesn't write a letter does she?
8 You don't speak Japanese do you?
9 You didn't arrive yesterday did you?

Perhatian:
• » Untuk no 1 – 9, kita mengulang auxiliary yang diubah kedalam bentuk positif.
1. Aren’t → are
2. Haven’t → have
3. Won’t → will
4. Can’t → can
5. Shouldn’t → should
6. Mustn’t → must
7. Doesn’t → does
8. Don’t → do
9. Didn’t → did
Special Case
• Beberapa ketentuan khusus (special cases) dalam penggunaan question tag, diantaranya:
• a. Negative words (kata negatif)
• Beberapa kata berikut terlihat seperti pernyataan positif. Tetapi sesungguhnya kata-kata berikut memiliki arti/makna negatif.
Kata-kata tersebut memiliki arti tidak pernah, jarang, hampir tidak, tak seorangpun. Beberapa kata tersebut, diantaranya:
• – Never
– Seldom
– Hardly
– Rarely
– Barely
– Scarcely
– Nothing
– Nobody/No one
• Apabila suatu pernyataan menggunakan salah satu dari kata tersebut, maka pernyataan tersebut merupakan pernyataan
negatif (negative statement). Oleh sebab itu, kita menggunakan tag positif (positive tag). Lihat contoh berikut:
NEGATIVE STATEMENT (-
POSITIVE TAG (+) ARTI
)
You never come to this place do you? Kamu tidak pernah datang ke
tempat ini, kan?
We seldom washed the shoes did we? Kita jarang mencuci sepatu, iya
kan?
You barely ever meet me do you? Kamu hampir tidak pernah

bertemu aku, kan?
Nobody calls me do they?* Tak seorangpun menghubungi

saya, kan?
Nothing came to this inbox did it?** Tak ada satupun yang masuk ke
inbox, ya kan?
• *Jika subjeknya nobody, no one, somebody, someone, everyone, maka menggunakan
tag ‘they‘.
• **Jika subjeknya nothing dan everything, maka menggunakan tag ‘it‘.
b. Imperative (kalimat perintah) menggunakan tag “will you?”
• – Close the door, will you?

– Turn off the lamp, will you?
– Sit down, will you?
– Don’t come late, will you?
– Open the window, will you?
c. “I am” menggunakan tag “aren’t I?”
• 1. I am wrong, aren’t I?
2. I am sad, aren’t I?
3. I am clever, aren’t I?
d. “Have” menggunakan tag:
– “Have” bisa digunakan sebagai auxiliary, contohnya:

• We have visited Bandung Zoo, haven’t we? (Kita telah mengunjungi Bandung Zoo,
kan?)
• You have finished, haven’t you? (Kamu sudah selesai, kan?)
– “Have” bisa digunakan sebagai verb (kata kerja), contohnya:
• She has a doll, doesn’t she? (Dia mempunyai boneka, ya kan?)
——- Ingat dalam kalimat tersebut sebenarnya: She (does) has a doll. Jadi question
tagnya adalah: doesn’t, she?
• They have new car, don’t they? (Mereka mempunyai mobil baru, ya kan?)
——- Ingat dalam kalimat tersebut sebenarnya: They (do) have new car. Jadi question
tagnya adalah: don’t, they?

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QUESTION TAG

Question Tag adalah

Positive Statement (+) Negative Tag (-) Arti

You are Hanna aren't you? Kamu Hanna, kan?

Negative Statement (-) Positive Tag (+) Arti

1 You are writing aren't you?

2 We have learned haven't we?

3 They will go to school won't they?

5 You should study shouldn't you?

6 She must go mustn't she?

7 He plays guitar doesn't he?

8 You study English don't you?

9 You played football didn't you?

1 You aren't coming are you?

2 We haven't read it have we?

3 They won't go to school will they?

4 I can't drive can I?

5 You shouldn't go should you?

6 She mustn't sleep must she?

7 She doesn't write a letter does she?

8 You don't speak Japanese do you?

9 You didn't arrive yesterday did you?

You barely ever meet me do you? Kamu hampir tidak pernah

Nobody calls me do they?* Tak seorangpun menghubungi

• – Close the door, will you?

– “Have” bisa digunakan sebagai auxiliary, contohnya:

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