BASIC
GRAMMAR
QUESTION
TAGS
Oleh
MUH. IZHA
ASHARI
MUH. ZUANDAR
SITI AISYAH AKHTAR
GUSRAM LASITAMU
MUH. ZUANDAR
SITI AISYAH AKHTAR
GUSRAM LASITAMU
SASTRA
INGGRIS
FAKULTAS
ILMU BUDAYA
UNIVERSITAS
HALUOLEO
KENDARI
2017
LIST OF CONTENTS
COVER
LIST OF CONTENTS ................................................................................. 1
CHAPTER 1 :
INTRODUCTION ……..…....……………………………………... 2
CHAPTER 2 : CONTENTS
A. What is Question Tags? ……………...….................................................…… 3
B. Question Tag Formula ………..…....................................………………… 3
C. Figuration Of Question Tag ………….........................................…………… 4
D. Intonation Of Question Tags .................................................………………… 5
E. Example ………………... ….....................................………………………...
5
F. More Example Of Question Tags………………………………………………
5
G. Pay attention to the essential matters in Question Tags ………………………....
6
CHAPTER III : CLOSING
CONCLUSION …………………..……………………………………………….. 8
BIBLIOGRAPHY …………………..…………………………………………….. 9
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
Question Tags is a very common used in English daily
conversation. The sentence pattern of Question Tags is used to ask for
confirmation from the listeners about something uncertain for the speaker. For
example in Bahasa Indonesia we say :
Johan adalah seorang mahasiswa bukan
?
(Johan is a student, isn’t he ?)
The word ‘not’ in this sentence that we recognize in English
as Question Tags. Question Tags are format using auxiliary verb (is, are, do, does, did, have, has, can, may,
must, shall will, etc) which are combine with pronoun (I, you, she, he, it, we,
they) with the formula as following :
- For
the positive statements, Negative Question Tags.
- For
the negative statements, Positive Question Tags.
CHAPTER 2
CONTENT
Ø What is Question Tag?
Question Tag is a special sentence
patterns in English which is used for confirmation or approval.
Question
tag is a statement which following by mini-question like isn’t it?, are
you? Didn’t he?. Usually, Question tag used if questioner sure that his
question answered yes or for asking confirmation.
Ø Question Tag Formula
Example :
She is
going to come here, isn’t she?
He cannot
go now, can he?
You will
be here with me, won’t you?
Example :
She loves me, doesn’t she?
He visited you, didn’t he?
They don’t watch TV,
do they?
Ø Figuration of Question Tag
Based on the general
rule (aturan umum) positive question tags can follow a negative sentence (kalimat
negatif). Likewise, negative tag question sentence can follow positive (kalimat
positif).
Question tags consist
of the main verb (if it is a linking verb "be"), the dummy auxiliary
verb "do / does / did" (if the main verb is not a linking verb) or
auxiliary verb of the first (if it consists of the main verb and one or more
auxiliary) +/- not + subject (pronoun) adjusted to the main sentence.
negative sentence, positive question tag
|
negative sentence, positive question tag
|
Ahmad didn’t come late, did he?
(Ahmad tidak datang terlambat kan?) |
Ahmad came late, didn’t he?
(Ahmad datang terlambat kan?) |
The man isn’t stingy, is he?
(Pria tsb tidak pelit kan?) |
The man is stingy, isn’t he?
(Pria tsb pelit kan?) |
You haven’t finished your
homework, have you?
(Kamu belum menyelesaikan PR-mu kan?) |
You have finished your homework,
haven’t you?
(Kamu telah menyelesaikan PR-mu kan?) |
They won’t attend the seminar,
will they?
(Mereka tidak akan menghadiri seminar kan?) |
They will attend the seminar,
won’t they?
(Mereka akan menghadiri seminar kan?) |
Ø Intonation of Question Tag
Back
to the aim of the usage of question tags, that is to ask for information or
confirmation. When the question tag is used to ask for information, speaker
position is “He/She doesn’t know whether the information is right or wrong”. In
this condition, question tags is given a pressure with rising intonation.
Otherwise, when the Tag is used to
ask for confirmation the speaker convinces that the known- information is true.
At that time the speaker just expect the answer to support his convincing, question tag is expressed with falling
intonation.
Ø Example:
You didn’t drink alcohol, did you?
(Kamu tidak minum alkohol kan?)
- Speaker
didn’t know whether the respondent drank the alcohol and he is willing to
know the answer, question tag is expressed with rising intonation.
- Speaker
only want to know that the respondent did not drink alcohol and just
expect for confirmation, question tag with falling intonation.
Ø More Example Of Question Tag
Example Question Tag
|
Explanation
|
I’m right, aren’t I?
|
spoken English
|
I’m right, am I not?
|
formal English
|
Everybody likes him, don’t they?
|
|
Nothing is impossible, is it?
|
Nothing= no thing, sehingga
kalimat menjadi negatif,
maka question tag-nya positif. |
Nobody came late, did they?
|
Nobody= no body, sehingga kalimat
menjadi negatif,
maka question tag-nya positif. Digunakan they sebagai gender neuter pronoun. |
You will never regret it, will
you?
|
Never= not ever, sehingga
kalimat menjadi negatif,
maka question tag-nya positif. |
Pay attention to the essential matters in Question Tags
1.
Subject in an interrogative sentences is re-expressed in
personal pronoun form.
Example :
Henri will
be here, won’t he?
The
players have a good skill, don’t they?
2.
Sentences with the subjects like everyone, everybody,
everything, anyone, anybody,
no one,
nobody, must be re-expressed in the tag as “They”.
Example :
Everybody
watched movie, didn’t they?
No one
cares of me, don’t they?
3.
Sentences in imperative form, the tag is “Will You”.
Example :
Close the
door, will you?
Don’t take
my book, will you?
4.
Sentences begin with “Let’s/ Let Us” is re-expressed in the tag
to be “Shall We”.
Example :
let’s play
the game, shall we?
Let us pay
attention to the teacher’s speaking, shall we?
5.
Sentences with the subject “I am/I” in positive sentences
tag must use “Aren’t I”
Example :
I am
clever, aren’t I?
I will get
the prize in this contest, aren’t I?
But, when
the negative sentences we use subject “I am not” the-tag is going back to be
“Am I”
Example :
I am not a
student, am I ?
I am not
lazy to study English, Am I?
6.
When there is a sentence which contained the word Never,
seldom, rarely, barely, hardly, few,
little, are considered in the same degree
with the negative sentences
Example :
She seldom
comes late, does she?
They never
spoke English, did they?
CHAPTER 3
CLOSING
·
Conclusion
By learning Question Tag, people can
understand how to express confirmation or asking for information in English.
Not just to understand, but to be a good speaker with using a good sentence. We
hope that our paper can explain to the reader relate to question tag how to
express it in a sentence.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Grace Widjaja, Dra. 2016. Complete English Grammar and the excercises. Jakarta : PT Buana Ilmu Populer.
www.KelasBahasaInggris.com 23 November 2015, Pembahasan Lengkap Question Tag.
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