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Question tags adalah pertanyaan yang ditambahkan di belakang pernyataan (statement). Fungsi dari
question tag biasanya adalah untuk konfirmasi.
Tenses dari Question tag bergantung dari tenses kalimat pernyataannya (statement).
1. Question tag dalam kalimat pernyataan positif (+)
- Budi always studies hard, doesn’t he?
- Andi made the toy himself, didn’t he?
- You like coffee, don’t you?
- Diana was here yesterday, wasn’t she?
- She is too young to die, isn’t she?
- You can go there, can’t you?
2. Question tag dalam kalimat pernyataan negatif (-)
- Budi doesn’t always study hard, does he?
- Andi didn’t make the toy himself, did he?
- You don’t like coffee, do you?
- Diana wasn’t here yesterday, was she?
- She isn’t to young to die, is she?
- You can’t go there, can he?
3. Untuk “ everybody, everyone, somebody, someone” , dipakai “they” sebagai subyek pada
Question tag.
- Every one warned you , didn’t they?
- Someone hits you, don’t they ?
4. Pernyataan yang mengandung kata “ neither, none, nobody, nothing, scarcely, barely, hardly,
hardly ever, seldom” dianggap sebagai kalimat negatif sehingga question tag-nya berbentuk
positif.
- Nothing was said, was it?
- He seldom comes to parties, does he?
- None of my friends liked the film, did they?
5. “ I am “ biasanya mempunyai tag dengan “ aren’t I”
- I am very late, aren’t I ?
- I am happy man, aren’t I?
6. “Let’s “ biasanya mempunyai tag dengan “ shall”
- Let’s go , shall we?
- Let’s read aloud, shall we?
7. Kalimat perintah (command), biasanya mempunyai tag “ will you”
- Open the door, will you?
- Close the window, will you?