QUESTION TAG

QUESTION TAG

Note: Question tag is used by all sentences. If the sentence is positive so the question taq is            negative and vice versa

The usage of question tag:

a)            If the sentence is positive , so the question tag should be negative

Example: I am a student, aren’t I? Bukan………, am not I?

                You are a teacher, aren’t you?

                She came late yesterday, didn’t she?

                He had done it, hadn’t he?

b)            If the sentence is negative, so the question taq should be positive

Example: You are not student, are you?

                Your friends didn’t come here, did they?

                He hasn’t darling, has he?

                I was born on November, wasn’t I?

Ø   There are adverbs that mean negative in sentences and positive in question tag

      Such as:

·         Few                 : Sedikit

·         Little                : Sedikit / kecil

·         Seldom            : Jarang

·         Scarcely          : Hampir tidak

·         Rarely              : Jarang

·         Never               : Tak pernah

·         Hardly             : Jarang

Example: He has never been in Bali, has he?

                            He seldom meets her, does he?

                            She scarcely knew truth, did she?

      But: A few and A little mean positive in sentences and negative in question tag

                  Example: A few people knew the story, didn’t they?

                                  A little progress has been made, hasn’t it?

Ø   For subject There, In Question Tag is only repeated again

      Example: There are many students in the class, aren’t there?

                      There is a pen on the table, isn’t there?

Ø   For Command and Request usually use Will / Shall and it doesn’t be a matter whether it means negative or positive

Example: Let’s go, will you?

                      Let’s go, shall we?

                      Don’t be sad, will you?

                      Pass me the salt, will you?

                      Don’t fight, shall we?

Ø   The answer from question tag:

v  If the sentence means true so the answer is yes

Example: She is beautiful, isn’t she? Yes, she is

                You can speak English, can’t you? Yes, I can

v  If the sentence means not true / wrong so the answer is no

            Example: She is not beautiful, is she? No, she is not

                            You can’t speak English, can you? No, I can’t

Note: How to give question tag to modals / auxiliaries that abbreviate the subjects

Example:

                  She’d go to Surabaya, wouldn’t she?

Ø  She would go to Surabaya, wouldn’t she?

                                    VI

He’d gone to Surabaya, hadn’t he?

Ø  He had gone to Surabaya, hadn’t he?

                          V3

            She’s cleaning my room, isn’t she?

Ø  She is cleaning my room, isn’t she?

                          Ving

He’s visited me in the Hospital, hasn’t he?

Ø  He has visited me in the Hospital, hasn’t he?

                                       V3