Question Taqs. Dalam istilah bahasa Indonesia banyak sekali ungkapan-ungkapan dalam kalimat. Begitu juga dengan istilah tata bahasa inggris tidak jauh beda dengan bahasa Indonesia. Dalam bahasa inggris juga banyak ungkapan-ungkapan yang sering dijumpai salah satunya adalah Question Tag yaitu ungkapan yang digunakan oleh seseorang untuk memberikan pernyataan yang diminta orang lain yang di ajak bicara, setuju atau menyetujui dengan pendapatnya. Question-Taqs adalah pertanyaan pendek yang diletakkan di akhir suatu pernyataan yang digunakan untuk meminta persetujuan/ konfirmasi. Dalam bahasa Indonesia, mirip dengan kata “bukan” dalam suatu kalimat, misalnya: Bahasa Inggris itu penting, bukan?
Ada beberapa aturan penggunaan question tags, antara lain sebagai berikut :
Pernyataan positive - Question tags negative | Pernyataan negative - Question tags positive | ||
1. | She will be at home, won’t she? | 1. | She will not go home, will she ? |
2. | There is something to talk, isn’t there ? | 2. | Mary didn’t like swimming, did she ? |
3. | We shall be late, shan’t we ? | 3. | We are not happy, are we ? |
4. | Ali can swim, can’t he ? | 4. | She doesn’t come late, does she ? |
5. | She is reading a book, isn’t she ? | 5. | Jack didn’t like swimming, did he? |
2. Question Taqs harus berupa Pronoun ( kata Ganti). Yaitu : I, You, They. We, He, She, It, There.
Kata-kata berikut ini menggunakan kata ganti ” They”,
- These - Noone - Those - Nobody - Anyone - Everyone - Anybody - Everybody - Someone - Somebody - Posessive adjective + plural Noun
Contoh :
- These books are yours, aren’t they?
- Your cars were very expensive, weren’t they?
- Noone came to his party, did they?
- Nobody called on the phone, did they ?
- These are yours, aren’t they ?
- There are two men in the garden, aren’t they ?
Kata-kata berikut ini menggunakan kata ganti "It"
-Everything - This - That - Her - His - Your
Contoh :
Contoh:
-Everything - This - That - Her - His - Your
Contoh :
- This film is not good, is it ?
- That is your book, isn’t it ?
- His name is Udin, isn’t it ?
- Your sister always gets up early, doesn’t she ?
- Everything is ready, isn’t it ?
Berikut adalah kelompok kombinasi Subject dan Question Taqsnya
- I/We+ You/they/he/she/it = We
- You+ they/you/he/she/it = You
- Dan bila tidak terdapat “I, We dan You”, maka kombinasi-kombinasi subject menggunakan kata ganti “They”.
Contoh :
- He and I will visit her, won’t We?
- You and She are suitable couple, aren’ You?
- Her father and her mother didn’t come, did They?
Contoh:
- They want to watch tv to night, don’t they ?
- She visited my sister yesterday, didn’t she ?
- Ali usually comes late, doesn’t he ?
- He likes fishing, doesn’t he ?
- They always get up early, don’t they ?
4. Bila dalam kalimat ada auxiliary dan modal maka question tags-nya dibuat dengan auxiliary atau modal yang terletak paling depan (paling dekat dengan subyek).
Contoh:
Contoh:
- Your house is being a painted, isn’t it ?
- He has been to bali, hasn't he ?
- She will have gone to jakarta before friday, won’t she ?
- They will be a doctor next year, won’t they ?
Contoh :
- I am supposed to to be here, aren’t I?
- I am not a student anymore, am I?
6. Apabila pada pernyataan terdapat kata- kata yang mengandung arti “negative” atau “semi negative”, maka Question- taqsnya “positive”.
Seperti :
- Never - Few - Seldom - Little - Rare - Hardly - Barely - Scarcely - No/ none/ not… - etc.
Contoh :
- She never comes late, does she ?
- There are only few students in the class, are there ?
- He’s never been in Bali, has she ?
- You seldom get up early, do you ?
- They hardly ever go to town, do they ?
- He hasn’t any money, has he ?
5. Pada kalimat perintah positive (imperative) dan negative/larangan (Prohibition), Question-Taqs-nyamenggunakan “will you”.
Contoh :
- Stop the noise, will you ?
- Don’t be afraid, will you ?
- Give me a hand, will you ?
- Don’t forget, will you ?
- Take may bag please, will you ?
6. Ajakan dengan “Let’s”, Question Taqs-nya menggunakan” Shall we”
Contoh :
- Let’s speak English, shall we ?
- Let’s keep our dicipline, shall we ?
- Let’s go for a walk, shall we ?
- Let’s sing together, shall we ?
- let’s visit Umar tonight, shall we ?
7. Pada kalimat majemuk (complex sentence), Question Taqs-nya dibuat berdasarkan kalimat utamanya.
Contoih :
- I think you are sick, aren’t you ?
- I wish she understood what I want, didn’t she?
- I believe he will come soon, won’t he ?
- She knew what i meant, didn’t she ?
- He made a statement that is was a mistake, didn’t she ?
- You’d rather i didn’t say anything, wouldn’t you ?
- I suppose he should have known that, shouldn’t he ?
Note :Kalimat utama yang dimaksud adalah kalimat yang menjadi pokok pembicaraan.
8. Untuk dapat membuat question tagsnya dari suatu kalimat, harus diperhatikan benar bentuk kalimatnya.
Contoh:
1. You’d better go home now, hadn’t you ?
Dalam hal ini bentuk kalimatnya:
Subject + Had better + Verb I
2. You’d rather stay here, wouldn’t you ?
Dalam hal ini bentuk kalimatnya:
Subject + Would rather + Verb I
3. She’d gone ti Jakarta before you arrived here, hadn’t she ?
Dalam hal ini bentuk kalimatnya:
Subject + Had + Past participle
4. He should study hard, shouldn’t he ?
Dalam hal ini bentuk kalimatnya:
Subject + should + verb I
Contoh:
1. You’d better go home now, hadn’t you ?
Dalam hal ini bentuk kalimatnya:
Subject + Had better + Verb I
2. You’d rather stay here, wouldn’t you ?
Dalam hal ini bentuk kalimatnya:
Subject + Would rather + Verb I
3. She’d gone ti Jakarta before you arrived here, hadn’t she ?
Dalam hal ini bentuk kalimatnya:
Subject + Had + Past participle
4. He should study hard, shouldn’t he ?
Dalam hal ini bentuk kalimatnya:
Subject + should + verb I
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