Question Tag

Question Tag

Question tags are additions to the end of a sentence used to convince the other person to agree or agree with his speech.

There are several things to watch out for before creating a question tag has some important rules to remembered.

1. Positive statements are always given negative tags

Example :

·         He goes to school by bus, doesn’t he?

·         We are not vegetarian, are we?

·         John is Australian, isn’t he?

2         2.       Negative statements are always given positive tags

Example :

·         Your mother doesn’t like me, does she?

·         Maya is not going to attend your wedding, is she?

3          3.       If the verb is used in the sentence, then the tag used is to do (do, does, did)

Example :

·         He dreams of  being an actor, doesn’t he?

·         They like travelling, don’t  they?

4. Question tag for I am negative form is are not and for positive form use am I

Example :

·         I am the cleverest student in our class, aren’t  I ?

·         I am not a spoiled child, am I ?

5. The words used at the end of the sentence are i, you, it, we, they, she, he, or there

Example :

·         There are so many games we can play at the carnaval, aren’t  there ?

·         The girl at the park is beautiful, isn’t  she ?

6. The statement using Auxiliary verb, its question tag is Auxiliary verb it is in the form of resistance.

Example :

·         They will clean this mess, won’t they ?

·         You can swim, can’t  you ?

7. Words that contain negative meanings such as never, seldom, rarely, no / none, hardly, and others. Then the question tag is always positive.

Example :

• He rarely visits his parents, does he ?
• Nelly never misses watching The Simpsons, does he ?

            8.       For an invite sentence like let's go the question tag used is shall

Example :

• Let’s eat, shall we ?
• Let’s have singing competition, shall we ?

9. For the command line in both negative and positive form the question tag used is will you

Example :

• Help me, will you?
• Stop yelling at me, will you?

Daftar pustaka ; Nina A. R  2010 Pustaka Widyatama  HAFALAN LUAR KEPALA ENGLISH 

GRAMMAR

Problems example :

1. Father went to office late last day, ….?
2. She wasn’t happy when he didn’t came to her house, …?
3. They were learning Physics when we came last morning, …?
4. I can do this faster, …?
5. He could try again if he wanted to get more, …?
6. I will be happy if you bring me many chocolates, …?
7. Retna eats many fresh vegetables every night to her dinner, …?
8. They shouldn’t play a lot if they want their task to be finished, …?
9. Mia and I wanted to shop together last Friday night, …?
10. He had many things to be sold, …?

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