MAKALAH
QUESTION TAGS
Disusun Oleh :
Nama : ELISHA FITRI
ONU
Kelas : -
SMK MUTIARA 17 AGUSTUS
Jl. Perjuangan No.Kav. M 1, Tlk. Pucung, Bekasi Utara,
Kota Bks, Jawa Barat 17121
FOREWORD
Praise the presence of
Almighty God for all the abundance of Rahmat, Inayah, Taufik and Hidayah so
that I can complete the preparation of this paper in its very simple form and
contents. Hopefully this paper can be used as one of the references, guidelines
and guidelines for readers in the assignment of English subjects.
I hope this paper will
help to increase the knowledge and experience for the readers so that I can
improve the form and content of this paper so that the future can be better.
I confess this paper is
still a lot of shortcomings because the experience I have very less. Therefore,
I hope the readers to provide constructive inputs for the perfection of this
paper.
Bekasi,
July 24th, 2018
Compiler
LIST OF CONTENTS
Halaman
FOREWORD
........................................................................................................ i
LIST
OF
CONTENTS
........................................................................... ii
CHAPTER
1 : INTRODUCTION ...................................................................... 1
CHAPTER
2 : CONTENTS ................................................................................. 2
A. What
is Question Tags? .............................................................................
2
B. Question
Tag Formula ........................................................................... 2
C. Figuration
Of Question Tag ....................................................................... 3
D. Intonation
Of Question Tags .......................................................................
4
E. Example
...................................................................................................
4
F.
More Example Of Question Tags..................................................................
4
G. Pay
attention to the essential matters in Question Tags .............................. 5
CHAPTER
III : CLOSING ................................................................................. 7
CONCLUSION
................................................................................................... 7
BIBLIOGRAPHY
............................................................................................... 8
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?
|
digunakan they sebagai gender
neuter pronoun.
|
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.
