QUESTION TAG

QUESTION TAG

Question tags is used to ask a question of fact and affirm.Usually if the main clause is positive, the question tag is negative, and if the main clause is negative, it's positive. For example: It's cold

(positive), isn't it (negative)? And: It isn't cold (negative), is it (positive)?.So,the form is:

positive statement, question tag negative

or

negative statement, question tag positive

in Question tags,we use subject pronoun of the subject in main clause sentence. Quetion Tag can also be used in all tenses such as some forms below:

Ø  Quetion Tags Simple present tense

Positive main clause:

Positive Simple Present,question tag negative ”Do/Does + not +S”?

or

     Positive Simple Present,question tag negative ”Is/Are + not + S” ?

Example:

·         gusti is smart,isn’t he ?

·         They are small, aren’t they ?

·         kukuh is cute, isn’t he?

·         You read a book, don’t you ?

·         Goat eats grass, doesn’t he ?

·         Widodo writes a task, doesn’t he ?

Negative main clause:

Negative Simple Present,question tag positive “ Do/Does +S”

or

    Negative Simple Present,question tag positive ”Is/Are +S”

 Example:

·         zyrex isn’t bad netbook, is it ?

·         cherybelle aren’t boyband, are they ?

·         rico isn’t fat, is he ?

·         He doesn’t sit on the floor, does he ?

·         You don’t make a mistake, do you ?

Ø  Question Tags Simple past tense

Positive main clause:

Positive Simple Past,question tag negative ”Did+ not+S”?

or

     Positive Simple Past,question tag negative ”was/were+ not +S” ?

Example:

·         They were Jackmania, weren’t they ?

·         Kakaroto was a geniusman, wasn’t he?

·         Herono read a book, didn’t he ?

·         You killed a spider,didn’t you ?

·         Widodo saw a beautiful girl around here, didn’t he ?

Negative main clause:

Negative Simple Present,question tag positive “ Did +S”

or

    Negative Simple Present,question tag positive ”was/were +S”

 Example:

·         Asus wasn’t an expensive notebook at all, was it ?

·          He wasn’t a soldier one year ago,was he ?

·         Your High school teacher wasn’t a goodman,was he?

·         He didn’t sit on the floor, did he ?

·         You didn’t make a mistake, did you ?

Ø  Question tags present perfect tense

Positive present perfect, question tag negative “have/has + not + S”

Or

Negative present perfect, question tag positive “have/has + S”

Example :

·         They’ve gone to Japan, haven’t they?

·         I’ve eaten sushi, haven’t I?

·         Kukuh has cut his hair, hasn’t he?

·         You haven’t come at party, have you?

·         Gusti hasn’t drunk wine, has he?

·         The cat hasn’t flown, has it?

Ø  Question tags present perfect continuous

positive present perfect continuous, question tag negative “have/has + not + S”

Or

Negative present perfect continuous, question tag positive “have/has + S”

Example :

·         I’ve been studying hard, haven’t I?

·         They’ve been going to Japan, haven’t they?

·         You’ve been getting bonus, haven’t you?

·         You haven’t been coming at party, have you?

·         We haven’t been siting on one chair, have we?

Ø  Question tags past perfect

Positive past perfect , question tag negative “had + not + S”

Or

Negative past perfect , question tag positive “had + S”

Example :

·         I had studied hard, hadn’t I?

·         They had gone to Japan, hadn’t they?

·         You had gotten bonus, hadn’t you?

·         You hadn’t come at party, had you?

·         We hadn’t sat on one chair, had we?

Ø  Question tags past perfect continuous

Positive past perfect continuous, question tag negative “had + not + S”

Or

Negative past perfect continuous, question tag positive “had + S”

Example :

·         I had been studying hard, hadn’t I?

·         They had been going to Japan, hadn’t they?

·         You had been getting bonus, hadn’t you?

·         You hadn’t been coming at party, had you?

·         We hadn’t been siting on one chair, had we?

Ø  Question tags modal verb

Positive  modal present sentence,question tag negative “modal + not + S”

Or

Negative modal present sentence,question tag positive “modal + S”

Example :

·         he can speak English,can’t he?

·         she must eat some vegetables,mustn’t she ?

·         Lets go dancing,shall we?

·         Cakra should listen Fatih’s song,shouldn’t he?