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Question Tags

The document discusses question tags, which are short questions added to the end of statements to ask for information or approval. It provides the formula for question tags and examples of sentences using positive and negative question tags.

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Question Tags

The document discusses question tags, which are short questions added to the end of statements to ask for information or approval. It provides the formula for question tags and examples of sentences using positive and negative question tags.

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Question Tags

1. What is question tag

The question tag is a short question that is added to the end of a statement (declarative
sentence) to ask for information or ask for approval. Like idioms (English
expressions), question tags are a part that is often used in a native speaker's daily
conversation.

2. Question tag formula

Question tag = linking verb “be” / auxiliary verb +/- not + pronoun

declarative sentence question tag

I I

you you

Sarah she

Bobby he

my brother and I we

students they

Based on the general rule (general rules), the positive question tag can follow the
negative sentence (negative sentence). Vice versa, negative question tags can follow positive
sentences (positive sentences).

3. Example of a Question Tag Sentence

negative sentence, positive question tag positive sentence, negative question tag

You don’t love math, do you? You love math, don’t you?
(Kamu tidak suka matematika kan?) (Kamu suka matematika kan?)

Ahmad didn’t come late, did he? Ahmad came late, didn’t he?
(Ahmad tidak dating terlambat kan?) (Ahmad dating terlambat kan?)

The man isn’t lazy, is he? The man is lazy, isn’t he?
(Pria tsb tidak malas kan?) (Pria tsb malas kan?)

You haven’t finished your homework, have You have finished your homework, haven’t
you? you?
(Kamubelummenyelesaikan PR-mu kan?) (Kamutelahmenyelesaikan PR-mu kan?)

They won’t attend the seminar, will they? They will attend the seminar, won’t they?
(Mereka tidak akan menghadiri seminar (Mereka akan menghadiri seminar kan?)
kan?)

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