Question Tag
When you spoke to the people you sometimes give a statement asking the person to disapprove of what you say / or to confirm.
E.g guiler in such phrases follows:
-
(It`s Wednesday,isn`t
it? )
- (You
understand , don`t
you ?)
- ( Adinda
come, don`t she?)
- (Cindy
can`t speak English ,can
she?)
- (There
were three strangers here last night, weren`t
there?
Said right? laid statement, at the end of a
sentence as in example sentences above called question tag.
Consider
that the question tag would change according to the statement.
When
question tag used?
Tag
used question:
-
to ask.
Pronounced
with intonation up.
Example:
You
are Indri, aren`t
you?
They
don`t know anything, do
they?
to
assert a statement / or asked approval toanybody you talk to.
Pronounced
with intonation decline because basically not sentence ask.
Example:
Cyntia
knows, doesn`t
she?
Guidelines
use.
If
the statement is positif, then question tag his going.
Example:
It
is
a nice day, isn`t
it?
(+)
, (-)
You
understand
, don`t you ?
(
+ ) ,
( -)
If,
statement going then his question tag positive.
Example:
Cindy
can`t
speak English ,can she?
( -
)
, (+ )
Shelly
didn`t
get lost, did
she?
(-)
, (+)
Tag,
in question its own name / thisstuff / etc. to be converted into a pronoun he,
pronoun she, it, they, we, i, you, there.
So
just words that is worn in tags.
Example:
Ismi
and Yuda will
get married, won`t
they?
Desy
had
lunch in the cafeteria,didn`t
she?
Do
? does ?
Don'
t ?
Doesn'
t ?
Use
if verb in the clause in the first statement simple present
Example:
Mrs.
Ida explains
the lesson well,
doesn`t she?
Mrs.
Ida doesn`t explain
the lesson well, does
she?
Established
? didn' t. ?
First
used if verb in the clause past statements, in simple form
Example:
You
came
there, didn’t
you?
They
didn`t know
the answer, did
they?
If
in a statement, never used the words of a sentence seldom get, rarely, hardly
ever, no, no one, few, little, then tag shaped positive.
Example:
You
hardly
ever
call her, do
you?
She
never
gets up before five, does
she?
They`ve
got no
money, have
they?
If
everyone, subjectnya statement sentence everybody, everything, no one, nobody,
anybody, anyone, then they tag use.
Example:
Everything is
all right, aren`t they?
Everybody comes, don`t they?
Sentence
orders requiring tag will you
Example:
Keep
silent, will
you?
Please,
don`t swim here, will
you?
Speak
slowly, will
you?
Sentence
statement i am . question its tag aren' t i?
Example:
I
am your
mom, aren`t I?
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