QUESTION TAG

 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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