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Using Tag Questions: by Dejavu 79

Tag questions are short questions added to statements. They serve to either clarify information by seeking a response, or to agree with someone without expecting an answer. The document provides a 5 step process for forming tag questions: 1) understand the verb, 2) identify the verb type, 3) note the tense, 4) determine if the statement is positive or negative, and 5) add a pronoun. Examples are given to demonstrate tag questions in different scenarios.

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Using Tag Questions: by Dejavu 79

Tag questions are short questions added to statements. They serve to either clarify information by seeking a response, or to agree with someone without expecting an answer. The document provides a 5 step process for forming tag questions: 1) understand the verb, 2) identify the verb type, 3) note the tense, 4) determine if the statement is positive or negative, and 5) add a pronoun. Examples are given to demonstrate tag questions in different scenarios.

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Using Tag Questions

By
deJavu ‘79
What is a tag question?
A tag question is a sentence with a
question phrase connected at the end.

Example:
It’s windy today, isn’t it?

Sentence part Tag


Tag questions have two purposes:

1. To clarify information
(mengharapkan sebuah jawaban)

Example:

We have a test tomorrow, don’t we?


Mr. Smith is coming to the meeting, isn’t he?
I’m permitted to park here, aren’t I?
Tag questions have two purposes:

2. To agree with someone


(penutur tidak mengharapkan jawaban)

Example:

You are falling asleep, aren’t you?


The party was a lot of fun, wasn’t it?
I didn’t win the game, did I?
Forming Tag Questions
(5 easy steps)

Step 1:
Pahami kata yg ada di dalam predikat.

Romeo likes to eat at cafe, ______ ______?

verb
Forming Tag Questions
(6 easy steps)
Step 2:
perhatikan jenis kata di predikatnya.
(Is it the verb “to be”, an auxiliary verb, or the main
verb?)

Romeo likes to eat at cafe ______ ______?

Main verb
Forming Tag Questions
(5 easy steps)
Step 3:
perhatikan jenis tensesnya.
(Is it in present or past tense?)

Romeo likes to eat at cafe, ______ ______?

Present tense
Forming Tag Questions
(5 easy steps)
Step 4:
perhatikan apakah positiv atau negativ?

Romeo doesn’t like to eat at cafe, __________?


does

negative
affirmative
Write in the opposite.
Forming Tag Questions
(5 easy steps)
Step 5:
tambahkanlah kata ‘pronoun’.

Romeo doesn’t like to eat at cafe, does he ?

Noun
Overview
Step 1: Pahami kata yg ada di dalam predikat.
Step 2: Perhatikan jenis kata di predikatnya.
Step 3: Perhatikan jenis tensesnya.
Step 4: positiv atau negativ?
Step 5: tambahkanlah kata ‘pronoun
Let’s Practice
Lunch was delicious, wasn’t it ?

Spring break is next week, _________?


isn’t it

Class finished quickly, _________?


didn’t it
1. You’ve called the movers, a. can we?
2. They’re coming tomorrow, b. do we?
3. This isn’t going to be cheap, c. is he?
4. You haven’t finished packing, d. isn’t it?
5. We don’t need any more boxes, e. aren’t they?
6. Pablo is going to help us, f. have you?
7. We can put some things in g. isn’t he?
storage, h. is this?
8. Jack isn’t buying our bookcases, i. haven’t you?
9. We need to disconnect the phone, j. don’t we?
10. The movers aren’t packing the k. can’t we?
books for us,
l. are they?
11. We can’t turn off the electricity yet,
12. Moving is hard,

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