Pengertian Same-Way Question Tag
Same-way question tag berarti question tag dan sentence di depannya sama-sama berbentuk positive atau negative.
Struktur ini digunakan untuk mengonfirmasi tebakan, menyatakan ketertarikan (interest), keterkejutan (surprise), atau kemarahan (anger), bukan pertanyaan sungguhan (real question).
Lihat juga:
- Direct Question
- Indirect Question
- Wh- Question
- Yes-No Question
- Embedded Question
- Alternative Question
- Interrogative Sentence
- Question Word
Contoh Kalimat Same-Way Question Tag dan Artinya
- So you can speak both English and Japanese very well, can you?
(Jadi kamu dapat berbicara keduanya bahasa Inggris dan Jepang dengan sangat baik?) - So you think you’re suitable for the job, do you?
(Jadi kamu pikir kamu cocok untuk pekerjaan itu?) - You want to make money from home, do you?
(Kamu ingin menghasilkan uang dari rumah?) - So you don’t like my humor, don’t you?
(Jadi kamu tidak suka humor saya?)
negative – negative question tag biasanya terdengar agak kurang bersahabat – British English
page 1 page 2 page 3 page 4
Table of Contents:
- Question Tags
- Answering Question Tags (Menjawab Question Tags)
- Question Tag dengan Imperative
- Same-Way Question Tag (Positive-Positive)
Exercises:
References:
- Suresh, Kumar E. (2010) Communication Skills And Soft Skills: An Integrated Approach (With Cd). India: Pearson Education. pp. 62.
- Tag Question Special Cases. https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-questions-tag-special.htm. Accessed on October 1, 2014.
- question tags with the imperative, affirmative and negative. http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv117.shtml. Accessed on October 1, 2014.