Hal Yang Perlu Diperhatikan dalam Question Tag
1. Subyek dalam kalimat pernyataan diulang dalam tagnya dalam bentuk personal pronoun (kata ganti).
- Erik will be here, won't he?
- The students are lazy to do homework, aren't they?
2. Pernyataan yang bersubyek everybody, everyone, everything, anybody, anyone, no body, no one, diulang dalam tag-nya menjadi "they".
- Everybody watched the movie, didn't they?
- No one cares of me, do they?
3. Apabila pernyataan dalam bentuk perintah, tagnya menjadi will you
- Come here, will you?
- Be quiet, will you?
- Don't be lazy, will you?
- Please don't be noisy, will you?
4. Pernyataan yang berawalan let us/let's diulang dalam tag-nya menjadi "shall we"?
- Let's see the movie, shall we?
- Let us pay attention to the teacher's speaking, shall we?
5. Pernyataan positif untuk "I am" harus ber-tag-kan aren't I?
- I'm pretty, aren't I?
- I'm going to get the first prize in the beauty contest, are't I?
tetapi :
- I am not guilty, am I?
- I am not what you thought, am I?
6. Pernyataan yang mengandung kata: never, seldom, rarely, hardly, few, little, dianggap berpengertian negatif, oleh karenanya tag-nya harus dalam bentuk positif.
- You seldom have your hair cut, do you?
- She never seems to care, does she?
- She can hardly see us without her glasses, can she?