ASKING CLARIFICATION

Using Question Tag (QT) The Pattern : - Positive QT – Auxiliary verb +S (pronoun) - Negative QT – Auxiliary verb + not + S (pronoun ) - To be present ( is,am,are ) - To be past ( was, were ) - Modals( will/would, can/could, may/might, etc.  The Rule of QT - if the first sentence ( + ), so the QT must be in ( - ) - if the first sentence ( - ) so the QT must be in ( + ) Example : - She is beautiful, isn’t she ? - Ratih can speak English well, can’t she ? - Budi has a new ball, doesn’t he ?

If the subject the main verb are : No body, No one, Someone, somebody, Anyone, Anybody, Everyone, and Everybody, so, the subject of the Tag question should be : THEY. If ithe subject of the main verb are : Something, Anything, and Nothing, so the subject of Tag question should be :IT The negative Tag question of AM+ NOT should be : AREN’T.

POSITIVE NEGATIVE With “ be “ I’m right, Kajol’s from India You’re there aren’t I isn’t she ? weren’t you ? Simple PresentYou like music Patty loves reading’ don’t you ? doesn’t she ? Simple PastDiana talked to you, joe went to Bali, didn’t she ? didn’t he ? Present continuous It’s raining, The girls are dancing, Isn’t It ? aren’t they ? With “should “Jimmy should leave soon, You should attention, shouldn’t he ? shouldn’t you ? With “there “There’s chair in your room, There’re two boys here, isn’t there aren’t there ?

NEGATIVE POSITIVE With “be “I’m not wrong, Ann isn’t from India, You‘ weren’t there, am I ? is she ? were You ? Simple presentThey don’t play tennis, Tom doesn’t know, do they ? does He ? Simple pastThe boys didn’t swim, The children didn’t cry, did They ? did they ? Present continuousYuda isn’t studying The dogs aren’t sleeping isn’t he ? are they ? With “Should “Laila shouldn’t be angry, Sakti shouldn’t sad, should she ? should he ? With “there “There aren’t any books in your bag are there ?