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 IndiaYou’re there

aren’t I isn’t she ? weren’t you ?

Simple Present You like musicPatty loves reading’

don’t you ? doesn’t she ?

Simple Past Diana talked to you,joe went to Bali,

didn’t she ? didn’t he ?

Presentcontinuous

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 present They don’t play tennis,Tom doesn’t know,

do they ? does He ?

Simple past The boys didn’t swim,The children didn’t cry,

did They ? did they ?

Present continuous Yuda isn’t studyingThe 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 ?