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30 Oktober 2008
Bahasa Inggris Kelas 12

TOLONG KASIH CONTOH DESCRIPTION TEXT SEKARANG, KARENA ADA TUGAS YANG HARUS SAYA SELESAIKAN

Ok, sekarang mari kita lihat salah satu contoh “DESCRIPTIVE TEXT” dalam Bahasa Inggris. Kita nanti akan membahas GENERIC STRUCTURE, COMMUNICATIVE PURPOSE, serta LEXICOGRAMAR FEATURESnya.

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT

GENERIC STRUCTURE

The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening of the San Francisco Bay onto the Pacific Ocean. As part of both US Highway 101 and California Route 1, it connects the city of San Francisco on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula to Marin County.

IDENTIFICATION

The Golden Gate Bridge had the longest suspension bridge span in the world when it was completed in 1937 and has become an internationally recognized symbol of San Francisco and California. Since its completion, the span length has been surpassed by eight other bridges. It still has the second longest suspension bridge main span in the United States, after the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in New York City. In 2007, it was ranked fifth on the List of America’s Favorite Architecture by the American Institute of Architects.

DESCRIPTION

 

Ok, jadi dari contoh teks diatas kita tahu bahwa sebuah DESCRIPTIVE TEXT mempunyai GENERIC STRUCTURE sebagai berikut :

  1. Identification : Identifies phenomenon ( Mengidentifikasi / pengenalan fenomena / hal yang dideskripsikan)
  2. Description : Menggambarkan bagian, kualitas, maupun ciri – ciri)

Dari contoh DESCRIPTIVE TEXT diatas, kita juga bisa mengambil kesimpulan teantang ciri - ciri DESCRIPTIVE TEXT sebagai berikut :

  • The Use of Simple Present Tense (Penggunaan Simple Present Tense)
  • Focus on Specific Participant (Fokus kepada Hal / orang / tempat secara khusus)
Yap, dengan penjelasan diatas, kira - kira communicative purposenya apa ya??  Yap, descriptive text is aimed at describing a particular person, place or thing (Untuk menggambarkan orang, benda, atau tempat tertentu secara khusus).
Operator

30 Oktober 2008
MELDA
Bahasa Inggris Kelas 12

SELAMAT MALAM, SAYA SISWA SMA KELAS XII INGIN MENANYAKAN TENTANG CONTOH DESCRIPTIVE TEXT DAN DESCRIPTION TEXT APA BEDANYA DAN TOLONG BERI CONTOHNYA SEGERA

Contoh descriptive

Ok, sekarang mari kita lihat salah satu contoh “DESCRIPTIVE TEXT” dalam Bahasa Inggris. Kita nanti akan membahas GENERIC STRUCTURE, COMMUNICATIVE PURPOSE, serta LEXICOGRAMAR FEATURESnya.

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT

GENERIC STRUCTURE

The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening of the San Francisco Bay onto the Pacific Ocean. As part of both US Highway 101 and California Route 1, it connects the city of San Francisco on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula to Marin County.

IDENTIFICATION

The Golden Gate Bridge had the longest suspension bridge span in the world when it was completed in 1937 and has become an internationally recognized symbol of San Francisco and California. Since its completion, the span length has been surpassed by eight other bridges. It still has the second longest suspension bridge main span in the United States, after the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in New York City. In 2007, it was ranked fifth on the List of America’s Favorite Architecture by the American Institute of Architects.

DESCRIPTION

 

Ok, jadi dari contoh teks diatas kita tahu bahwa sebuah DESCRIPTIVE TEXT mempunyai GENERIC STRUCTURE sebagai berikut :

  1. Identification : Identifies phenomenon ( Mengidentifikasi / pengenalan fenomena / hal yang dideskripsikan)
  2. Description : Menggambarkan bagian, kualitas, maupun ciri – ciri)

Dari contoh DESCRIPTIVE TEXT diatas, kita juga bisa mengambil kesimpulan teantang ciri - ciri DESCRIPTIVE TEXT sebagai berikut :

  • The Use of Simple Present Tense (Penggunaan Simple Present Tense)
  • Focus on Specific Participant (Fokus kepada Hal / orang / tempat secara khusus)
Yap, dengan penjelasan diatas, kira - kira communicative purposenya apa ya??  Yap, descriptive text is aimed at describing a particular person, place or thing (Untuk menggambarkan orang, benda, atau tempat tertentu secara khusus).

 


Operator

30 Oktober 2008
MELDA
Bahasa Inggris Kelas 12

SELAMAT MALAM, SAYA SISWA SMA KELAS XII INGIN MENANYAKAN TENTANG CONTOH DESCRIPTIVE TEXT DAN DESCRIPTION TEXT APA BEDANYA DAN TOLONG BERI CONTOHNYA SEGERA

Dear Melda,

Descriptive text=description text.

Ada yang teks yang hampir mirip dengan descriptive yaitu report. 


Operator

30 Oktober 2008
IMRON
Bahasa Inggris Kelas 12

KU PENGEN CONTOH DESCRIPTION TEXT YANG LENGKAP CEPETAN!!!

Dear Imron, 

Ok, sekarang mari kita lihat salah satu contoh “DESCRIPTIVE TEXT” dalam Bahasa Inggris. Kita nanti akan membahas GENERIC STRUCTURE, COMMUNICATIVE PURPOSE, serta LEXICOGRAMAR FEATURESnya.

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT

GENERIC STRUCTURE

The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening of the San Francisco Bay onto the Pacific Ocean. As part of both US Highway 101 and California Route 1, it connects the city of San Francisco on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula to Marin County.

IDENTIFICATION

The Golden Gate Bridge had the longest suspension bridge span in the world when it was completed in 1937 and has become an internationally recognized symbol of San Francisco and California. Since its completion, the span length has been surpassed by eight other bridges. It still has the second longest suspension bridge main span in the United States, after the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in New York City. In 2007, it was ranked fifth on the List of America’s Favorite Architecture by the American Institute of Architects.

DESCRIPTION

 

Ok, jadi dari contoh teks diatas kita tahu bahwa sebuah DESCRIPTIVE TEXT mempunyai GENERIC STRUCTURE sebagai berikut :

  1. Identification : Identifies phenomenon ( Mengidentifikasi / pengenalan fenomena / hal yang dideskripsikan)
  2. Description : Menggambarkan bagian, kualitas, maupun ciri – ciri)

Dari contoh DESCRIPTIVE TEXT diatas, kita juga bisa mengambil kesimpulan teantang ciri - ciri DESCRIPTIVE TEXT sebagai berikut :

  • The Use of Simple Present Tense (Penggunaan Simple Present Tense)
  • Focus on Specific Participant (Fokus kepada Hal / orang / tempat secara khusus)
Yap, dengan penjelasan diatas, kira - kira communicative purposenya apa ya??  Yap, descriptive text is aimed at describing a particular person, place or thing (Untuk menggambarkan orang, benda, atau tempat tertentu secara khusus).
Operator

30 Oktober 2008
oky
Bahasa Inggris Kelas 10

kak tolong cariin makna dari passive voice

Dear Oky,

Kalau Bahasa Indonesia mudah aja ya buat kalmat pasif. Misalnya :

Aktif : John minum susu tadi malam.

Pasif : Susu diminum oleh John tadi malam.

Nah, kalo kita pengin buat Kalimat pasif dalam Bahasa Inggris. Agak ribet sih, tapi jangan menyerah ya. Pertama - tama yang harus dipegang sih bahwa orang Inggris tidak terlalu suka menggunakan Passive Voice sebanyak orang Indonesia. Kalo orang Indonesia sedikit - sedikit pake kalimat Passive. Mungkin ini pengaruh budaya ya, kalo orang Indonesia sukanya khan sopan - santun, gak terus terang, sehingga pola kalimat pasif yang menyembunyikan “sang pelaku” kegiatan lebih disukai. Sedang orang Inggris khan sukanya terus terang, sehinnga pola kalimat aktiflah yang lebih suka dipakai karena pola kalimat ini memang secara terus terang menyebutkan sang pelaku kegiatan. Nah, sekarang kita belaja yuk Bgaimana dan kapan orang Inggris menggunakan passive voice. Simak deh, penjelasan berikut ini.

1. How do we use the Passive Voice?
We only use the passive when we are interested in the object or when we do not know who caused the action. We can only form a passive sentence from an active sentence when there is an object in the active sentence. (Kita menggunakan kalimat pasif hanya jika kita lebih tertarik pada “si penderita” kegiatan tersebut atau saat kita tidak tahu siapa subyek pelaku kegiatan itu).

2. How do we form the Passive Voice?
The main formula for passive voice is:
TO BE + V3

(Kita membentuk Passive voice utamanya dengan menambahkan bentuk To be dengan bentuk kata kerja ketiga)

How to form a passive sentence from an active sentence:
- object of the “active” sentence becomes subject in the “passive” sentence
- subject of the “active” sentence becomes “object” in the “passive” sentence” (or is left out)
Take a look at the following example!

Active : Peter builds a house.
S V O

Passive : A house is built by Peter
S V O

\"\"

(Cara membentuk Passive voice : Objek kalimat aktif diubah menjadi subyek dalam kalimat pasif, sedang kata kerjanya mengikuti perubahan dengan pola to be + v31. Terus, subyek dalam kalimat aktif diubah menjadi obyek dalam kalimat pasif, atau bisa juga dihilangkan.

3. Passive with By
We are normally not interested in the “doer” of an action in a passive sentence. When we want to mention the “doer”, we use the preposition by. The whole phrase is called by-agent in English.
(Kita sih biasanya nggak terlalu ingin menyebutkan pelaku kegiatan dalam kalimat pasif, tapi kalau kita ingin menyebutkan pelakunya, kita tinggal menambahkan “by” sebelum objek kalimat pasifnya)
Example :

Active sentence : Mr Brown built the house.
Passive sentence : The house was built by Mr Brown

4. Passive without by
When we do not know, who was the “doer” of the action, we use someone or somebody in the active sentence. We leave out these words in the passive sentence. (Ketika kita tidak tahu siapa pelaku kegiatan itu kita bisa menghilangkannya)

Example :
Active sentence : Someone stole my bike
Passive sentence : My bike was stolen

5. Passive in various tenses

Nah, karena dalam Bahasa Inggris ada banyak tentses, maka untuk mengubah dari aktif ke pasif pun ada banyak polanya tergantung tenses. Tapi, yang perlu diingat, pasti semuanya memakai pola utama be + V3. Perhatikan tabel beriku ini baik - baik. Ok, cukup segini dulu, kal onanti masih ada yang mau ditanyakan, tanya aja lewat comment! Ok. Gbu.

No

Tenses

Active

 

Passive

 

1

Simple Present

Peter builds a house.

A house is built by Peter

 

2

Simple Past

Peter built a house

A house was built by Peter.

 

3

Present Perfect

Peter has built a house

A house has been built by Peter

4

will-future

Peter will build a house

A house will be built by Peter.

 

5

going to-future

Peter is going to build a house in summer.

A house is going to be built in summer by Peter.

6

Present Continuous

Peter is building a house now

A house is being built by Peter now.

7

Past Continuous

Peter was building a house

A house was being built by Peter

 

8

Sentences with Modals

Peter must build a house

A house must be built by Peter


Operator

30 Oktober 2008
oki
Bahasa Inggris Kelas 10

kak tolong bantuin dong apa makna dri passive voice dan tenses apa yang didunakan

Dear Oky,

Kalau Bahasa Indonesia mudah aja ya buat kalmat pasif. Misalnya :

Aktif : John minum susu tadi malam.

Pasif : Susu diminum oleh John tadi malam.

Nah, kalo kita pengin buat Kalimat pasif dalam Bahasa Inggris. Agak ribet sih, tapi jangan menyerah ya. Pertama - tama yang harus dipegang sih bahwa orang Inggris tidak terlalu suka menggunakan Passive Voice sebanyak orang Indonesia. Kalo orang Indonesia sedikit - sedikit pake kalimat Passive. Mungkin ini pengaruh budaya ya, kalo orang Indonesia sukanya khan sopan - santun, gak terus terang, sehingga pola kalimat pasif yang menyembunyikan “sang pelaku” kegiatan lebih disukai. Sedang orang Inggris khan sukanya terus terang, sehinnga pola kalimat aktiflah yang lebih suka dipakai karena pola kalimat ini memang secara terus terang menyebutkan sang pelaku kegiatan. Nah, sekarang kita belaja yuk Bgaimana dan kapan orang Inggris menggunakan passive voice. Simak deh, penjelasan berikut ini.

1. How do we use the Passive Voice?
We only use the passive when we are interested in the object or when we do not know who caused the action. We can only form a passive sentence from an active sentence when there is an object in the active sentence. (Kita menggunakan kalimat pasif hanya jika kita lebih tertarik pada “si penderita” kegiatan tersebut atau saat kita tidak tahu siapa subyek pelaku kegiatan itu).

2. How do we form the Passive Voice?
The main formula for passive voice is:
TO BE + V3

(Kita membentuk Passive voice utamanya dengan menambahkan bentuk To be dengan bentuk kata kerja ketiga)

How to form a passive sentence from an active sentence:
- object of the “active” sentence becomes subject in the “passive” sentence
- subject of the “active” sentence becomes “object” in the “passive” sentence” (or is left out)
Take a look at the following example!

Active : Peter builds a house.
S V O

Passive : A house is built by Peter
S V O

\"\"

(Cara membentuk Passive voice : Objek kalimat aktif diubah menjadi subyek dalam kalimat pasif, sedang kata kerjanya mengikuti perubahan dengan pola to be + v31. Terus, subyek dalam kalimat aktif diubah menjadi obyek dalam kalimat pasif, atau bisa juga dihilangkan.

3. Passive with By
We are normally not interested in the “doer” of an action in a passive sentence. When we want to mention the “doer”, we use the preposition by. The whole phrase is called by-agent in English.
(Kita sih biasanya nggak terlalu ingin menyebutkan pelaku kegiatan dalam kalimat pasif, tapi kalau kita ingin menyebutkan pelakunya, kita tinggal menambahkan “by” sebelum objek kalimat pasifnya)
Example :

Active sentence : Mr Brown built the house.
Passive sentence : The house was built by Mr Brown

4. Passive without by
When we do not know, who was the “doer” of the action, we use someone or somebody in the active sentence. We leave out these words in the passive sentence. (Ketika kita tidak tahu siapa pelaku kegiatan itu kita bisa menghilangkannya)

Example :
Active sentence : Someone stole my bike
Passive sentence : My bike was stolen

5. Passive in various tenses

Nah, karena dalam Bahasa Inggris ada banyak tentses, maka untuk mengubah dari aktif ke pasif pun ada banyak polanya tergantung tenses. Tapi, yang perlu diingat, pasti semuanya memakai pola utama be + V3. Perhatikan tabel beriku ini baik - baik. Ok, cukup segini dulu, kal onanti masih ada yang mau ditanyakan, tanya aja lewat comment! Ok. Gbu.

No

Tenses

Active

 

Passive

 

1

Simple Present

Peter builds a house.

A house is built by Peter

 

2

Simple Past

Peter built a house

A house was built by Peter.

 

3

Present Perfect

Peter has built a house

A house has been built by Peter

4

will-future

Peter will build a house

A house will be built by Peter.

 

5

going to-future

Peter is going to build a house in summer.

A house is going to be built in summer by Peter.

6

Present Continuous

Peter is building a house now

A house is being built by Peter now.

7

Past Continuous

Peter was building a house

A house was being built by Peter

 

8

Sentences with Modals

Peter must build a house

A house must be built by Peter


Operator

29 Oktober 2008
Bahasa Inggris Kelas 9

Pertanyaan anda?
Operator


29 Oktober 2008
syfa
Bahasa Inggris Kelas 9

k\'... minta c0nt0h text rep0rt ttg batu z0diak d0nk.. pleaz.. thx y k\'

Bila teks report yang anda maksud seperti dalam pembelajaran Bahasa Inggris SMP (tujuan dari konsultasi web ini), adalah teks yang mendeskripsikan tentang sesuatu/peristiwa yang bersifat umum/general.

Sehingga untuk tema batu zodiak, maka teks report harus menjelaskannya secara umum.

Contoh:

 

Birthstones, Zodiac and Anniversary Stones

Birthstones are of special interest to gemstone lovers and the association of specific gemstones with months of the year goes back centuries. As the famous gemologist G.F. Kunz noted in his book, The Curious Lore of Precious Stones, "There is no doubt that the owner of a ring or ornament set with a birthstone is impressed with the idea of possessing something more intimately associated with his or her personality than any other stone, however beautiful or costly. The idea that birthstones possess a certain indefinable, but nonetheless real significance has long been present and still holds a spell over the minds of all who are gifted with a touch of imagination and romance."

Precious gems were first associated with signs of the zodiac. The modern birthstone list was formulated by an organization known as The Jewelers of America in 1912.

 


Operator

29 Oktober 2008
Ardian Risqi
Bahasa Inggris Kelas 9

Bgm cara mudah utk membedakan either,neither, not only but also, both...and..., neither nor, Either Or

Either

Contoh:

- We can eat in either restaurant. (Maksudnya, restoran yang ini boleh, yang itu juga boleh)

- I don't like either shop. (Yang ini aku tidak suka, yang itu aku juga tidak suka)

- Coffee or tea? Either one is fine. (Yang mana aja enak!)

 

Jadi, ‘either’ artinya pilihan; yang ini OK, yang itu juga OK (dalam kalimat positif). Atau yang ini tidak OK , yang itu juga tidak OK (dalam kalimat negatif).

 

Neither

Neither berarti tidak dua-duanya. Hampir sama seperti ‘either’ yang dipake di kalimat negatif (Liat contoh, I don't like either shop).

Contoh:

- Neither shop is good enough (Tak ada satupun dari toko-toko itu yang bagus)

- Neither of us is married (Tak satupun diantara kami yang sudah menikah)

 

Kalau neither ... nor... digunakan untuk menggabungkan dua kalimat yang sama - sama negative, contohnya:

- Rudy doesn't like Physics

- Rudy doesn't like Math

Jika kedua kalimat tersebut digabungkan menggunakan neither ... nor ... maka menjadi:

Rudy likes neither Physics nor Math 

- The driver wasn't safe in the accident

- The passengers weren't safe in the accident

Jika dua kalimat tersebut digabungkan, maka menjadi:

Neither the driver nor the passengers were safe in the accident 

Sedangkan either ... or ... digunakan dalam kalimat yang maksudnya kalau tidak ini, ya yang itu.

Contoh

Ann: What does Merlin play?

Leo: She plays either guitar or piano 




Bob   : I want to subscribe magazine?

Dicky : What magazine?

Bob   : I'm still in doubt. I will subscribe either "Hello" or "Contact"

 

Not only .... but also dan both .... and .....

Keduanya dipakai untuk menyatakan dua hal, benda, atau orang yang akan diungkap dalam suatu kalimat.

Contoh:

She got not only a good job but also many friends at the new place.

Not only the managers but also the staff got a new promotion.

Both father and mother are from Sumatra.

Rani and Tia study at the same school. Both of them are from the sama elementary school.


Operator

29 Oktober 2008
Ardian Risqi
Bahasa Inggris Kelas 9

Tolong Jelaskan sejelas-jelasnya tentang Question Task dan Eliptice

A tag question is a special construction in English. It is a statement followed by a mini-question. The whole sentence is a "tag question", and the mini-question at the end is called a "question tag".

We use tag questions at the end of statements to ask for confirmation. They mean something like: "Am I right?" or "Do you agree?" They are very common in English.

The basic structure is:

+
Positive statement,

-
negative tag?

Snow is white,

isn't it?

-
Negative statement,

+
positive tag?

You don't like me,

do you?

Look at these examples with positive statements:

positive statement [+]

negative tag [-]

notes:

subject

auxiliary

main verb

 

auxiliary

not

personal
pronoun
(same as subject)

 

You

are

coming,

 

are

n't

you?

 

We

have

finished,

 

have

n't

we?

 

You

do

like

coffee,

do

n't

you?

 

You

 

like

coffee,

do

n't

you?

You (do) like...

They

will

help,

 

wo

n't

they?

won't = will not

I

can

come,

 

can

't

I?

 

We

must

go,

 

must

n't

we?

 

He

should

try

harder,

should

n't

he?

 

You

 

are

English,

are

n't

you?

no auxiliary for main verb be present & past

John

 

was

there,

was

n't

he?

Look at these examples with negative statements:

negative statement [-]

positive tag [+]

subject

auxiliary

 

main verb

 

 

auxiliary

personal
pronoun
(same as subject)

It

is

n't

raining,

 

 

is

it?

We

have

never

seen

 

that,

have

we?

You

do

n't

like

 

coffee,

do

you?

They

will

not

help,

 

 

will

they?

They

wo

n't

report

 

us,

will

they?

I

can

never

do

 

it right,

can

I?

We

must

n't

tell

 

her,

must

we?

He

should

n't

drive

 

so fast,

should

he?

You

 

 

are

n't

English,

are

you?

John

 

 

was

not

there,

was

he?

Some special cases:

I am right, aren't I?

aren't I (not amn't I)

You have to go, don't you?

you (do) have to go...

I have been answering, haven't I?

use first auxiliary

Nothing came in the post, did it?

treat statements with nothing, nobody etc like negative statements

Let's go, shall we?

let's = let us

He'd better do it, hadn't he?

he had better (no auxiliary)

Here are some mixed examples:

  • But you don't really love her, do you?
  • This will work, won't it?
  • Well, I couldn't help it, could I?
  • But you'll tell me if she calls, won't you?
  • We'd never have known, would we?
  • The weather's bad, isn't it?
  • You won't be late, will you?
  • Nobody knows, do they?

Notice that we often use tag questions to ask for information or help, starting with a negative statement. This is quite a friendly/polite way of making a request. For example, instead of saying "Where is the police station?" (not very polite), or "Do you know where the police station is?" (slightly more polite), we could say: "You wouldn't know where the police station is, would you?" Here are some more examples:

  • You don't know of any good jobs, do you?
  • You couldn't help me with my homework, could you?
  • You haven't got $10 to lend me, have you?

Intonation

We can change the meaning of a tag question with the musical pitch of our voice. With rising intonation, it sounds like a real question. But if our intonation falls, it sounds more like a statement that doesn't require a real answer:

 

intonation

 

You don't know where my wallet is,

do you?

/ rising

real question

It's a beatiful view,

isn't it?

\\ falling

not a real question

Answers to tag questions

\"WSM

A question tag is the "mini-question" at the end. A tag question is the whole sentence.

How do we answer a tag question? Often, we just say Yes or No. Sometimes we may repeat the tag and reverse it (..., do they? Yes, they do). Be very careful about answering tag questions. In some languages, an oposite system of answering is used, and non-native English speakers sometimes answer in the wrong way. This can lead to a lot of confusion!

\"WSM

Answer a tag question according to the truth of the situation. Your answer reflects the real facts, not (necessarily) the question.

For example, everyone knows that snow is white. Look at these questions, and the correct answers:

tag question

correct answer

 

 

Snow is white, isn't it?

Yes (it is).

the answer is the same in both cases - because snow IS WHITE!

but notice the change of stress when the answerer does not agree with the questioner

Snow isn't white, is it?

Yes it is!

Snow is black, isn't it?

No it isn't!

the answer is the same in both cases - because snow IS NOT BLACK!

Snow isn't black, is it?

No (it isn't).

In some languages, people answer a question like "Snow isn't black, is it?" with "Yes" (meaning "Yes, I agree with you"). This is the wrong answer in English!

Here are some more examples, with correct answers:

  • The moon goes round the earth, doesn't it? Yes, it does.
  • The earth is bigger than the moon, isn't it? Yes.
  • The earth is bigger than the sun, isn't it? No, it isn't!
  • Asian people don't like rice, do they? Yes, they do!
  • Elephants live in Europe, don't they? No, they don't!
  • Men don't have babies, do they? No.
  • The English alphabet doesn't have 40 letters, does it? No, it doesn't.

Question tags with imperatives

Sometimes we use question tags with imperatives (invitations, orders), but the sentence remains an imperative and does not require a direct answer. We use won't for invitations. We use can, can't, will, would for orders.

 

imperative + question tag

notes:

invitation

Take a seat, won't you?

polite

order

Help me, can you?

quite friendly

Help me, can't you?

quite friendly (some irritation?)

Close the door, would you?

quite polite

Do it now, will you?

less polite

Don't forget, will you?

with negative imperatives only will is possible

Same-way question tags

Although the basic structure of tag questions is positive-negative or negative-positive, it is sometime possible to use a positive-positive or negative-negative structure. We use same-way question tags to express interest, surprise, anger etc, and not to make real questions.

  • So you're having a baby, are you? That's wonderful!
  • She wants to marry him, does she? Some chance!
  • So you think that's amusing, do you? Think again.

Negative-negative tag questions usually sound rather hostile:

  • So you don't like my looks, don't you?

Bentuk Elliptics dalam bahasa Inggris dipakai untuk menyatakan dua hal yang berlaku sama dalam satu kalimat.

Pola kalimatnya bervariasi tergantung pada tenses yang dipakai sehingga kata bantu yang digunakan juga bervariasi.

Contoh :

Dalam kalimat positif, kata yang dipakai adalah “so” dan “too”.

  • The headmaster is busy, and so are the teachers. …… (gunakan to-be yang sesuai dengan subjectnya.
  • He comes early everyday, so does his secretary. …(gunakan do/does untuk simple present tense.)
  • My friends prepared for the test, and I did too. ….(gunakan did untuk past tense)
  • I have submitted my paper, and Ruth has too.  ….(gunakan have/has/had untuk kalimat perfect).
  • Father can drive a car, and so can mother. …….(gunakan modals).

Pola elliptics:

………, so   + kata bantu   + Subject 2

………, Subject 2   + kata bantu   + too.

 

Dalam kalimat negatif, kata yang dipakai adalah “either” dan “neither”.

Pola:

……….  ,and  Subject 2   +  kata bantu +not   + either

………   ,and neither    +   kata bantu    +  Subject 2

Contoh:

  • The house is not far from the pond, and the river is not either.
  • My sister was not at home last night, and neither were my mother and I.

 

 

 


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