APOSTROPHE (')

APOSTROPHE ( ' ) 

Apostrophe ( ' ) dalam penulisan kalimat bahasa Inggris biasanya digunakan dengan kata benda yang bertujuan sebagai penunjuk milik. Kita dapat menunjukkan bahwa seseorang memiliki sesuatu dengan menambahkan apostrophe ( ' ) dengan diikuti "s" pada kata benda tersebut. Adapun pola-polanya, sebagai berikut:

1. 's for a singular possessive noun ( Ira's bag is very beautiful).
2. 's with places ( The city's population are growing faster).
3. 's with more than one noun ( Ira and John's mobile phone is same).
4. 's with time words ( Today's meeting will be attended by Mr. Smith).
5. 's for a plural possessive noun ( The people's motorcycles are black and red).

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QUESTION TAGS

Question Tags

Question tag is a word or expression that is used by person to give a statement and ask another person who is spoken to agree or disagree with his/her opinion.

Types of Question Tags

1. POSITIVE statement. question tag NEGATIVE.

    S + Aux./ to be + Verb, Aux./ to be + Verb + NOT + Pronoun.

    EXAMPLES:

•  His aunt is a nurse, isn't she?
• Mr. Ali was sick yesterday, wasn't he?
• They always get up early, don't they?
• She visited my sister yesterday, didn't she?
• He can swim very fast, can't he?
• The chair has been painted, hasn't it?
• She have to come there now, don't she?

2. NEGATIVE statement. question tag POSITIVE.

    S + Aux./ to be + Verb + NOT, Aux./ to be + Verb + Pronoun.

    EXAMPLES:

• Mr. Ali was not sick yesterday, was he?
• They always do not get up early, do they?
• She did not visit my sister yesterday, did she?
• He cannot swim very fast, can he?
• The chair has not been painted, has it?

Nb:

• Open the door please, will you?
• Let's go for walk, shall we?
• Everything is okay, isn't it?
• Everybody studied hard, didn't they?
• A few students were there last Sunday, weren't they?
• A little money was left in the stolen wallet, wasn't it?
• They never go out on Sunday, do they?

#"never,seldom,rarely,barely, scarcely, hardly"(question tag POSITIVE)

  "I am, aren't I"

  "NOT on NEGATIVE TAG always in CONTRACTION: aren't I, won't they, don't you,etc.

Reference:

Complete English Grammar, by Junaida and Suryadi, Pustaka Pelajar, 2011.

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