CAUSATIVE VERB & QUESTION TAGS
Causative Verb
Adalah verb (kata kerja) yang digunakan untuk menunjukkan bahwa suatu hal dilakukan oleh seseorang atas kehendak orang lain. Dalam hal ini causative verbs yaitu:
1 Have (menyuruh)
Active Form
| Subject + Have (any tenses and any form) + object + bare infinitive |
Example: They have their children wash the car
They don’t have their children wash the car
They didn’t have their children wash the car
Passive Form
| Subject + Have (any tenses and any form) + object + past participle |
Example: We have the work finished on time
We have the meeting provided earlier
We have the computer repaired
2 Get (menyuruh)
Active Form
| Subject + get (any tenses and any form) + object + (to) infinitive |
Example: She gets the children to wash the car
He don’t get the children to wash the car
I didn’t get he children to wash the car
Passive Form
| Subject + get (any tenses and any form) + object + past participle |
Example: Rouge gets the work finished on time
We get the meeting provided earlier
Smith gets the computer repaired
3 Make (menyuruh; more stronger than have or get)
Active Form
| Subject + make (any tenses and any form) + object + bare infinitive |
Example: Harmonie makes them sign this document
Harry makes his employers do the work based on deadline
Hagrid made them try to work on time
Passive Form
| Subject + make (any tenses and any form) + object + past participle |
Example: Bronson made the document burned
You make us satisfied
She makes one of us killed
4 Let (membiarkan/memberi izin)
Rumus:
| Subject + let (any tenses and any form) + object + bare infinitive |
Example: Their family let me tell the truth to her
Her parents let me get lecture in Canada
Mary let them tell me what we want to do
5 Allow (mengizinkan)
Rumus:
| Subject + allow (any tenses and any form) + object + (to) infinitive |
Example: Their family allows me to tell the truth to her
Her parents allow me to get lecture in Canada
Mary allows them to tell me what we want to do
6 Permit (mengizinkan)
Rumus:
| Subject + permit (any tenses and any form) + object + bare infinitive |
Example: Their family permits me to tell the truth to her
Her parents permit me to get lecture in Canada
Mary permits them to tell me what we want to do
7 Help (menolong)
Rumus:
| Subject + help (any tenses and any form) + object + bare infinitive |
Example: Susan helped me bring the suit case
Andrea helps me find my way
They help their friends apply for job
atau
| Subject + help (any tenses and any form) + object + (to) infinitive |
Example: Susan helped me to bring the suit case
Andrea helps me to find my way
They help their friends to apply for job
Question Tags
Adalah suatu kata/ungkapan yang digunakan oleh seseorang untuk memberikan pernyataan dan memnta orang lain untuk menyetujui pendapatnya.
Dalam bahasa kita dikenal dengan susunan seperti contoh berikut: kamu orang sundah, bukan?
Untuk membentuk Question Tags, ada beberapa pedoman yang perlu diperhatikan sebagaimana akan disebutkan di bawah ini.
1 Apabila pernyataan berbentuk positive form, maka Question Tags-nya berbentuk Negative.
Ex: You understand, don’t you?
She came to the park, didn’t she?
They are spooky busters, aren’t they?
2 Apabila pernyataan berbentuk negative form, maka Question Tags-nya berbentuk positive.
Ex: He doesn’t trust you, does he?
We didn’t make disturbance, did we?
I wasn’t one of their tribe, was I?
3 Apabila pernyataan menggunakan modal dalam bentuk positive form, maka Question Tags-nya menggunakan modal dalam bentuk Negative.
Ex: You should come to the house, shouldn’t you?
They must stand and fight for, mustn’t they?
We can devote our life, can’t we?
4 Apabila pernyataan menggunakan modal dalam bentuk negative form, maka Question Tags-nya menggunakan modal dalam bentuk positive.
Ex: Alice may not come on time, mayn’t she?
Peter couldn’t come to our meeting, could he?
Jane mustn’t believe her faith, must she?
5 Untuk kalimat Imperative (baik positive imperative atau negative imperative), question Tags-nya menggunakan “Will you”.
Ex: Don’t say anything, will you?
Come tou my shoulder, will you?
Make me trust you, will you?
6 Untuk kalimat ajakan “Let’s/ Let us”, mqustion Tags-nya menggunakan “Shall we”.
Ex: Let’s change the world, shall we?
Let’s try to do our best, shall we?
Let’s convince the, shall we?
Important Note
1 Kata yang digunakan dalam question tags yaitu; They, We, You, I, She, He, It
- It biasanya digunakan dalam question tags untuk menunjuk pada kata-kata seperti: everything, nothing, this, that, his, your, etc.
Ex: nothing is impossible, isn’t it?
This is my new style, isn’t it?
That wasn’t I meant, was it?
- They biasanya digunakan dalam Qestion Tags untuk menunjuk pada kata-kata seperti: everyone, someone, somebody, noone, nobody etc.
Ex: No body called my name, did they?
Some body looks for me, do they?
Everyone is glad, are they?
2 Untuk pernyataan I am ……., Question Tags-nya adalah “Aren’t I”
Ex: I am your lord, aren’t I?
I am the only one you love, aren’t I?
I am everything that plays on your mind, aren’t I?
3 Kata-kata yang mengandung arti negative atau hampir negative seperti Never, Seldom, Hardly, Few, No, None etc. maka Question Tags-nya menggunakan bentuk Positive Form.
Ex: She seldom did something like this, didn’t she?
I have never seen him, haven’t I?
I can hardly believe what she said, can’t I?
4 Dalam membentuk question tags, kita harus benar-benar teliti. Berikut ada kata-kata yang kalau kita tidak teliti bisa keliru.
- Would rather
She’d rather stay here, wouldn’t she?
- Had better
She’d better stay here, hadn’t she?
- Had + past participle/V-3
She’d stayed here, hadn’t she?
- Should + V-1
She’d stay here, shouldn’t she?
- Would + like + V-1
She’d like to stay here, wouldn’t she?
Jawaban terhadap Question Tags
A. Membenarkan
1 You are working in a restaurant, aren’t you?
Yes, I am
2 We are not employers, are you?
No, we are not.
B. Menyangkal
1 Lindsay will try to make a company, won’t she?
No, she won’t
2 Kate doesn’t try to understand her boyfriend, does she?
Yes, she does
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