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5. If the government were to apply the new curriculum, teachers would not be ready yet.
The sentence has the same meaning with... A. The teacher was not ready to apply the curriculum.
B. The government didn’t apply the curriculum. C. The teacher was ready to apply the new curriculum because the
government had applied it ealier. D. Were the government to apply the new curriculum earlier, the teacher
would not be ready yet.
F. Rangkuman
TAGS
Tags are either questions, statements or imperatives added to a clause to invite a response from the listener. Tags consist of one of the auxiliary verbs be, do or
have, or the main verb be, or a modal verb, plus a subject, which is most
commonly a pronoun.
Table 24 Tags, Commands and Conditionals
TYPES FORM
TYPE 1 The first type of question tag consists of an
affirmative main clause and a negative tag, or a negative main clause and an
affirmative tag. Negative tags are most commonly used in the contracted form:
She can handle the problem, can’t she?
He won`t come to this meeting, will he?
MPERATIVE TAGS A tag after an imperative clause softens the
imperative a little. The tag verb is most commonly will but we can also use would,
could, can and won’t:
Turn the TV down, will you? Don’t shout, will you? I can hear
you perfectly well. STATEMENT TAGS
We can use a statement tag to emphasise or reinforce an affirmative statement. The
tag is also affirmative. They typically invite the listener to agree or sympathise in some
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way, or to offer a parallel comment. Statement tags are very informal:
I will win this competition, I will. She could won some money last
week, Catherine would
TYPE 2 The second type of question tag consists of
an affirmative main clause and an affirmative tag:
[main clause] You should attend the English class, [tag]
should
you?
She must confirm her presence, must she?
UNIVERSAL TAGS We can use right and yeah in very informal
situations instead of question tags:
So, you won’t be coming with us tonight,
right? They’ll be here about 4.30, yeah?
GIVING COMMANDS We use must. as an imperative in commands,
You must wear a coat. It’s raining.
To make commands sound more polite Will is used and please is added at the end of what we say
Will you bring us the files on the Hanley case please, Maria?
Public notices often give direct commands using no, do not or must:
CONDITIONALS
Conditional sentences consider imagined or uncertain situations and the possible results of these situations. The most common types of conditional sentences
involve if:
[imagined situation] If I get the job in Milan, [result] I’ll be pretty happy.
