QUESTION WORDS

 

QUESTION WORDS

Dalam Bahasa Inggris, Question words is the words that use to ask something like place, people, reason, way and so’on. Dalam bahasa indonesia, question words merupakan kumpulan kata yang digunakan untuk menanyakan waktu, tempat, alasan, cara dan lain sebagainya.

Jika dalam bahasa indonesia, kita mengenal istilah 5W+1H, hal tersebut tidak berbeda dengan question words yang akan kita bahas saat ini yaitu mengenai what, where, when, whom, who, whose, which dan how.

Aturan dalam menggunakan question words adalah diikuti kata bantu (auxiliary). Cara penggunaannya sama seperti pembahasan sebelumnya.

Ø  Do/does/did setelah kata tanya yang diikuti kata kerja (verb).

Ø  Is/am/are/was/were setelah kata tanya yang tidak bertemu kata kerja(verb).

Example:

What is your job? Apa pekerjaanmu?

What do you do? Apa pekerjaanmu?

What is you address?dimana alamatmu?

Where do you live? Dimana kamu tinggal?

 

note:

Jika kata bantu di letakkan di akhir kalimat maka itu kalimat pernyataan.

contoh:

Ø  I only want to tell what your job is.  (aku hanya ingin menjelaskan tentang pekerjaanmu).

Ø  How beautiful it is. ((betapa cantikknya ini)

 

 

 

LYRICS: Question Word Song

Contributor: Jonathan Taylor

 

who? why? where? how? what? when?

Ø  Who is that man? Siapa laki2 itu ?

Ø  Why is he here? Mengapa dia disini?

Ø  Where do you live? Dimana kamu tinggal?

Ø  How can I help? Bagaimana aku bisa membantu?

Ø  What do you like? apa yang kamu suka?

Ø  When are you free? Kapan waktu luangmu?

 

No

question words

Purposes

 (use for)

Example

means

1

Who

Asking about person (subject)

Who is that woman?

siapa perempuan itu?

2

Whom

Asking about person (the object)

Whom did you see?

siapa yang telah  kamu lihat?

3

Whose

Asking about ownership

Whose are these keys?

kunci ilik siapa ini?

4

Where

Asking in or at what place or position

Where do you live?

Dimana kamu tinggal?

Where are my boots?

dimana sepatu bot ku?

5

When

Asking about time, occasion, moment

When did you last see him?

Kapan terakhir kamu melihatnya?

When can I see you?

Kapan aku bisa bertemu kamu?

6

Why

Asking for a reason, explanation

Why were you late?

kenapa kamu terlabat?

Why was he late?

Mengapa dia terlambat?

7

Why don’t

Making a suggestion

Why don’t you take a nap?

Kenapa kamu tidak stirahat?

8

What

Asking for a specific thing, object

What‘s the matter?

Apa masalahnya?

What time is it?

Jam berapa ini?

 

 

 

What kind of music do you like?

Musik apa yang kamu sukai?

9

What…for

Asking for a reason, asking why

What did you do that for?

untuk apa kamu lakukan itu?

10

Which

Asking about choice

Which is better exercise – swimming or tennis?

Manakah yang lenih baik tenis atau berenang?

Which of the applicants has got the job?

pelamar yang mana yang dapat pelajaran?

11

How

asking for a way, manner, form

How does it work?

bagaimana ini bekerja?

How do you go to school?

Bagaimana kamu pergi ke sekolah?

12

How much

Asking about quantity or price

How much are those earrings?

berapa banyak gajinya?

Used with uncountable nouns

 

 

13

How many

Asking about quantity

How many people were there?

Berapa jumlah orang disana?

Used with countable nouns

 

 

14

How often

Asking about frequency

How often do you go swimming?

Berapa sering kamu pergi berenang?

15

How far

Asking about distance

How far is it from your house to your school?

berapa jarak dari rumah ke sekolahmu?

16

How old

Asking about age

How old are you?

Berapa umurmu?

 penjelasan cara membuat pertanyaan

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