The Kinds Of Question Words

THE KINDS OF QUESTION WORDS

Question word	Question	Jawaban	Keterangan
WHO (SIAPA) SUBJECT	§  Who can answer my question? §  Who always visits you?	I can. Jane and Andi always visit me.	Who digunakan sebagai subyek dari sebuah pertanyaan yang merujuk kepada orang.
	§  Who is coming to dinner tonight? §  Who wants to go with me?	Dian and jihan are coming tonight. I want to go with you.	Who biasanya diikuti oleh kata kerja tunggal meskipun si penanya menanyakan lebih dari satu orang.
WHOM (SIAPA) OBJECT	§  Whom did you see last night? §  Whom are you visiting? §  Whom should I talk? §  To whom should I say?	I saw Zafa last night. My relatives You should talk with me.	Whom digunakan sebagai objek dan kata kerja atau preposition (awalan). Dalam spoken English, Whom jarang digunakan. Sebagai gantinya menggunakan who. Whom hanya digunakan dalam pertanyaan formal. Note: Who tidak didahului preposition melainkan Whom.
WHAT (SIAPA) UNTUK BENDA	§  What made you angry? §  What always eats the fish on the table?	His rudeness The cat eats the fish	What digunakan sebagai subject dari sebuah pertanyaan. What merujuk ke benda.
	§  What do you need? §  What did George buy? §  What did he talk about?	I need your love George bought a pen His holiday	What juga digunakan untuk menanyakan object benda dari kata kerja atau preposition.
	§  What kind of soup is that? §  What kind of shoes did you buy yesterday?	It is bean soup I bought sneakers yesterday.	What kind of digunakan untuk menanyakan jenis khusus dari benda.
	§  What did you do last night? §  What are you doing?	I played guitar I am eating	What + bentuk do digunakan untuk menanyakan aktifitas Dari subyek.
	§  What countries have you visited? §  What time did you come?	Italy and Singapore At nine o’clock	What boleh diikuti oleh kata benda(noun).
	§  What is her like? §  What is your tooth like?	She is kind, calm and obedient. White and strong	What + be like digunakan untuk menanyakan gambaran umum kualitas atau karakter benda/seseorang.
	§  What does Eri look like? §  What does her car look like?	He is tall and white skin. The car is elegant.	What + look like menanyakan gambaran fisik benda/seseorang.
WHICH	§  I have two pens. Which pen do     you want?       Which one do you want? Which do you want?	The blue one That one	Which digunakan sebagai pengganti what ketika pertanyaan tersebut berhubungan dengan pilihan benda yang sudah jelas dan diketahui jumlahnya
	§  Which countries did he visit? What countries did he visit? §  Which class are you in?       What class are you in?	Australia and Egypt This class	Dalam perbedaan kasus, tidak ada perbedaan arti antara which dan what ketika diikuti oleh kata benda (noun) seperti country dan class.
HOW	§  How did you come to office? §  How does you drive?	By bus Carefully	How umumnya menanyakan keterangan cara (adverb).
	§  How much money does it coast? §  How many people came?	Ten dollars Fifteen	How digunakan dengan much or many untuk menanyakan jumlah.
	§  How old are you? §  How cold is this? §  How fast were you driving? §  How long have you been here? §  How often do you go home? §  How far is it to Jakarta from here?	Twelve Ten below zero 100 km an hour Three months Every week 50 miles	How juga digunakan dengan adjective (kata sifat) dan adverb (kata keterangan). How long menanyakan waktu How often menanyakan frequency How far  menanyakan jarak
WHEN	§  When did you arrive here? §  When will you go home?	Yesterday Tonight	When digunakan untuk menanyakan waktu.
WHERE	§  Where is he? §  Where can I find a pen?	At home In the drawer	Where dugunakan untuk menanyakan tempat
WHY	§  Why did he leave early? §  Why aren’t you coming with us?	Because he’s ill I’m tired	Why digunakan untuk menanyakan alasan.
WHOSE	§  Whose book did you borrow? §  Whose key is this?	David’s book It’s mine	Whose digunakan untuk menanyakan kepemilikan.