question word

Question Words adalah kata-kata yang digunakan untuk membentuk kalimat tanya. Kata-kata yang termasuk question words adalah What, Who, Whom, Whose, Which, Why, Where, When, dan How.

Pola Question Words (QW):

QW + Modal + Subject + Verb + Object

What digunakan untuk menanyakan objek dan subjek benda(apakah)

Contoh :

- What do you study? I study Englsih

- What eats grass? A buffalo eats grass

Where digunakan untuk menanyakan tempat(dimana)

Contoh :

- Where do you live? I live in Batang

- Where are you from? I am from Siberuk Tulis

When digunakan untuk menanyakan waktu(kapan)

Contoh :

- When does she go to Pekalongan? She goes to Pekalongan on Mondays

- When will you meet me? I will meet you at seven

Why digunakan untuk menanyakan alasan/sebab(mengapa/kenapa)

Contoh :

- Why did he come late? He came late because he got a traffic jam.

- Why are you sad? I am sad because my grandma is sick.

Who digunakan untuk menanyakan subjek (siapa)

Contoh :

- Who is sleeping? Anita is sleeping/Anita

- Who reads a book everyday? Munip reads a book everyday/Munip does

How digunakan untuk menanyakan cara, keadaan, kualitas,kuantitas, harga dan lain-lain

Contoh :

- How do you go to school? I go to school on foot.

- How are you today? I am fine

- How old are you? I am twenty seven years old

- How long is Pekalongan from Batang? It is 2 kilometers away

- how much is one kilogram of apple? It is eighteen thousand rupiahs.