Question Words dalam Bahasa Inggris

Pengertian Question Words

Question words adalah sebuah kata yang berfungsi untuk menanyakan sesuatu seperti menanyakan orang, tempat, waktu, benda, alasan, hal dan lain-lain. Question words terdiri dari what, who, where, when, why, which and how.

Lalu apa kegunaan dari mereka? Simak penjelasan berikut.

Macam-macam Question Words

WHAT (apa)
What digunakan untuk menanyakan spesifik informasi dimana kita ingin mengetahui sesuatu hal.

• What is your name?
• What do you need?
• What is her favorite novel?

Rumus:
What + Auxiliary Verbs + Subject + Main Verb/Object

WHO (siapa)
Who digunakan untuk menanyakan seseorang, kita ingin mengetahui siapa orang tersebut.

• Who is your boyfriend?
• Who are your bestfriends?
• Who is that man?

Rumus:
Who + Auxiliary Verbs + Subject + Main Verb/Object

WHERE (dimana)
Where digunakan untuk menanyakan tempat.

• Where is the library?
• Where does Jamal live?
• Where do you work?

Rumus:
Where + Auxiliary Verbs + Subject + Main Verb/Object

WHEN (kapan)
When digunakan untuk menanyakan waktu.

• When do the shops open?
• When is his birthday?
• When did he arrive?

Rumus:
When + Auxiliary Verbs + Subject + Main Verb/Object

WHY (mengapa)
Why digunakan untuk menanyakan alasan.

• Why did you leave?
• Why does Amel hate rabbit?
• Why are they always late?

Rumus:
Why + Auxiliary Verbs + Subject + Main Verb/Object

WHICH (yang mana)
Which digunakan untuk menanyakan pilihan. Which juga digunakan untuk menanyakan yang mana yang dimaksud pada orang, benda atau hal.

• Which day do you prefer for a meeting, today or tomorrow?
• Which colour do you want?
• Which one is better?

Rumus:
Which + Noun + Auxiliary Verbs + Subject + Main Verb/Object

HOW (bagaimana)
How digunakan untuk menanyakan cara. How juga bisa disandingkan berbagai ekspresi seperti how often (seberapa sering), how long (seberapa panjang), how many/much (seberapa banyak).

• How do you speak english?
• How often do you go shopping?
• How many kids do you have?
• How much money do you need?

Rumus:
– How + Auxiliary Verbs + Subject + Main Verb/Object
– How + Often + Auxiliary Verbs + Subject + Main Verb/Object
– How + Many + Countable + Auxiliary Verbs + Subject + Main Verb/Object
– How + Much + Uncountable + Auxiliary Verbs + Subject + Main Verb/Object

Nah, sekarang kalian sudah tahu apa saja kegunaan dari question words.

Read also: Auxiliary Verbs

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