"WH-Question Words"

1. Pola Kalimat Verbal

Untuk membuat kalimat tanya yang menggunakan "WH-Question Words" kita harus meletakkan "WH-Question Words" di awal kalimat (di depan kata kerja bantu) yang sudah dibentuk dari "Yes/No Question" (pertanyaan Yes/No) lebih dahulu. "WH-Question Words" adalah: What, Where, When, Why, Who.

 

Perhatikanlah kalimat berikut ini:

• I attend the class every day.

          Do I attend the class every day? ( Yes/No question )

          Who attend the class evey day? ( menanyakan subject )

          What do you do every day?  ( menanyakan activity )

          What do you attend every day?  ( menanyakan object )

          When do you attend the class?   ( menanyakan time )

 

Catatan:

Khusus kalimat tanya yang menanyakan "subject" tidak usah menggunakan kata kerja bantu "Do/Does" tapi langsung diikuti kata kerja bentuk pertama (kata kerjanya selalu ditambah akhiran "S" atau "ES" walaupun subjectnya jamak seperti You, They, We).

 

Contoh:

• They play football every week.

          DO they play football every week?

          Who plays football every week?  They do.

• We know the answers to that question.

          Do we know the answers to that question?

          Who knows the answers to that question? We do.

• She works at IKIP Jakarta.

          Does she work at IKIP Jakarta?

          Who works at IKIP Jakarta? She does.