MENGAJUKAN PERTANYAAN
1. PERTANYAAN YES/NO DAN JAWABAN SINGKAT
| YES.NO QUESTIONS | SHORT ANSWER (+LONG ANSWER) | A yes/no question is a question that can be answered by “yes” or “no” (or their equivalents, such as “yeah” or “nah,” and “uh huh” or “huh uh” |
| (a) Do you know Jim Smith? Yes, I do. ( I know Jim Smith.) No, I don’t. (I don’t know Jim Smith.) (b) Did it rain last night? Yes, it did. ( It rained last night.) No, it didn’t. ( It didn’t rain last night.) (c) Are you studying English? Yes, I’m.* (I’m studying English.) No, I’m not. ( I’m not studying English.) (d) Was Ann in class? Yes, She was. ( Ann was in class.) No, She wasn’t ( Ann wasn’t in class.) (e) Will Rob be here soon? Yes, He will.* ( Rob will be here soon.) No, He won’t.(Rob won’t be here soon.) (f) Can you swimm? Yes, I can. ( I can swimm.) No, I can’t. ( I can’t swimm.) | ||
2. AN INFORMATION QUESTION (Pertanyaan meminta informasi)
| (QUESTION WORD) | HELPING VERB | SUBJECT | MAIN VERB | (REST OF SENTENCE) | The same subject-verb word order is used in both yes/no and information question: HELPING VERB + SUBJECT + MAIN VERB | |
| (a) Where Does Ann live In Montreal Live? (b) Where Is Sara studying at the library? Studying? (c) When Will You graduate next year? Graduate? (d) Who(m)* Did They see Jack? See? (e) Where Is Heidi at home? (f) Is Heidi? | ||||||
| In (e) and (f): Main verb be in simple present and simple past (am,are,was,were) precedes the subject. It has the same position as a helping verb. | ||||||
| (g) Who came to dinner? (k) What happened yesterday? | When the question word(e.g., who or what) is the subject of question, the usual question word order is not used. No form of do is used. Notice (g) and (k) | |||||
3. MENGGUNAKAN WHO, WHO(M) DAN WHAT
| QUESTION | ANSWER | In (a): Who is used as the subject (S) of a question. In (b): Who(m) is used as the object (O) in a question Whom is used in formal English. In everyday spoken English, Who is usually used instead of Whom. |
| S S (a) Who came? Someone caeme. O S S O (b) Who(m) did you see? I saw someone. | ||
| S S (c) What happend? Something happened. O S S O (d) What did you see? I saw something. | What can be used as either the subject or the object in a question. | |
What+ a form of do is used to ask questions about activities. (Examples of forms of do: am doing, will do, are going to do, did,etc.
5. MENGGUNAKAN WHAT KIND OF
| QUESTION | ANSWER | What kind of asks for information about a specific type (a spesific kind) in general category. |
| (a) What kind of shoes did you buy? Boots/Sandals/etc. (b) What kind of fruit do you like best? Apples/Oranges/etc. | ||
6. MENGGUNAKAN WHICH
| (a) Tom : May I borroe a pen from you? Ann : Sure. I have black ink and red pink. Which (pen/one) do you want? (b) Which pen do you want ? (c) Which one do you want? (d) Which do you want? | In (a): Ann uses Which (not what) because the wants Tom chouse. Which is used when the speaker wants someone to make a choice, when the speaker is offering alternatives: this one or that one; these or those. |
| (e) Sue : I like this earrings, and I like those Earrings. Bob : Which (earrings/ones) are you Going to buy? Sue : I think I’ll get these. (f) Which earrings are you going to buy? (g) Which ones are you going to buy? (h) Which are you going to buy? | Which can be used with either singular or plural nouns. (f), (g) and (h) have the same meaning. |
7.MENGGUNAKAN WHOSE
| QUESTION | ANSWER | Whose asks about possesion. Noticein (a): the speaker of the question may omit the noun(book) if the meaning is slear to the listener. |
| (a) Whose (book) is this? It’s John’s (book). (b) Whose (books) are those? They’re mine/my books (c) Whose car did you borrow? I borrowed Karen’s(car) | ||
| COMPARE : (d) Who’s that? Mary Smith. (e) Whose is that? Mary’s | Who’s and whose have the same pronounciation. Who’s = contraction of who is Whose=asks about possession. | |
8. MENGGUNAKAN HOW
| QUESTION | ANSWER | How has many uses. One use of how is to ask about means (ways) of transportation. |
| (a) How did you get here? I drove/by car. I took a/by taxi. I flew/by palane. I walked/On foot. | ||
| (b) How old are you? Twenty-one. (c) How tall is he? About six feet. (d) How big is your apartment? It has three room. (e) How sleepy are you? Very sleepy. (f) How hungry are you? I’m starving. (g) How soon will you be ready? In five minutes. (h) How well does he speak English? Very well. (i) How quickly can you get here? I can get there in 30 minutes. | How is often used with adjectives | |
9. MENGGUNAKAN HOW OFTEN
| QUESTION | ANSWER | How often asks about frequency. |
| (a) How often do you go shopping? Every day. Once a week. About twice a week. Every other day or so. There times a mooth. | ||
| (b) How many times a day do you eat? Three or four. How many times a week do you go Shopping? Two. How many times a month do you Go to the bank? Once. How many times a year do you take A vocation? Once or twice. | Other ways of asking how often: How many times a day a week a month a year | |
10. MENGGUNAKAN HOW ABOUT DAN WHAT ABOUT
How about and What about have the same meaning and usage. They are used to make suggertions of offers.
Example :
(a) A : I’m tired. How about you? (b) A : Are you hungry?
B : Yes, I’m tired too. B : No. What about you?
10. MENGGUNAKAN HOW FAR
| (a) A : How far is it from St. Louis to Chicago? B : 289 miles. (b) A : How far do you live from school? B : Four blocks. | How far is used to ask question about distance. |
| (c) How many miles is it from St. Louis to Chicago (d) How many kilometers is it to Montreal from here? (e) How many blocks is it to the post office? | Other ways to ask how far: How many miles? How many kilometers? How many blocks? |
11. MENGEKSPRESIKAN LAMAYA WAKTU: IT + TAKE
| IT + TAKE + (SOMEONE) + TIME EXPRESSION + INFINITIVE* |
| (a) It takes Janet six hours to drive to Chicago from here. (b) It took Janet a long time to finish her composotion. |
12. MENGGUNAKAN HOW LONG
| QUESTION | ANSWER | How long asks for information about length of time. |
| (a) How long does it take to drive To Chicago from here? Two days. (b) How long did you study last night? Four hours. (c) How long will you be in Florida? Ten years. | ||
| (d) How many days wiil you be In Florida? Ten | Other ways of asking how long. How many + minutes Hours Days, etc. | |
13. QUESTION TAG
Questions in the form of a statement + a question tag (isn’t it?, don’t you?, etc)
It’s warm, isn’t it? We’llbe early, won’t we?
Jane doesn’t look well, does she? We shan’t be late, shall we?
They were late, weren’t they?
You bought that in France, didn’t you?