Pengertian, Macam-macam, Fungsi, Arti dan Contoh WH Question Words

Pengertian WH Question Words

WH Question Words adalah kata tanya yang diawali dengan huruf “W” dan “H”.

Jenis Question Words

Ada 2 jenis kalimat tanya dalam Bahasa Inggris (question words), yakni:

1.         WH question words

2.         Yes or no questions

Macam-macam, Fungsi dan Contoh WH Question Words

Perhatikan tabel di bawah ini:

WH Question Words	Fungsi	Contoh Kalimat
what	Menanyakan informasi tentang sesuatu.	What is your name?
	Menanyakan pengulangan, menanyakan kenapa.	What? I can't hear you.You did what?
what...for	Menanyakan alasan, menanyakan kenapa.	What did you do that for?
when	Menanyakan tentang waktu	When did he leave?
where	Menanyakan posisi atau tempat.	Where do they live?
which	Menanyakan tentang pilihan.	Which color do you want?
who	Menanyakan subject orang.	Who opened the door?
whom	Menanyakan object orang.	Whom did you see?
whose	Menanyakan tentang kepemilikan.	Whose are these keys? Whose turn is it?
why	Menanyakan alasan.	Why do you say that?
why don't	Memberikan saran.	Why don't I help you?
how	Menyakan tentang cara.	How does this work?
	Menanyakan tentang kondisi atau jumlah.	How was your exam?
how + adj/adv	Menanyakan tingkatan	Perhatikan contoh di bawah ini:
how far	Jarak	How far is Pattaya from Bangkok?
how long	Panjang (waktu atau ruang)	How long will it take?
how many	Jumlah (countable)	How many cars are there?
how much	Jumlah (uncountable)	How much money do you have?
how old	Umur	How old are you?
how come (informal)	Menanyakan alasan, menanyakan kenapa.	How come I can't see her?

Arti dan Contoh WH Question Words

WH Question Words	Arti	Contoh Kalimat
who	Orang	Who's that? That's Nancy.
where	Tempat	Where do you live? In Boston
why	Alasan	Why do you sleep early? Because I've got to get up early
when	Waktu	When do you go to work? At 7:00
how	Cara	How do you go? By car
what	Object, ide atau tindakan	What do you do? I am an engineer
which	Pilihan	Which one do you prefer? The red one.
whose	Kepemilikan	Whose is this book? It's Alan's.
whom	Object dari kata kerja	Whom did you meet? I met the manager.
what kind	Deskripsi/ gambaran	What kind of music do you like? I like quiet songs
what time	Waktu	What time did you come home?
how many	Jumlah (countable)	How many students are there? There are twenty.
how much	Jumlah/ kwantitas, harga (uncountable)	How much time have we got? Ten minutes
how long	Durasi, panjang	How long did you stay in that hotel? For two weeks.
how often	Frekwensi	How often do you go to the gym? Twice a week.
how far	Jarak	How far is your school? It's one mile far.
how old	Umur	How old are you? I'm 16.
how come	Alasan	How come I didn't see at the party?

Jika anda ingin menanyakan tentang subject dari suatu kalimat, langsung saja tambahkan kata tanya pada awal kalimat. Contohnya:

Shelly buys new car. – Who buys new car?

Jika anda menanyakan tentang predicate dari suatu kalimat (bagian dari kalimat yang mengandung kata kerja dan memberikan informasi tentang subject), ada 3 pilihan:

1.  Jika ada kata kerja bantu (auxiliary verb) yang mendahului kata kerja utama (seperti: can, is, are, was, were, will, would, … etc), silahkan tambahkan kata tanya kemudian diikuti dengan kata kerja bantu (auxiliary verb) dan subject. Contohnya:

He can speak Japanese. – What can he speak?

They are working tonight. – When are they working?

2.  Jika anda menanyakan predicate tetapi tidak ada kata kerja bantu-nya (auxiliary verb) dan hanya ada “to be”, silahkan tambahkan kata tanya kemudian diikuti dengan to be dan subject. Contohnya:

The play was interesting. – How was the play?

3.  Jika tidak ada kata kerja bantu (auxiliary verb) pada predicate dan kata kerja utama bukanlah berupa “to be”, silahkan tambahkan kata kerja bantu “do/ does” dalam bentuk yang sesuai. Contohnya:

They go to the movies every Saturday. – When do they go to the movies?

He wakes up early. – When does he wake up?

Tom sent a letter. – What did they send?

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