Question Words (Kata-Kata Tanya) dalam Bahasa Inggris

 

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Fungsi dan Contoh Kalimat Question Words

1. What (apa)

Question word ini digunakan untuk menanyakan benda atau hal (thing).

Contoh

1	What do you want from me? (Apa yang kamu inginkan dari saya?)
2	What are you doing here? (Apa yang sedang kamu lakukan disini?)

 

2. Where (dimana)

Where digunakan untuk menanyakan tempat (place).

Contoh

Where does he live? (Dimana dia tinggal?)

 

3. When (kapan)

Question word ini digunakan untuk menanyakan waktu (time).

Contoh

When does the train from Yogyakarta arrive? (Kapan kereta dari Yogyakarta tiba?)

 

4. Why (mengapa)

Kata ini digunakan untuk menanyakan alasan (reason).

Contoh

Why do you hate cats? (Mengapa kamu benci kucing?)

 

5. Which (yang mana)

Question word ini untuk menanyakan orang (person), benda atau hal (thing) yang mana yang dimaksud diantara sejumlah orang, benda, atau hal.

Contoh

Which one is better? (Yang mana yang lebih baik?)

 

6. Who (siapa – subject)

Question word ini digunakan untuk menanyakan orang (person).

Contoh

1	Who send me a letter? (Siapa yang mengirimiku surat?)
2	Who is that man? (Siapa pria itu?)

 

7. Whom (siapa – object)

Whom digunakan untuk menanyakan orang yang menerima aksi, atau dengan kata lain: direct object

Contoh

Whom are you going to meet? (Siapa yang akan kamu temui?)

 

8. Whose (milik siapa – possessive)

Question word ini digunakan untuk orang yang mana yang memiliki sesuatu (possessive).

Contoh

Whose turn is it? (Giliran siapa?)

 

9. How (bagaimana)

How digunakan untuk menanyakan cara (manner). Question word ini juga dapat dikombinasikan dengan dengan berbagai huruf menjadi: how often (seberapa sering), how far (berapa jauh), how much/many (berapa banyak), how long (berapa lama).

Contoh

1	How did you meet your soulmate? (Bagaimana kamu bertemu belahan jiwamu?)
2	How often should I change my toothbrush? (Seberapa sering saya harus mengganti sikat gigi?)
3	How far is moon from earth? (Berapa jauh bulan dari bumi?)
4	How much do we need? (Berapa banyak yang kita butuhkan?)
5	How long does it take to get pregnant? (Berapa lama waktu yang dibutuhkan untuk hamil?)

 

TASK 1

Choose the correct answer!

 

1.   … did you eat? I ate banana 

A. what

B. how much

C. why

D. where

 

2.   … did you see? I saw a cat

A. what

B. how much

C. why

D. where

 

3.   … cat does she have? She has two cats

A. who

B. how much

C. how many

D. how

 

4.   … are they? They are fifty years old

A. what

B. how much

C. why

D. how old

 

5.   … countries did you visit? Morocco and Japan

A. what

B. how much

C. why

D. where

 

6.   … he need? He needs a money

A. what does

B. how much

C. why does

D. what will

 

7.   … Randa doing? Randa is selling toys

A. what does

B. how does

C. what is

D. what will

 

8.   … did he come? He came eight o’clock morning

A. what time

B. what will

C. what’s time

D. when time

 

9.   … you do last night? I studied English

A. what did

B. what will

C. what does

D. How do

 

10.     … she write? She will write a poem

A. what did

B. what will

C. what does

D. How do

 

11.     … is his uniform? Red and white

A. what did

B. what will

C. what color

D. How do color

 

12.     … has Fuad been here? Three hours

A. How are

B. How long

C. How does

D. How much

 

13.     … do you live? I live in Bukittinggi

A. what

B. how much

C. why

D. where

 

14.     … is to Batusangkar from Padang? Maybe, 100 kilometers

A. How many

B. How far

C. How do

D. How much

 

15.     … comes to visit Rahma? Abdullah and Ali

A. what

B. who

C. why

D. where

 

16.     … writes in this whiteboard? Faradilla and Farida

A. what

B. who

C. why

D. where

 

17.     … this cake? Rini and Sari

A. who makes

B. who has make

C. who made

D. what makes

 

18.     … you see? I saw John

A. whom did

B. who had

C. who did

D. what did

 

19.     … they come? They will come on Sunday

A. when will

B. whom will

C. who will

D. what will

 

20.     … you say this? Because I was hungry

A. when did

B. whom did

C. who did

D. why did

 

21.     … they go to there? Because they worked in there

A. when did

B. whom did

C. who did

D. why did

 

22.     … book do you have? The big one

A. what

B. which

C. why

D. where

 

23.     … do you want? The green one

A. what is

B. which one

C. why does

D. where one

 

24.     … house did you rent? Aminah’s house

A. what

B. which

C. whose

D. where

 

25.     … is this? It is hers

A. what laptop

B. which laptop

C. whose laptop

        D. where laptop