KINDS OF QUESTIONS 1. Yes-No Questions It is for asking if something is right or wrong or it is true or false. So the answer of this kind of question should be
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KINDS OF QUESTIONS
1. Yes-No Questions
It is for asking if something is right or wrong or it is true or false. So the answer of this kind of question should be Yes or No.
Example:
a. Are you an entrepreneur?
Yes, I am.
No, I am not.
b. Do you like swimming?
Yes, I do.
No, I don’t.
c. Will Rommie be still in his house next year?
Yes, he will.
No, he will not (won’t).
2. The Wh-Questions
WQ
Example
Possible Answer
Explanation
When
When did he arrive?
When will you arrive?
Last night.
Next month.
When is used to ask question about time.
Where
Where is he?
When can I buy a pencil?
At the campus.
At a book store.
Where is used to ask question about place.
Why
Why did he wake up early?
Why aren’t you coming with us?
Because he didn’t want to come to the campus late.
Because I’m tired.
Why is used to ask question about reason.
How
How did you come to the campus?
How does he drive his car?
By bus.
Carefully.
How is generally used to ask about manner.
How much does it cost?
How many visitors came?
Ten thousand rupiahs.
Twenty.
How is used with much and many.
How old are you?
How hot is the weather?
How soon can you come?
How fast did you drive?
How long has he been here?
How often do you write home?
How far Jogyakarta from here?
Twenty one years old.
26oC.
In a minute.
30 kilometers a hour.
Two years.
Every other week.
600 kilometers.
How is used with adjectives and adverbs.
How long asks about length of time.
How often asks about frequency.
How far asks about distance.
Who
Who can answer the question?
Who came to visit you?
Jane can.
Jane and Joan did.
Who is used as the subject of question.
Who is coming to dinner tonight?
Who wants to come with me?
My friends are.
We do.
Who is usually followed by a singular even if the speaker is asking about more than one person.
Whom
Who(m) did you see?
Who(m) are you visiting?
Who(m) must I talk to?
To whom should I talk (formal)?
I saw Jhon.
My father.
The secretary.
Whom is used as the object of a verb or preposition.
Note: whom, not who is used if preceded by a preposition.
Whose
Whose book did you borrow?
Whose key is this?
Whose is this?
Yana’s.
It’s mine.
Whose asks question about possession.
What
What do you need?
What did you talk about?
I need a pencil.
His vacation.
What is used as a object.
What made you angry?
What went wrong?
His rudeness.
Everything.
What is used as the subject of a question.
It refers to “things”.
What kind of soup is that?
What kind of shoes did he buy?
It’s been soup.
Leather shoes.
What kind of is used to ask about particular variety, or type of something.
What continues did you visit?
What time did she come?
What color is her hair?
French and Italy.
7 o’clock.
Dark brown.
What may accompany a noun.
What did you do last night?
What is Rima Doing?
I studied.
Studying.
What + a form of do is used to aks question about activities.
What did Eko like?
What is the weather like?
What does Eko look like?
He’s kind.
Cold and humid.
He is tall.
What + be like asks for a general description of qualities.
What + look like asks for a physical description.
Which
Which sister do you mean?
Which one do you mean?
Which do you mean?
Which should I buy?
The tall one.
That one.
Which is used instead of what, when a question concerns choosing form a definite, known quantity or group.
Which countries did he visit?
Which class are you in?
India and Thailand.
II B class.
In some cases, there is little difference in meaning between which and what when they accompany a noun.
Exercise 1 : Make questions based on the underlined words that will be the answer.
1. Bonita does not come to the campus today. ……………………….
2. Nadya visited her lecturer in the hospital. ……………………….
3. My favorite drink is lemon tea. …………………………………….
4. Dinta’s magazine is in the drawer. ………………………………….
5. I want to buy the red skirt that has tassel on its backside. …………
6. She needs to clean up the living room. ………………………………
7. I borrow my brother’s book. ………………………………………..
8. The princess’s dress was made of silk. ……………………………...
9. This parcel was sent by my father’s old friend. ……………………
10. Lola has won the English speech contest. ……………………………
Exercise 2 : Complete these sentences using “who”, “whom”, “what”, “whose”, or “which”.
1. ……………………………called you last night? Azzurra did.
2. For ……………………….did you make that cake? For my mother.
3. ……………………………gives you my phone number? Budiono does.
4. ……………………………did you buy in the supermarket? Two bars of chocolate.
5. ……………………………book is on the table? It’s mine.
6. ……………………………ticket has he ordered? The train one.
7. ……………………………wallet was lost? Fitri’s.
8. ……………………………of the girls is your sister? The one with the white gown.
9. ……………………………does Nadhea look like? She is tall and slim.
10. From …………………….did you get this money? My mother.
1. Yes-No Questions
It is for asking if something is right or wrong or it is true or false. So the answer of this kind of question should be Yes or No.
Example:
a. Are you an entrepreneur?
Yes, I am.
No, I am not.
b. Do you like swimming?
Yes, I do.
No, I don’t.
c. Will Rommie be still in his house next year?
Yes, he will.
No, he will not (won’t).
2. The Wh-Questions
WQ
Example
Possible Answer
Explanation
When
When did he arrive?
When will you arrive?
Last night.
Next month.
When is used to ask question about time.
Where
Where is he?
When can I buy a pencil?
At the campus.
At a book store.
Where is used to ask question about place.
Why
Why did he wake up early?
Why aren’t you coming with us?
Because he didn’t want to come to the campus late.
Because I’m tired.
Why is used to ask question about reason.
How
How did you come to the campus?
How does he drive his car?
By bus.
Carefully.
How is generally used to ask about manner.
How much does it cost?
How many visitors came?
Ten thousand rupiahs.
Twenty.
How is used with much and many.
How old are you?
How hot is the weather?
How soon can you come?
How fast did you drive?
How long has he been here?
How often do you write home?
How far Jogyakarta from here?
Twenty one years old.
26oC.
In a minute.
30 kilometers a hour.
Two years.
Every other week.
600 kilometers.
How is used with adjectives and adverbs.
How long asks about length of time.
How often asks about frequency.
How far asks about distance.
Who
Who can answer the question?
Who came to visit you?
Jane can.
Jane and Joan did.
Who is used as the subject of question.
Who is coming to dinner tonight?
Who wants to come with me?
My friends are.
We do.
Who is usually followed by a singular even if the speaker is asking about more than one person.
Whom
Who(m) did you see?
Who(m) are you visiting?
Who(m) must I talk to?
To whom should I talk (formal)?
I saw Jhon.
My father.
The secretary.
Whom is used as the object of a verb or preposition.
Note: whom, not who is used if preceded by a preposition.
Whose
Whose book did you borrow?
Whose key is this?
Whose is this?
Yana’s.
It’s mine.
Whose asks question about possession.
What
What do you need?
What did you talk about?
I need a pencil.
His vacation.
What is used as a object.
What made you angry?
What went wrong?
His rudeness.
Everything.
What is used as the subject of a question.
It refers to “things”.
What kind of soup is that?
What kind of shoes did he buy?
It’s been soup.
Leather shoes.
What kind of is used to ask about particular variety, or type of something.
What continues did you visit?
What time did she come?
What color is her hair?
French and Italy.
7 o’clock.
Dark brown.
What may accompany a noun.
What did you do last night?
What is Rima Doing?
I studied.
Studying.
What + a form of do is used to aks question about activities.
What did Eko like?
What is the weather like?
What does Eko look like?
He’s kind.
Cold and humid.
He is tall.
What + be like asks for a general description of qualities.
What + look like asks for a physical description.
Which
Which sister do you mean?
Which one do you mean?
Which do you mean?
Which should I buy?
The tall one.
That one.
Which is used instead of what, when a question concerns choosing form a definite, known quantity or group.
Which countries did he visit?
Which class are you in?
India and Thailand.
II B class.
In some cases, there is little difference in meaning between which and what when they accompany a noun.
Exercise 1 : Make questions based on the underlined words that will be the answer.
1. Bonita does not come to the campus today. ……………………….
2. Nadya visited her lecturer in the hospital. ……………………….
3. My favorite drink is lemon tea. …………………………………….
4. Dinta’s magazine is in the drawer. ………………………………….
5. I want to buy the red skirt that has tassel on its backside. …………
6. She needs to clean up the living room. ………………………………
7. I borrow my brother’s book. ………………………………………..
8. The princess’s dress was made of silk. ……………………………...
9. This parcel was sent by my father’s old friend. ……………………
10. Lola has won the English speech contest. ……………………………
Exercise 2 : Complete these sentences using “who”, “whom”, “what”, “whose”, or “which”.
1. ……………………………called you last night? Azzurra did.
2. For ……………………….did you make that cake? For my mother.
3. ……………………………gives you my phone number? Budiono does.
4. ……………………………did you buy in the supermarket? Two bars of chocolate.
5. ……………………………book is on the table? It’s mine.
6. ……………………………ticket has he ordered? The train one.
7. ……………………………wallet was lost? Fitri’s.
8. ……………………………of the girls is your sister? The one with the white gown.
9. ……………………………does Nadhea look like? She is tall and slim.
10. From …………………….did you get this money? My mother.
1 Jawaban
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1. Jawaban alfsylay
Exercise 1
1. Does Bonita come to the campus today?
2. Where is Nadya going to?
3. What is your favorite drink?
4. Where is Dinta's magazine?
5. What you want to buy
6. What did she doing now?
7. Whose book did you borrow?
8. What was the princess's dress made of?
9. Who was sent the parcel?
10. Who was won the English speech contest?
Exercise 2
1. Who
2. Whom
3. Whose
4. What
5. Whose
6. Wich
7. Whose
8. Wich
9. What
10. Whom