Wh- Questions

Wh- Questions mengajak pembicara untuk mengetahui lebih jauh tentang sebuah topic pembicaraan.

When? Where? Who? Why? How? What?

Time Place Person Reason Manner Object/Idea/Action

Ekspresi lainnya yang juga dipakai untuk mendapatkan informasi yang spesifik adalah:

Which (one)? Whose? Whom? How much? How many? How long? How often? How far? What kind (of)?

Choice of alternatives Possession Person (objective formal) Price, amount (non-count) Quantity (count) Duration Frequency Distance Description

Perhatikan contoh sederhana berikut ini:

Susie invites Alex to her party tonight.

• Who invites Alex to her party tonight?
• What does Susie do to Alex to her party tonight?
• Whom does Susie invite to her party tonight?
• Where does Susie invite Alex tonight?
• When does Susie invite Alex to her party?

Perhatikan kelima contoh kalimat diatas!. Bahwa kita tidak menggunakan do, does, atau did setelah who. Sedangkan do, does, did dipakai untuk selainnya.