wh- question dengan present continuous tense.

wh- question dengan present continuous tense.

Sama seperti yes-no question (pada contoh tulisan sebelumnya: Present Continuous Tense), wh- question yang dimulai dengan wh-word: what, where, when, why, which, who, whose, atau how ini juga diakhiri oleh question mark (?). Adapun present continuous tense dibentuk dari auxiliary verb “be” (is/am/are) dan present participle (-ing form). 

Berikut beberapa rumus wh- question dengan present continuous tense.

Kalimat Positif (+)

S + be(is/am/are) + present participle

Fungsi

menanyakan subject

Kalimat Interogatif (?)

- Who/What + be(is/am/are) + present participle

- Whose/Which + noun + be(is/am/are) + present participle

Fungsi

menanyakan object

Kalimat Interogatif (?)

- Whose/Which + noun + be(is/am/are) + S + present participle

- Who/What + be(is/am/are) + S + present participle

Fungsi

menanyakan adverb

Kalimat Interogatif (?)

- When/Where/Why + be(is/am/are) + S + present participle

- How + adverb(well/fast/…) + be(is/am/are) + S + present participle

Contoh kalimat berdasarkan rumus wh- question dengan present continuous tense di atas sebagai berikut.

Fungsi

menanyakan subject

Contoh Wh- Question

He is sleeping in my brother’s bedroom. (Dia sedang tidur di kamar saudara saya.)

Who is sleeping in my brother’s bedroom? (Siapa yang sedang tidur di kamar saudara saya?)

Fungsi

menanyakan object ~ possessive (of preposition “in”)

Contoh Wh- Question

Whose bedroom is he sleeping in? (Dia sedang tidur di kamar siapa?)

Fungsi

menanyakan adverb

Contoh Wh- Question 

- Where is he sleeping? (Dia sedang tidur dimana?)

- Why is he sleeping in my brother’s bedroom? (Kenapa dia tidur di lantai dua?)

- They are doing homework together now. (Mereka sedang mengerjakan PR bersama-sama sekarang.)

Fungsi

menanyakan subject

Contoh Wh- Question

Who are doing homework together now? (Siapa yang sedang mengerjakan bersama-sama PR sekarang?)

Fungsi

menanyakan object

Contoh Wh- Question 

What are they doing together now? (Apa yang sedang mereka kerjakan bersama-sama sekarang?)

Fungsi

menanyakan adverb

Contoh Wh- Question 

Vera is arriving from Seoul tomorrow. (Vera akan tiba dari Seoul besok.)

When is Vera arriving from Seoul? (Kapan Vera tiba dari Seoul?)