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Selasa, 17 Januari 2012

MENGGUNAKAN WHOSE dan HOW



QUESTION
ANSWER
Whose asks about possession. Notice in (a): the speaker of the question may omit the noun (book) if the meaning is clear to the listener
(a) Whose (book) is this?
(b) Whose (books) are those?
(c) Whose car did you borrow?
It’s John’s (book)
They’re mine (OR: my books)
I borrowed Karen’s (car)
COMPARE
(d) Who’s that?
(e) Whose is that?

Marry Smith
Mary’s
Who’s band whose have the same pronunciation
Who’s = a contraction of who is
Whose = asks about possession.*



QUESTION
ANSWER
How has many uses. One uses of how is to ask about means (ways) of transportation

(a) How did you get here?-------------- >

I drove. /By car
I took a taxi./By taxi
I took a bus./By bus
I flew./By plane
I took a train./By train
I walked:/On foot
(b) How old are you?----------------------- >
(c) How tall is he? ------------------------- >
(d) How big is your apartment?---------- >
(e) How sleepy are you? ------------------ >
(f) How hungry are you?----------------- >
(g) How soon will you be ready?------- >
(h) How well does he speak English?--- >
(i) How quickly can you get here? ----- >
Twenty one
About six feet
It has three rooms
Very sleepy
I’m starving
In five minutes
Very well
I can get there in 30 minutes
How is often used with adjectives (e.g., old, big) and adverbs (e.g., well, quickly)

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