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Senin, 16 Januari 2012

PERTANYAAN YES/NO DAN PERTANYAAN MEMINTA INFORMASI


    
                A yes/no question   = a question that may be answered by “yes” or “no”.
                                                  A: Does Ann live in Montreal?
                                                  B: Yes, she does. OR: No, she doesn’t.
     An information question   = a question that asks for information by using a question word: where, when, why, who, whom, what, which, whose, how.
                                                  A: Where does Ann live?
                                                  B: In Montreal.

(QUESTION WORD)
HELPING VERB
SUBJECT
MAIN VERB
(REST OF SENTENCE)
The same subject-verb word order is used in both yes/no and information questions:
HELPING VERB + SUBJECT + MAIN VERB

(a)     
(b)   Where

(c)         
(d)   Where

(e)         
(f)    When

(g)        
(h)   Who (m)*

(i)          
(j)     Where
Does
does

Is
is

Will
will

Did
did

Is
is
Ann
Ann

Sara
Sara

you
you

they
they

Heidi
Heidi?
live
live?

studying
studying?

graduate
graduate?

see
see?


In Montreal?


at the library?


next year?


Jack?


at home?

In (i) and (j): Main verb be in simple present and simple past (am, is, are was, were) precedes the subject. It has the same position as a helping verb.
(k)        
(l)      

Who
What
came
happened
to dinner?
yesterday?
When the question word (e.g., who or what) is the subject of the question, the usual question word order is not used. No form of do is used. Notice (k) and (l).

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