Direct Question: Pengertian, Formula, Contoh

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Kali ini kita akan bahas mengenai direct question lengkap dengan pengertian, formula dan contohnya. Yuk langsung kita bahas!

Pengertian

Direct question adalah kalimat tanya langsung yang diajukan kepada orang lain. Direct question biasanya diawali dengan question words atau yes-no questions.

 Contoh direct question:

• Where do you live?
• Are you happy?

Formula Direct Question dengan Question Word

Berikut adalah cara membuat direct question dengan question word, seperti who, when, how, dsb.

Yuk langsung kita lihat formula direct question dalam beberapa tenses berikut ini:

Simple Present:

Question Word	Auxiliary verb	Subject	Main Verb
What	do	you	think?
When	does	the store	open?

Simple Past:

Question Word	Auxiliary verb	Subject	Main Verb
Where	did	he	go	yesterday?
How	did	you	pass	the exam?

Present Continuous:

Question Word	Auxiliary verb	Subject	Main Verb
What	are	you	doing?
Where	is	she	going?

Past Continuous:

Question Word	Auxiliary verb	Subject	Main Verb
What	was	he	doing?
Why	were	they	fighting?

Present Perfect:

Question Word	Auxiliary verb	Subject	Main Verb
Where	has	Santi	been?
How long	have	you	known	Rudi?

Present Perfect Continuous:

Question Word	Auxiliary verb	Subject	Main Verb
What	has	Ratna	been doing	all day?
How long	have	you	been studying	English?

Past Perfect:

Question Word	Auxiliary verb	Subject	Main Verb
Why	had	she	moved	before she graduated?
What	had	you	achieved	before 20 years old?

Past Perfect Continuous:

Question Word	Auxiliary verb	Subject	Main Verb
Why	had	she	moved	before she graduated?
What	had	you	achieved	before 20 years old?

Simple Future:

Question Word	Auxiliary verb	Subject	Main Verb
When	will	you	bake	a cake?
What	will	they	play	tomorrow?

Future Continuous:

Question Word	Auxiliary verb	Subject	Auxiliary verb	Main Verb
When	will	you	be	watching	TV?
What	will	Lina	be	reading?

Future Perfect:

Question Word	Auxiliary verb	Subject	Auxiliary verb	Main Verb
When	will	we	have	finished	the task?
What	will	you	have	done	by tomorrow?

Future Perfect Continuous:

Question Word	Auxiliary verb	Subject	Auxiliary verb	Main Verb
How long	will	she	have been	teaching	English?
How long	will	you	have been	working?

Modal Verb:

Question Word	Modal Verb	Subject	Main Verb
What	should	I	do?
How	could	we	join?

Formula Direct Question with Yes/No Questions

Selain diawali dengan question words, direct question bisa diawali dengan ‘yes/no’ questions.

Kita lihat contoh berikut:

YES-NO questions with Auxiliary Verb:

Auxiliary Verb	Subject	Main Verb
Does	the store	open?
Do	you	know	Rita?
Did	he	go	yesterday?
Is	Ratna	playing	piano?
Are	they	watching	movies?
Were	you	baking	a cake?
Has	she	meet	you?
Have	you	read	that book?
Will	he	go	to school?

YES-NO questions with Main Verb “be”:

Main verb “be”	Subject	Noun/Adj/Adv
Are	you	happy?
Is	she	your mother?
Were	they	at Museum?
Was	your father	a civil servant?

Well. Itulah penjelasan lengkap direct question, meliputi pengertian, formula dan contohnya.

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Baca juga: Reported speech

Reference:

• Direct – Indirect questions

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