Asking and Answering Questions: Elicitation
Asking and Answering Questions: Elicitation
Elicitation.
Look at the illustration before studying the dialogues below and then try to guess what the
people are doing.
Well, in this chapter, you will study how to make yes/no and wh- questions. You will practice
asking and answering yes/no and wh – question in a dialogue.
After completing this lesson, students should be able to ask and answer questions using yes -
no and wh – interrogative in a real situation fluently and accurately both in spoken and written
communication
Dialogue 1.
Made : Do you know the new student?
Widi : Yes, I do
Questions.
Dialogue 2.
Wita : It is in Jakarta.
Questions
From dialogue 1 and 2, you can learn how to make yes-no and wh-interrogative. The yes-no
interrogative proposed by Made and Suka are: “Do you know the new student?”, “Is he from
Bali?” and “Have you ever been to Monas?” So, yes-no interrogatives proposed by made and
Suka are formed with “do” , “Is” and “have” at the beginning of yes-no interrogative meaning
“apakah…” in Bahasa Indonesia.
All these wh-interrogatives are formed with question words what (1) meaning “siapa”, where
(2,3,4) meaning “dimana”, What (5) meaning apa and how (6 and 7) meaning “berapa” at the
beginning. The other question words used to formed wh-interrogative are: when, why, and
who.
The detail information about yes-no and wh - interrogative can be learnt as follows:
1.What.
“What” is the most popular question word. It is generally used to ask a noun. It is rich of
meaning in Bahasa Indonesia such as apa, siapa, dimana and berapa.
For example:
• It is………………………………………………………………….
• My name is……………………………………………………..
• My address is ………………………………………………….
• My phone number is………………………………………
2.Where.
“Where” is a question word used to ask about a place. It is also rich of meaning in bahasa
Indonesia such as dimana, kemana, and dari mana.
For example:
• I live at ………………………………………………………….
• I am going to………………………………………………..
• I am from……………………………………………………..
3.When
“When” is a question word meaning “kapan”. It is used to ask about time of an event or activity
For example:
4.Why
“Why” is a question word meaning “mengapa”. It is used to ask the reason of doing something.
For example:
• Because I ……………………………………..
• Because he ………………………………….
5.Who
For example:
6.How
“how” is also a very popular question word. It used to ask quantity, condition and adverb of
manner. It has varieties of meaning such as berapa, bagaimana and bagaimana cara.
For example:
• How meaning “berapa”: How many brothers and sisters do you have?
• How meaning “bagaimana”: How are you?
• How meaing “ bagaimana cara”: How do you go to campus every morning?
• I have………………………………………………
• I am ………………………………………………..
• I go to campus by……………………………
For example:
Practice 1.(individual)
Fill in the blanks with the right word below. You can use the word more than once.
1. X : ………………………………………………………..?
Y : My English Teacher is Mr. Friday
2. X : ………………………………………………………..?
Y : It is August, 17th.
3. X : ………………………………………………………..?
Y : It costs Rp 9000,-
4. X : ………………………………………………………..?
Y : He works in a hotel
5. X : ………………………………………………………..?
Y : He was busy yesterday.
6. X : ………………………………………………………..?
Y : It 90 km from Denpasar
7. X : ………………………………………………………..?
Y : No, they weren’t
8. X : ………………………………………………………..?
Y : Yes, he is
9. X : ………………………………………………………..?
Y : It was Sunday yesterday.
10. X : ………………………………………………………..?
Y : He is a tall, young man with long hair
Ask your partner what tourism object he/she has ever visited. Then ask him/her the location,
the distance, the transport, the time and the famous things there. Take your turn to answer
your partner’s questions about the tourism object you have ever visited.
For example:
Partner: It is in …………………………………………………………
Summary.
There are two types of question that you have to learn in this chapter; yes-no and wh -
questions.
For example:
For example:
Formative Test
Use the key to formative test 3 given at the end of this book to check your answer. Calculate
your correct answers and then use the formula below to see the degree of your comprehension
to the material of chapter 3.
80 – 89 % = good
70 -79 % = Ok
< 70 % = bad
Glossary.
what where
why who
when how
colour time
size date
kind job
food drink
dance address
height weight
price far
distance location
exactly much/many
tall old
because sick
busy go
had beautiful
km get
by car
walk plane
motorbike take