Friday, 21 September 2018

GRAMMAR - SUBJECT AND OBJECT QUESTIONS

 I. THEORY

 

 SUBJECT QUESTION: A subject question asks about the subject of the sentence.

 WHO? -  We use this wh-particle if the subject is a person.

 WHAT? - We use this wh-particle if the subject is an action.

Wh-particle + verb?

The word order of the question and the answer are the same:

QUESTION

ANSWER

Who writes you e-mails?    

My sister writes me e-mails.   

What happened yesterday?

      An accident happened yesterday.


 OBJECT QUESTION: An object question asks about the object of the sentence.

Wh-particle + auxiliary verb + subject+ main verb?

QUESTION

ANSWER

Who does he kiss?

He kisses his mum.

What did she see yesterday?

She saw a film.


 

I. PRACTICE – Write interrogative sentences for the following answers:

1) Mike reads the textbook.


 

2) The caterpillar becomes a butterfly. 


 

3) The teacher is living in Boston.

 


4) Marie visits Spain twice a year.


 

5) The book is under the desk.


 

6) The students are here because they have a Maths class.


 

7) Cindy loves music.


 

8) The train leaves at 5.30 p.m.

 

 

II. EXTRA PRACTICE - Make questions for the underlined words:

1)    Peter has broken the window. __________________________________________

2)    Peter has broken that window. _________________________________________

3)    They went to London last summer. ______________________________________

4)    Some robberies have happened recently. _________________________________

5)    My friend did his homework yesterday. ___________________________________

6)    Susan is going to have a baby in June. ___________________________________