Questions without auxiliaries

1. Questions without auxiliaries
EF Pre-Intermediate 12C

2. Object questions
• When you ask about the “object” of a verb (a
time, a place, the beneficiary of an action …)
we use the auxiliary verb do/does/did +
infinitive
What time do you usually get home?
What music do you like?
Where does she live?
Who did she meet?

3. What time do you usually get home?
Qw A S I
Where does the girl over there come from?
Qw A S I

4. Subject questions
• When we ask about the “subject” of a verb
(who does the action?) we don’t use an
auxiliary do/does or did
Who painted Mona Lisa?
How many people live near the school?
Who wants a cup of coffee?
What happened?

5. Who painted Mona Lisa?
Qw V
How many people live near the school?
Qw V

6. Who did the blonde girl phone?
Qw A S I
The blonde girl phoned her mum
Who phoned the blonde girl?
Qw/S V
Her boyfriend phoned her