QUESTIONS WITH OR WITHOUT AUXILIARIES OBJECT AND SUBJECT QUESTIONS
Questions with an auxiliary QUESTION AUXILIARY SUBJECT INFINITIVE/ PAST PARTICIPLE What music do you like? Which CD did he buy? How long has  she lived here?
To make questions in the  past and present simple , we normally use the auxiliary verbs  DO/DOES/DID   + infinitive . What music do you like? To make questions in the  present and past continuous  we use the auxiliary verb  BE + vb-ing. What was she doing there? To make questions in the  present perfect  we use the auxiliary verb  HAVE + past participle . How long has she lived in Palma?
Questions without an auxiliary SUBJECT VERB What happened after the concert? Which country won the Eurovision Song Contest? Who writes  their songs? Who was talking  on the phone? Who has been to New York?
When the question word  WHO? WHAT? HOW MANY?   is the  subject   of the verb in the question, we do not use an auxiliary (DO, DOES, DID) and the verb is in the third person. Who writes their songs?  John  writes their songs What makes you happy? Listening to music  makes me happy. How many students passed the test?  Only three students  passed the test.

NI1 - Questions w/without auxiliaries (revision)

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    QUESTIONS WITH ORWITHOUT AUXILIARIES OBJECT AND SUBJECT QUESTIONS
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    Questions with anauxiliary QUESTION AUXILIARY SUBJECT INFINITIVE/ PAST PARTICIPLE What music do you like? Which CD did he buy? How long has she lived here?
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    To make questionsin the past and present simple , we normally use the auxiliary verbs DO/DOES/DID + infinitive . What music do you like? To make questions in the present and past continuous we use the auxiliary verb BE + vb-ing. What was she doing there? To make questions in the present perfect we use the auxiliary verb HAVE + past participle . How long has she lived in Palma?
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    Questions without anauxiliary SUBJECT VERB What happened after the concert? Which country won the Eurovision Song Contest? Who writes their songs? Who was talking on the phone? Who has been to New York?
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    When the questionword WHO? WHAT? HOW MANY? is the subject of the verb in the question, we do not use an auxiliary (DO, DOES, DID) and the verb is in the third person. Who writes their songs? John writes their songs What makes you happy? Listening to music makes me happy. How many students passed the test? Only three students passed the test.