Word Order in Questions. When do we use different types of questions?

1. Word order in
questions
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2. When do we use different types of
questions?
A: Who likes Maisy?
B: Jacob likes Maisy.
A: Who does Maisy like?
B: Maisy likes Oliver.
Why is Alisha upset? Did she get some bad news?
We use yes/no questions when the answer is yes or no; wh-
questions when we want detailed information; subject questions to
ask about the person or thing that performs the action; and object
questions to ask about the person or thing that is the object of the
action.
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3. Example answers:
Write an answer for each question in this
conversation. Which question has a verb in exactly
the same form and word order as the answer?
Have you heard the news? She won the prize!
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What are you talking about? Who won the
prize? What prize did she win? How did she win
it?
Where have you been all week? Hetty’s talked
about nothing else. She entered an art
competition and she won a trip to Italy!
No, I haven’t.
I’m talking about Hetty and the
art competition.
Hetty won the prize.
(verb is the same)
She won a trip to Italy.
I’ve been ill at home.
She won it in an art competition.

4. How do we make questions?
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Affirmative Yes/No question Wh- question
Does Dom often help Anna?
Were they happy?
Will we succeed next time?
Has she passed the test?
Does he study abroad?
Dom often helps Anna.
They were happy.
We will succeed next time.
The project involved teamwork.
She has passed the test.
He studies abroad.
With the Present Simple
or Past Simple of the verb
to be, we make questions
by moving the verb before
the subject.
Why were they happy?
With verb forms composed of an auxiliary verb
and the main verb, e.g. have got, Present and
Past
Continuous, Present Perfect, be going to, will and
modal verbs, we make questions by moving the
auxiliary verb (do, did, is, have, will, etc.) before
the subject of the sentence.
When will we succeed?
Where does he study?
What has she passed?
Who does Dom often help?
Who has passed the test?
Who often helps Anna?
Did the project involve teamwork? What did the project involve?
What involved teamwork?
Many questions are object
questions. They ask about
the object of the affirmative
sentence.
Other questions are
subject questions. They
ask about the subject of the
affirmative sentence.
To form subject questions, we use who
or what, with the same word order as
in the affirmative sentence. We don’t
use auxiliary verbs such as do or did.

5. 1. My dad has bought me a new English dictionary. (Who … ? What … ?)
Who has bought you a new English dictionary? What has your dad bought you?
2. Jessica is going to take a French exam tomorrow. (Who … ? When … ?)
3. Mark wants to study in Belgium. (Who … ? Where … ?)
4. The accident happened in the science lab. (What … ? Where … ?)
5. A giant spider bit the French teacher. (What … ? Who … ?)
6. The teachers were absent because of the strike. (Who … ? Why … ?)
Write one subject question and one object question,
using the words in brackets.
Who is going to take a French exam tomorrow? When is Jessica going to take a French exam?
Who wants to study in Belgium? Where does Mark want to study?
What happened in the science lab? Where did the accident happen?
What bit the French teacher? Who did the giant spider bite?
Who were absent because of the strike? Why were the teachers absent?
Practice Time
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