Structure of questions

Types of questions

Auxiliary verbs
Question words Subject and object questions Questions with prepositions

We watch football at home every weekend. Do you watch football at home every weekend? Where do you watch football every weekend? When do you watch football at home?
Question word Auxiliary verb Do Subject you Verb watch Other elements football at home every weekend? football every weekend?

Where

do

you

watch

Two types of questions

Do you watch football at home every weekend?

Yes, we do / No, we dont

Where do you watch football every weekend?

At home
When do you watch football at home?

Every weekend

Do you like going to the disco?

Does he like going to the disco? What does your sister study? Did he go to the disco last Saturday? When did he cook this cake?
Are you listening to me now? Where are they playing? Will you come to the party?

I am going to paint my bedroom tomorrow.

When ........ your bedroom? When are you going to paint your bedroom?

I painted my bedroom yesterday. When did you paint your bedroom? When ........ your bedroom? This man paints his bedroom every year. When does he paint his bedroom? When ........ his bedroom? I am painting my bedroom now. What ........ now?
What are you doing now?

Who What When Where Why Whose How

Objects or actions People Reasons Manner Time Place Possession

Who What

People Objects or actions

Who is your teacher? What are you doing?

When
Where Why Whose How

Time
Place Reason Possession Manner

When will you come?

Where are you from? Why do you study English? Whose car is this? How do you cook this cake?

Who ....... are those people? Those people are our neighbours.

Where ....... do they live? They live in Kings Road.

Why ....... are they walking quickly?

They are walking quickly because they are going to work.

When ....... is the first bus?

The first bus is at 6 oclock.

What ....... is your favourite drink? My favourite drink is orange juice.

How many brothers have you got?

.......

Ive got three brothers.

Who loves you?

My girlfriend loves me

No auxiliary verb Who is the subject of loves

Who do you love? I love my girlfriend

Auxiliary verb ( do ) you is the subject of love

To make subject questions, we dont use auxiliary verbs. The word order is: Question word + main verb + info

Who What Who

built eats lives

the Grand Palace? bananas? in that old house?

To make object questions, we use auxiliary verbs and the infinitive of the main verb. The word order is: Question word + Aux + subject +main verb

What

did

she

make?

When
Where

does
do

the train
you

leave?
live?

Subject or object question?

Where do you live?
Who lives in that house? Who broke the window? What time do you go to bed? How long have you been waiting for me? When is the World cup?

In English, many verbs are connected with their complements by means of a preposition. Study the following examples:

We usually talk about sports when we meet. I listen to pop music mainly. My sister works for a multinational company. The children went out with their grandfather. I need a new flute for my music lessons.

TASK: Write questions for the following sentences: 1. This present is for my best friend. Who is this present for? 2. The children played with the neighbours. Who did the children play with?

3. This ball is made of rubber and plastic.

What is this ball made of? 4. We talked about economy at the meeting. What did you talk about at the meeting? 5. We are looking at the teacher. Who are you looking at?