Unit 18: A detective story
Subject-object questions
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- 1 Nice to meet you!
- 2 What to wear
- 3 Like this, like that
- 4 The daily grind
- 5 Christmas every day
- 6 Great achievers
- 7 The Titanic
- 8 Travel
- 9 The big wedding
- 10 Sunny's job hunt
- 11 The bucket list
- 12 Moving and migration
- 13 Welcome to BBC Broadcasting House
- 14 New Year, New Project
- 15 From Handel to Hendrix
- 16 What's the weather like?
- 17 The Digital Revolution
- 18 A detective story
- 19 A place to live
- 20 The Cult of Celebrity
- 21 Welcome to your new job
- 22 Beyond the planets
- 23 Great expectations!
- 24 Eco-tourism
- 25 Moving house
- 26 It must be love
- 27 Job hunting success... and failure
- 28 Speeding into the future
- 29 Lost arts
- 30 Tales of survival
Session 2
The Inspector continues to work out who stole the ring and asks lots of questions. Find out how you can form your own subject-object questions along the way.
Session 2 score
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Activity 2
Gathering evidence
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Forming subject questions
Subject questions with no auxiliary are formed with: question word + verb + object, where the verb agrees with the subject.
Who speaks Japanese? Kenji speaks Japanese.
Who rang the doorbell? The milkman rang the doorbell.
What caused the accident? Bad weather caused the accident.
Whose and which are used to ask about possession and choice, and can be used in subject questions like this:
Whose horse finished the race first?
Which painting cost the most?
Using 'what' or 'which'
As well as which, what is also used to ask about choices. If the choice is limited, we use which and this is usually followed by a noun.
What social networks do you use?
What happened to your shirt?
Which chair is yours?
Which of these restaurants has the best menu?
Inspector Stone needs your help. His notes got wet when he was out in the garden. The question words are now missing. Try to help him choose the correct ones.
Question words
6 Questions
Choose the correct question word to complete the sentence.
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Activity
Choose the correct question word to complete the sentence.
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We are asking about something, not a person.Question 1 of 6
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Choose the correct question word to complete the sentence.
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We are asking about a person.Question 2 of 6
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Choose the correct question word to complete the sentence.
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What word do we use with a noun to ask about possession?Question 3 of 6
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Choose the correct question word to complete the sentence.
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What word do we use in subject questions in the present continuous to ask about the person doing the action?Question 4 of 6
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Choose the correct question word to complete the sentence.
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What do we use with a noun to ask about a limited choice?Question 5 of 6
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Choose the correct question word to complete the sentence.
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What word do we use in object questions when the object is not a person and there is a choice?Question 6 of 6
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Inspector Stone has found some more evidence that might help him in his case but he needs your help. Are you ready for another challenge? OK, let's go to the next page then!
Session Grammar
Forming subject questions
Subject questions with no auxiliary are formed with: question word + verb + object, where the verb agrees with the subject.
Who speaks Japanese? Kenji speaks Japanese.
Who rang the doorbell? The milkman rang the doorbell.
What caused the accident? Bad weather caused the accident.Whose and which ask about possession and choice, and can be used in subject questions like this:
Whose horse finished the race first?
Which painting cost the most?Using 'what' or 'which'
As well as which, what is also used to ask about choices. If the choice is limited, we use which and this is usually followed by a noun.