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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- 0 / 6Activity 1
- 0 / 6Activity 2
- 0 / 5Activity 3
- 0 / 0Activity 4
Activity 3
The Inspector finds a notebook
Read the text and complete the activity
Word order when describing things
In English, describing words usually go in this order before the noun:
size - colour - material - noun
For example: A long white silk dress.
long (size) white (colour) silk (material) noun (dress)
Now Inspector Stone has found a notebook with the mother of the bride's writing in it. She was possibly making a list of things for the wedding but it's not clear because she hasn't written in full sentences. It might be useful. Then again, it might not!
To do
In the next game you can help put the words into the correct order to make some sense!
You can also download the Inspector Stone's Case Notes pdf for this episode.
Word order game
5 Questions
Put these words into the correct order to make a sentence.
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Activity
Put these words into the correct order to make a sentence.
Hint
When describing things the word order is size - colour - material - noun.Question 1 of 5
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Put these words into the correct order to make a sentence.
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When describing things the word order is size - colour - material - noun.Question 2 of 5
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Put these words into the correct order to make a sentence.
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When describing things the word order is size - colour - material - noun.Question 3 of 5
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Put these words into the correct order to make a sentence.
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When describing things the word order is size - colour - material - noun.Question 4 of 5
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Put these words into the correct order to make a sentence.
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When describing things the word order is size - colour - material - noun.Question 5 of 5
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Next
Thanks for your help but I don't think Inspector Stone has solved the case of the missing ring yet! He still has a lot more subject and object questions to ask. If you're still unsure about how to form these type of questions, don't panic, because Rob and Catherine are about to help you in 6 Minute Grammar, next.
Session Grammar
Word order when describing things
In English, describing words usually go in this order before the noun:
size - colour - material - noun
For example: A long white silk dress.
long (size) white (colour) silk (material) noun (dress)