Download QUESTIONS WITH OR WITHOUT AUXILIARIES

QUESTIONS WITH OR
WITHOUT AUXILIARIES
OBJECT AND SUBJECT QUESTIONS
Questions with an auxiliary
QUESTION
AUXILIARY
What music
do
SUBJECT INFINITIVE/
PAST
PARTICIPLE
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.