Subject questions, questions with preposition

Subject questions, questions with preposition

Exercise 3

Write questions for the underlined words. Some of the questions are subject questions and questions with preposition.

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1I came to see you. ⇒ Who ?

2She is worried about you. ⇒ Who ?

3I travelled to India with my boyfriend. ⇒ Who ?

4George arrives late every day. ⇒ every day?

5He was looking at the new building. ⇒ What ?

6He is writing from Paris. ⇒ Where ?

7I informed John about the meeting. ⇒ about the meeting?

8My manager informed John about the meeting. ⇒ about the meeting?

9A car accident caused him multiple fractures. ⇒ What multiple fractures?

10She believes in ghosts. ⇒ What ?

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Subject questions and object questions

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In the present and past simple tenses, we do not use an auxiliary verb (do/does or did) after the question word if the question word (who, what, etc.) is the subject of the sentence.

• Who did win the match?
• Who won the match?
• What did happen last night?
• What happened last night?
• How many people did go to the party?
• How many people went to the party?

This rule applies specifically to the present and past simple tenses. For other tenses (present continuous, present perfect, etc), where the auxiliary verb is part of the verb form, we include the auxiliary verbs in subject questions.

• Who is cooking dinner tonight?
• Who has eaten all the cookies?

When we are asking about the object (after the verb), we use the normal order of the English question: auxiliary verb + subject. These types of questions are called object questions.

Object question vs subject question

Questions with preposition

In informal or spoken English, when a question word needs a preposition, the preposition goes at the end of the question (after the verb or after verb + object if there is an object). We don’t use the preposition at the beginning.

• I played tennis with John. ⇒ Who did you play tennis with? 
• I work for a multinational company ⇒  What company do you work for?
• We usually talk about sports. ⇒ What do you usually talk about?