Exercise 12C, page 2 - English File Studetn's book, pre-intermediate, Oxford

2 GRAMMAR questions without auxiliaries

a With a partner, see how many of the quiz questions you can answer from memory.

b Now try to find the answers you couldn't remember in Files 1–11.

c Look at the quiz. Answer these questions.

1 What is the subject of the verb in question 1?

2 What is the subject of the verb in question 2?

3 How are the verbs different in questions 1 and 2?

4 Which other five questions in the quiz are similar grammatically to question 1?

d p.148 Grammar Bank 12C

12C questions without auxiliaries

12.9

• When the question word (Who?, What?, Which?, How many?, etc.) is the subject of the verb in the question, we don't use an auxiliary verb (do / does / did).

• Who painted The Milkmaid? NOT Who did paint...?

• In most other questions in the present and past simple we use the auxiliary verb do / does / did + the infinitive.

• What music do you like? NOT What music you like?

• See 1A p.126.

12C

a Circle the correct question form.

What you did / did you do last night?

1 What happened / did happen to you?

2 What means this word / does this word mean?

3 How many people came / did come to the meeting?

4 Which bus goes / does go to the city centre?

5 Which film won / did win the most Oscars this year?

6 What said the teacher / did the teacher say?

7 Who made / did make this cake? It's delicious!

b Write the questions. Do you know the answers?

How many Formula 1 championships did Michael Schumacher win? (Michael Schumacher / win)

1 When _______ president of the USA? (Barack Obama / become)

2 Which US state _______ with the letter 'H'? (start)

3 Which books _______? (George R.R. Martin / write)

4 Who _______ the football World Cup in Russia in 2018? (win)

5 Which sport _______ the lightest ball? (use)

6 Where _______? (the 2016 Olympics / take place)

7 Which company _______? (Steve Jobs / start)

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1 Who painted The Milkmaid and Girl Reading a Letter?

2 Where did Stuart find his phone?

3 What were the couple looking at in Cartier-Bresson's photo Couple in the Park?

4 What kind of guided tour can you book on TripAside?

5 Why did an Italian woman from Sonnino face six years in prison?

6 Which city came first in the World's Most Honest City Reader's Digest survey?

7 What did Captain Edward Murphy give his name to?

8 Who wrote the short story Girl?

9 What is the most dangerous animal or insect in the UK?

10 What phobia does Nicole Kidman have?

11 Who won a Golden Globe award for her role in Psycho?

12 Who directed the 2016 film Warcraft?

13 Who invented the saxophone?

14 Which Harry Potter character was probably inspired by one of J.K. Rowling's teachers?

15 Who did Jim Springer meet for the first time when he was 39 years old?