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Beginner Unit 11c

Past simple questions: Object and subject questions

Id like to do a language course in England next summer. Good idea! I did a course in Brighton last summer. Where did you study? I studied at the Seafront School of English. Who organised your accommodation? Someone at the language school. I stayed with an English family. They were really nice. How were the meals? Not bad actually. Breakfast was delicious.

Presentation
Use past simple questions to ask about finished events in the past: Where did you study? Who organised your accommodation? How were the meals? Object questions You often ask questions in the past simple with did. You want information about the object of a sentence. Where did you study? I studied at the Seafront School of English. object Subject questions You can also ask questions about the subject of the sentence. Do not use did with a subject question. Wh organised your accommodation? Someone at the language school organised my accommodation. subject
TIP Remember not to use did with was/were questions (see Unit 36). Say How were the meals? (dont say How did the meals be?)

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Beginner Unit 11c

Exercises
1 Put the words in order to make questions.
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stay did where you stayed there who did what you do yesterday made sandwich who your how many to the party went people plans what changed your did TV programme the what time start

Where did you stay? Who stayed there? What did you do yesterday? Who made your sandwich? How many people went to the party? What changed your plans? What time did your TV programme start?

2 Match the responses ag to the questions 17 in exercise 1. a 6I didnt go because the weather was bad.
b 2Gordon and Ann. c 7Eight oclock.

3I played tennis with Rafa. e 1At the Belvedere Hotel. f 5About thirty people. g 4My mother made it.
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3 Are questions 17 in exercise 1 subject or object questions? Write S or O. S S O S 1 O 2 3 4 5 6 7 S 4

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Write questions for these answers. Then listen and check.

A: B: A: B: A: B: A: B: A: B: A: B: A: B: A: B: A: B:

When did she leave home? She left home in 2006. What did they study at university? They studied Biology at university. Who studied Biology at university? Martin and Rachel studied Biology at university. When did you start your job? I started my job five years ago. What changed your plans? The weather changed my plans. It was raining. Where did you meet Sheila? I met Sheila in Australia. Why did you leave your job? I didnt like my boss so I left my job. Who lived in this house? My mother lived in this house. How long did you travel in Patagonia? We travelled in Patagonia for six months.
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