Subject Questions

Which of the next are subject questions?

• Who’s making so much noise?

• Who is she talking to?

• What’s happening here?

• What are you doing?

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

Which of the following are NOT subject questions?

• What are you drawing?

• What is burning?

• Who is this?

• Who is Damien talking to?

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

What do we use subject questions for?

• To ask who or what is doing something

• To ask what is the subject doing

• To ask what someone is doing

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

What’s the structure of subject questions?

• Auxiliary + subject + verb + object?

• Question word + auxiliary verb + verb + object?

• Question word + verb + object?

• Question word + verb + object?

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

Select the equivalent subject question for this sentence:

My friend Danny works in a petrol station

• Where does Danny work?

• Who works in a petrol station?

• What is Danny’s job?

• What does Danny do in a petrol station?

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

Select the equivalent subject question for the next sentence:

Something really bad happened here

• Did something happen here?

• What happened here?

• What very bad thing happened here?

• Was what happened here bad?

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

Select the equivalent subject question for the next sentence:

Julian has been singing all morning

• Who’s been singing all morning?

• How long has Julian been singing?

• Who is singing?

• Who sang?

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D