LONGMAN ENGLISH GRAMMAR PRACTICE

13 Questions, answers, negatives

13.5 Question-word questions (1):'Who(m)...?','What...?'

13.5A Form of question-word questions (except subject questions [> 13 8])

[> LEG 13.30-32]

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The word order of question-word questions is: question-word + auxiliary + subject:

statement: He is working. He arrives at 8.

Yes/No question: Is he working? Does he arrive at 8? [> 13.1 A]

question-word: Why is he working? When does he arrive?

(Not *Why he is working?") (Not 'When he arrives?")

Make two questions from each statement:

a a Yes/No question; b a question-word question.

1 She is arriving today.

(When)

2 He has written a letter.

(Why)

3 She can help us.

(How)

4 They live in Jamaica.

(Where)

5 He arrives at 10.

(What time)

6 You can't tell us.

(What)

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a b a b a b a b a b

13.5B 'Who(m)...?' as a question-word [> LEG 13.33]

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1 Who(m)...? asks for the object of a sentence, usually a person's name or a pronoun:

statement: Frank met Alice, question: Who(m) did Frank meet? - Alice.

2 Who(m)...? refers only to people and can be used to ask about masculine, feminine, singular

or plural: Who(m) did you see? - Tim/Ann/The Robinsons.

3 We still use Whom ...?in formal English, spoken or written, but we often prefer Who ...?in

everyday style:

Whom did you meet at the party? (formal) Who did you meet at the party? (informal)

4 We often use Who(m)...? in questions with verbs followed by to or for.

Who(m) did you give it to? Who(m) did you buy it for?

Write: Write questions using the past tense with Who(m)...? to produce the answers given.

1 you invite to your house? - The Frys.

2 Jane see this morning? - Her mother

3 you speak to? - The manager

4 they employ? - Miss Johnson

5 she buy this present for? - Her son

6 John phone? - His brother

7 you complain to? - The headmaster

8 she write to? - Her sister