Read each sentence and choose a suitable question for the word in bold

Stage aim: to provide controlled practice of the target grammar.

Exercise 1:

• Explain the meaning of a suitable question in this context.

Exercise 2:

• Before the student starts, inform them that the exercise contains a mixture of subject and object questions.

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• Ask the student to provide the definition of the
  subject question in their own words.

It's time to practise subject and object questions.

I bought a new smartphone this morning.

• What bought you this morning?
• What did you buy this morning?

One of the students didn't write the essay.

• Who didn't the essay write?
• Who didn't write the essay?

Something strange happened during the storm yesterday.

• What happened during the storm yesterday?
• What did happen during the storm yesterday?

I wrote a romantic note to my classmate.

• Who did you write a romantic note to?
• Who wrote you a romantic note?

Something bothered me when I was working.

• What did you bother when you were working?
• What bothered you when you were working?

I dreamt about the sea last night.

• What did you dream about last night?
• What dreamt about you last night?

Somebody called me on my mobile at 2 a.m. last Sunday!

• Who did you call at 2 a.m. last Sunday?
• Who called you at 2 a.m. last Sunday?

Complete the questions. Be careful with the tense form

Mary and George bought a new car last week.

• Who
  [ ] last week?
• What
  [ ] last week?

1. Good students read lots of books.
   1. Who
      [ ] lots of books?
   2. What
      [ ] read?
2. J. K. Rowling wrote "Harry Potter".
   1. Who
      [ ] "Harry Potter"?
   2. What
      [ ] write?
3. Alex is studying Italian.
   1. What
      [ ]?
   2. Who
      [ ]  Italian?
4. John lives in Japan.
   1. Where
      [ ]?
   2. Who
      [ ] in Japan?
5. Anna has seen "Titanic" twelve times.
   1. Who
      [ ] "Titanic" twelve times?
   2. What movie
      [ ] twelve times?
6. Tom is going to get a dog next week.
   1. When
      [ ] a dog?
   2. Who
      [ ] a dog next week?
7. A thousand people have come to see the play.
   1. How many people
      [ ] to see the play?
   2. What
      [ ] to see?
8. Jazz music was playing during the wedding reception.
   1. What kind of music
      [ ] during the wedding reception?
   2. When
      [ ]?

Which questions in these two exercises are subject questions?