Subject Questions

• Use subject questions when we want to know who or what does the action. We do not use auxiliary verbs like 'do', 'does' or 'did' in these questions.
• Question Word
• Verb Form
• Example
• Who
• past simple (no auxiliary)
• Who wrote the patient notes?
• What
• past simple (no auxiliary)
• What happened during the shift change?
• Remember
• Start the question with 'Who' or 'What'.
• Put the main verb directly after the question word.
• Do not use 'did' in past tense subject questions.
• The question word is the subject of the sentence.
• Examples
• Who signed the chart at Boston Medical Center?
• What caused the confusion in Chicago General Hospital?
• Who found the missing document in Seattle?
• What happened while the doctor was sleeping?
• Common mistakes
• Who did write this chart?
• Who wrote this chart?
• What did happen in the ward?
• What happened in the ward?

Complete the sentences

• (Who) ____ the missing chart in Cleveland Clinic?
• (What) ____ the confusion at Johns Hopkins Hospital?
• (Who) ____ these patient notes in Chicago?
• (Who) ____ to the nurse in charge in Boston?
• (What) ____ during the shift change in New York?
• (Who) ____ the document at Seattle Grace Hospital?

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