The Missing Cake (subject and object questions)

ENGLISH GRAMMAR

The Missing Cake

Who saw Daniel? Who did Daniel see?

A2 · 60 minutes

Kitchen trouble

Task A shared kitchen at work or at home. Which problem is the worst? Put them in order: the worst first. Then compare with a partner.

1

old food in the fridge for weeks

2

no clean cups

3

a fish lunch in the microwave

4

the coffee machine is always empty

5

a long queue for the microwave

Before you read

It's Joanna's birthday. At nine, she puts a cake in the office fridge. At twelve, she opens the fridge...

Task In pairs. Guess.

1

Where is the cake?

2

She writes to her team. What is her first message?

The team chat

Task Read the team chat. Were your guesses right?

J

Joanna Who ate my birthday cake?! It was in the fridge at nine.

Daniel Hi! Only Yuki. She opened the fridge.

D

Kofi Who did you tell?

K

Carlos Nobody, but I left a note on the door.

C

Kofi Oh no! What happened? Which fridge did you use?

K

Yuki For my milk! But the small fridge was empty. Who usually cleans that fridge?

Y

J

Joanna What did the note say?

J

Joanna The small one in the kitchen. Now the box isn't there! Daniel always makes coffee there. Who saw Daniel in the kitchen this morning?

Kofi Carlos does. On Fridays. And today is Friday!

K

Carlos "Food is in the big fridge." I think it fell off.

C

J

Joanna Carlos! What do you usually do with the food?

J

Joanna Found it! The cake is fine. Who wants cake?

Marta I did. At about eleven. I walked past the door.

M

Carlos I put it all in the big fridge in the meeting room. Sorry!

C

J

Joanna Daniel, who did you see in there?

Daniel We all do! Happy birthday, Joanna!

D

Read again

Task Read the chat again. True or false? Correct the false sentences.

1

Joanna put her cake in the big fridge.

2

Marta saw Daniel in the kitchen.

3

Yuki opened the fridge for her milk.

4

Carlos cleans the small fridge every day.

5

Carlos told everybody about the big fridge.

6

The cake is fine.

Talk about it

1

Carlos left a note on the fridge door. What could he do next time?

What do people at your work or in your class do on their birthday? Do they bring a cake?

2

Task In pairs. Answer the questions, then tell the class.

Two pictures

Task In pairs. Match each question to a picture.

Picture 1

Picture 2

A. Who saw Daniel in the kitchen?

B. Who did Daniel see in the kitchen?

Look again

Task Look again at the chat. Which question is correct? Then choose the rules.

1

Joanna __________ my birthday cake?!

Who did eat

Who ate

When who / what is the person or thing that does the action, we...

A. use do / does / did

2

Kofi __________?

What happened

What did happen

B. don't use do / does / did

3

Joanna Daniel, __________ in there?

When who / what is the person or thing the action goes to, we...

who did you see

who you saw

A. use do / does / did

4

Kofi __________?

B. don't use do / does / did

Which fridge you used

Which fridge did you use

Find Who usually cleans that fridge? Why cleans, with -s?

Say it

Task Listen and repeat. Then ask and answer with a partner.

1

Who ate my birthday cake?!

What happened?

2

3

Daniel, who did you see in there?

Who wants cake? – We all do!

4

Grammar reference

Who / what does the action

The action goes to who / what

No do / does / did. Put who or what in place of the person or thing that does the action; nothing else changes.

who / what / which + do / does / did + I / you / Daniel / the note... + verb.

Daniel saw Yuki.

Who did Daniel see?

You used the small fridge.

Which fridge did you use?

The note said "Food is in the big fridge."

What did the note say?

Daniel ate the cake.

Who ate the cake?

Carlos cleans the fridge.

Who cleans the fridge?

Something happened.

What happened?

Short answers

CAREFUL

Who saw Daniel? – I did.

Who cleans it? – Carlos does.

A name is fine too: Marta.

Who wants cake? (who + -s, not Who want…?)

What happened? (not What did happen? or What was happened?)

Who did you see? (did + verb, not Who did you saw?)

Grammar words: who does the action = a subject question · the action goes to who = an object question

Choose the question

Task Monday morning. The team talks about the party on Friday. Choose the right question.

1

Marta __________ the candles? Kofi: I did!

Who brought

Who did bring

2

Kofi Joanna, __________ for your birthday? Joanna: A plant from the team!

what you got

what did you get

3

Yuki __________ at the party? Daniel: The lights went off for ten minutes!

What did happen

What happened

What was happened

4

Marta Daniel, __________ about the lights? Daniel: I called Carlos. He knows the building.

who did you call

who called you

5

Joanna __________ the music at our parties? Kofi: Yuki does. Always!

Who choose

Who does choose

Who chooses

6

Carlos Which cake __________ best? Marta: The lemon one!

did you like

you liked

Write the question

Task Write a question. The underlined words are the answer.

1

Marta usually has tea at eleven.

2

Daniel helped Marta with the printer.

3

Something funny happened in the lift.

4

Daniel helped Marta with the printer.

5

Joanna wants a new chair.

6

Kofi booked the small meeting room. (Which…?)

7

Yuki usually opens the office in the morning.

Write a class quiz

Task In pairs. Write four questions for the class about this week or last weekend. Write does or goes to next to each one.

1

Two does questions: who / what does the action.

Who had coffee this morning?

2

Two goes to questions: the action goes to who / what.

What did you watch last night?

Ideas

coffee

breakfast

a film

the bus

cooking

sport

yesterday

a message

Quiz time

Task Ask the other pair your questions. Write the answers.

1

Round 1: ask a does question. They answer: I did! / Not me.

2

Round 2: ask a goes to question. They answer: A film about...

3

Rounds 3 and 4: ask your other two questions.

4

At the end: tell the class your most surprising answer.

Homework

Task A A quiz page in a magazine. Five questions have a mistake. Find and correct them. Then answer the questions if you can!

Task B Read the message from Carlos. On Monday, Joanna asks him about his weekend. Put the words in order to make her questions. Then write Carlos's answers.

1

Who did paint the Mona Lisa?

Carlos

What a weekend! On Saturday my sister visited. We made pizza, and then something funny happened: the cat jumped on the table and ate all the cheese! In the evening we watched a football match. On Sunday I called my grandad and told him about the cat.

2

What happened in July 1969?

3

Who write Romeo and Juliet?

4

Which language people speak in Brazil?

5

What was happened in Pompeii in the year 79?

1

visited / who / you / on Saturday / ?

4

the cat / what / eat / did / ?

6

What do koalas eat?

7

What did the Wright brothers built in 1903?

2

pizza / made / who / ?

5

watch / you / in the evening / did / what / ?

8

Who lives in the White House?

3

then / happened / what / ?

6

call / who / on Sunday / you / did / ?

TEACHER'S REFERENCE · SKIP OR DELETE BEFORE CLASS

Answer key (1)

THE TEAM CHAT

Guesses 1 In the big fridge in the meeting room: Carlos cleaned the small fridge (it's Friday) and moved all the food. 2 Who ate my birthday cake?!

LOOK AGAIN

Which is correct? 1 Who ate; 2 What happened; 3 who did you see; 4 Which fridge did you use

Does the action B: don't use do / does / did

The action goes to A: use do / does / did

• Why cleans? · who is like he / she (Carlos cleans becomes Who cleans?), so the verb takes -s, even when the answer is many people (Who wants cake? – We all do!).

READ AGAIN

1 False: she put it in the small fridge (in the kitchen).

2 True.

3 True.

4 False: he cleans it on Fridays.

5 False: he told nobody; he left a note on the door.

6 True.

CHOOSE THE QUESTION

1 Who brought

2 what did you get

3 What happened

4 who did you call

5 Who chooses

6 did you like

TWO PICTURES

A picture 2 (someone saw Daniel)

B picture 1 (Daniel saw someone)

TEACHER'S REFERENCE · SKIP OR DELETE BEFORE CLASS

Answer key (2)

WRITE THE QUESTION

1 What does Marta usually have at eleven? (or: What does Marta usually drink at eleven?)

2 Who helped Marta with the printer? (or: Who helped Marta?)

3 What happened in the lift?

4 Who did Daniel help with the printer? (or: Who did Daniel help?)

5 Who wants a new chair?

6 Which meeting room did Kofi book? (or: Which room did Kofi book?)

7 Who usually opens the office in the morning?

HOMEWORK (A) (CONT.)

Quiz answers 1 Leonardo da Vinci; 2 people walked on the Moon for the first time (Apollo 11); 3 William Shakespeare; 4 Portuguese; 5 the volcano Vesuvius erupted and covered the town; 6 eucalyptus leaves; 7 a plane, the Wright Flyer: it made the first controlled, powered flight (17 December 1903); 8 the President of the United States

HOMEWORK (B)

1 Who visited you on Saturday? (or: On Saturday, who visited you?) – My sister.

2 Who made pizza? – We did. (My sister and I.)

3 What happened then? (or: Then what happened?) – The cat jumped on the table and ate all the cheese!

4 What did the cat eat? – All the cheese.

5 What did you watch in the evening? (or: In the evening, what did you watch?) – A football match.

6 Who did you call on Sunday? (or: On Sunday, who did you call?) – My grandad.

HOMEWORK (A)

Fixes 1 Who painted the Mona Lisa?; 3 Who wrote Romeo and Juliet?; 4 Which language do people speak in Brazil?; 5 What happened in Pompeii in the year 79?; 7 What did the Wright brothers build in 1903?

Already right 2, 6, 8