Wh-questions have a specific word order: question word, auxiliary verb, subject, and main verb. The correct order for the question about Apollo 11 is 'When did Apollo 11 land on the Moon?'.
Wh-questions follow the word order: question word + auxiliary verb + subject + main verb. For past simple questions, the auxiliary verb is 'did'. Therefore, 'When did Apollo 11 land on the Moon?' is correct.
| Task | Choose the sentence with the right word order |
|---|---|
| Answer | 1 |
| a | When did Apollo 11 land on the Moon? |
| b | When Apollo 11 did land on the Moon? |
| c | Did Apollo 11 land on the Moon when? |
| d | When did land Apollo 11 on the Moon? |
| comment | In the test sentence we are given a wh-question, because it contains the question word ‘when’.The word order in ‘wh-questions’ is similar to ‘Yes/No questions’, but in ‘wh-questions’ question words ‘when’, ‘what’, ‘who’, ‘whose’, ‘where’, ‘how’, ‘which’, ‘why’ are put at the beginning of the sentences: wh-+ an auxiliary verb (be, do/does or have) + subject + main verb OR wh- + a modal verb+ subject + main verb: What have you been doing without us all this time?Therefore, we are to choose ANSWER 1: When (the question word) did (the auxiliary verb) Apollo 11(the subject) land (the main verb) on the Moon (the adverbial modifier of place)? |
| topic | word order |
| level | 1 |
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