Questions Without the Auxiliary Verb Exercise at Auto-English

When the interrogative is also the subject we don't use an auxiliary

Make a question about the word in bold in each sentence. Sometimes you need an auxiliary and sometimes you don't.

1 Queen Elizabeth I became queen of England in 1558.
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2 Queen Elizabeth I became queen of England in 1558.
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3 Lilith was Adam's first wife.
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4 The Athenians sentenced Socrates to death in 399 BC.
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5 The Athenians sentenced Socrates to death in 399 BC.
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6 Aristotle taught Alexander the Great.
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7 Aristotle taught Alexander the Great.
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8 Apollo and Artemis were born in Delos, according to legend.
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9 The archbishop of Valencia ordered the execution of an innocent school teacher in 1826.
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10 Gema saw a fox cub.
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Gema saw a fox cub.
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12 Tony broke the video.
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