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Subject and Object Questions
OBJECT QUESTIONS * These are the most common questions. Have a look at the structure: Question Word + Auxiliary + Subject + Verb + Optional Object or Complement + ? The Question Words are usually: what, where, when, who, why, which, how. * Example: What did you see last Saturday evening on TV? SUBJECT QUESTIONS * These are not the most common but you can find them anywhere and at any time: Question Word + Verb + Optional Object or Complement + ? The Question Words can be WHO or WHAT, because they can be the subject of the question. REMEMBER: Where, when, why (etc.) can't be the subject of any question. * Example: "Who won the _________ __________ 2011?" "_________". As you can see, the answer of the question is the IDENTITY of the QUESTION WORD "Who". That's why we call these questions SUBJECT QUESTIONS. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Most questions are object questions. In other words, they ask about an object. Example: Where do you live?. However, there are also subject questions. Questions we ask to find out about the subject. These questions are asked using 'who', 'what' and 'which'. Example: Who plays football in this class?. take a look at the following chart of question forms:
Form Examples Object Questions ?word auxiliary subject main Verb Where do you live? What will you do? When is she coming? Subject Questions ?word subject (auxiliary) main verb Who loves you? Which ________ will arrive first? What type of food _________ less? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||