Subject Vs Object Questions
Subject Vs Object Questions
Subject Vs Object Questions
Object questions
1. We use do / does in present simple questions:
Ex. Who do you know?
Where does he live?
2. We use did in past simple questions:
Ex. Who did you call?
What did he give you for your birthday?
Compare:
Object questions
Subject questions
(She is talking to
somebody.)
(Somebody is talking to
her.)
Subject questions
Sometimes happens that the question words Who?
Amanda
Joe
Scott
Kathy
Sophie
Jerry
Joe
Jerry
Scott
Joe
Amanda
Object
Subject
Object
Object
Subject
Subject
Subject
Object
Make questions
Somebody smoked here.
interesting.
I still worry about it.
Somebody wants to talk to you.
Something terrible is going to
happen to us!
I dropped something!
Somebody is making terrible
noise in here.
I spoke to somebody on the
phone.
Question time
1. Who was the last person you spoke to before going to
school?
2. Who gave you the best present you have ever got?
3. Who sang at Lady Dianas funeral?
4. What happened to you on your way to school?
5. Which bus takes you home?
6. What sight disappointed you after you saw it?
7. Who wrote you a very long e-mail?
8. Which computer game is awful?