Subject & Object questions
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Object questions Object questions are used to ask who received an action, not who did the action. They are called object questions because the question word (WH) is the object of the main verb. WH word is the object
subject
Who did you see at the club? use the auxiliary verb ask the verb: WHO?
I saw my classmates subject
WH word is the object
object is the answer to the WH word
subject
What does she eat on weekends? use the auxiliary verb
ask the verb: WHO?
She eats pizza subject
object is the answer to the WH word
STRUCTURE object WH word Who What Where When Why How
auxiliary verb did does do
subject you he she it we they
verb see eat
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the auxiliary tells you whether the question is talking about the past or the present
Subject questions Use subject questions to ask who did an action. They are called subject questions because the question word (WH) is the subject of the main verb.
WH word is the subject
object
Who bought a car ? question doesn’t use auxiliary verb ask the verb: WHO?
Josh bought a car subject is the answer to the WH
WH word is the subject
object
object
Who wants coffee ? question doesn’t use auxiliary verb ask the verb: WHO?
I want coffee ! subject is the object answer to the WH
STRUCTURE subject
verb
object
WH word Who What Where When Why How
bought wants
a car coffee
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the verb is already conjugated in the question’s tense: present or past
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