SUBJECT/OBJECT QUESTIONS
¢Who ate the sweets? ……….ate the sweets. SUBJ
¢Who did he eat? He ate ……. OBJECT
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¢Who sees Silvia? …..sees Silvia. SUBJ
¢Who does Silvia see? Silvia sees……OBJECT
Who invented the telephone? …..invented the tel.
Who welcomes visitors? …….welcomes visitors.
¢OBJECT QUESTIONS
¢Question Word + Auxiliary + Subject + Verb + Optional Object or Complement + ?
Question Words: what, where, when, who, why, which, how.
Example: What did you see last Saturday evening on TV?
Question Words: 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:
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 Eurovision Contest 2008?" "Russia". 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.
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 Eurovision Contest 2008?" "Russia". 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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