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Subject and object questions
There are 10 questions in this quiz. Read the grammar explanation below.
1. What’s the missing word?
Where ___ it?
has
did
is
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Subject and object questions
Use:
Some questions ask about the object of a sentence.
Who did you see? => I saw Helen.
Helen is the object of the sentence.
Some questions ask about the subject of a sentence.
Who saw you?=> Nobody saw me.
Nobody is the subject of the sentence.
Subject and Object questions have different structures.
Form:
Object Questions
1) To be
Use to be before a subject + nouns, adjective or place.
to be Subject
Is / Was he / she / it / Tom a teacher / a student?
happy / cold / tired / ready?
at the party / in the classroom?
here / there?
Are / Were we / you / they / your parents teachers / students?
happy / cold / tired / ready?
at the party / in the classroom?
here / there?
Is Tom a teacher? Is it cold? Was he at the party? Is she here?
Are you students? Were you tired? Are they in the classroom? Were your parents there?
2) Use Question word + to be before nouns, pronouns, places and this / that.
Question word be
Where is / was he / she / it / my bag?
Who this / that?
What at the party / in the classroom?
When
are / were we / you / they / my keys?
these / those?
at the party / in the classroom?
Who is it? When was it? Where was my bag? Who was at the party?
Where are my keys? What are those?
3) Use (Question word) + auxiliary verb before a subject + verb
Question word auxiliary verb Subject
is / are doing seeing
was / were going eating
Where you
Who do / does he do see
What did she go eat
When it
can / could do see
Why we
will / would go eat
they
should
have / has done saw
had gone eaten
Where are you going? Who did you see? What did you do? When will we go? Why have they gone?
Subject Questions
1) Subject questions have no subject in the question. Any present / past simple verbs should go in the past /
present simple tense, not the infinitive form.
Only What and Who can be used in this kind of question.
Question word verb object
Who likes / needs / wants me / you / him / her / us / them?
is following / calling the film?
saw / called
What happened (to me / you / him / her / us / them?)
is happening (to
Who likes me? What happened to you?
In the present tense, always use the third person singular form of the verb.
What happens next? NOT What happen next?
Common mistakes:
1) Some students use an auxiliary verb in an subject question.
What did happen? => What happened?
Who did meet you at the station?=> Who met you at the station?
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