Usually, when we ask a question, we want to
know about the object of the answer:
What did you lose?
I lost my purse.
'My purse' is the object of the answer and 'what'
is the object of the question. (The subject of the
question is 'you'.)
Here's another example:
Who did John meet?
John met Lucy.
'Lucy' is the object of the answer and 'who' is the
object of the question.
When we usually learn about how to make a
question, we learn about object questions,
because they are the most common type of
question. The normal rules that you learn about
making questions, such as inverting the question
word and the auxiliary verb, or adding 'do', 'does'
or 'did', are all used in object questions.
However, sometimes we want to ask a question
where the thing we want to know is actually the
subject of the answer.
Here's an answer:
Lucy kissed John.
We can ask about John, in a normal object
question:
Who did Lucy kiss?
But we can also ask about Lucy:
Who kissed John?
'Who kissed John?' is a subject question. We
don't need to use inversion, or add 'did'. Instead,
we just take out 'Lucy' from the answer (which is
a normal sentence) and add 'who'. We generally
make subject questions using 'who' or 'what'.
Let's have a look at some more examples:
James dropped the glass.
Object question: What did James drop?
Subject question: Who dropped the glass?
We will read the book.
Object question: What will you read?
Subject question: Who will read the book?
Amanda washed the car.
Object question: What did Amanda wash?
Subject question: Who washed the car?
The students like their new professor.
Object question: Who do the students like?
Subject question: Who likes the new professor?
I'm buying some bread.
Object question: What are you buying?
Subject question: Who is buying some bread?
1) The car is in the garage (subject question).
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2) Julie loves ice cream (object question).
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3) Julie loves ice cream (subject question).
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4) The food was on the table (object question).
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5) The food was on the table (subject question).
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6) The student is from Colombia (object question).
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7) The student is from Colombia (subject question).
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8) David has lost his wallet (object question).
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9) David has lost his wallet (subject question).
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10) Luke read the textbook (object qiuestion).
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11) Luke read the textbook (subject question). CHECK
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12) The caterpillar became a butterfly (object question).
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13) The caterpillar became a butterfly (subject
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14) The teacher is living in Istanbul (object qiestion).
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15) The teacher is living in Istanbul (subject question).
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16) William has visited Spain (object question).
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17) William has visited Spain (subject question).
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18) The teenagers enjoyed the party (object question).
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19) The teenagers enjoyed the party (subject question).
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