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SUBJECT AND OBJECT QUESTIONS

The document explains the difference between subject and object questions in English. It provides examples of both types of questions and outlines the rules for forming them, particularly emphasizing the use of inversion and auxiliary verbs for object questions. Additionally, it includes activities for practicing the creation of subject and object questions based on provided answers.

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SUBJECT AND OBJECT QUESTIONS

The document explains the difference between subject and object questions in English. It provides examples of both types of questions and outlines the rules for forming them, particularly emphasizing the use of inversion and auxiliary verbs for object questions. Additionally, it includes activities for practicing the creation of subject and object questions based on provided answers.

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DEPARTAMENTO DE LETRAS E ARTES

INGLÊS V – INTERMEDIATE
SUBJECT AND OBJECT QUESTIONS

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.  The students like their new professor.
Object question: What did James drop? Object question: Who do the students like?
Subject question: Who dropped the glass? Subject question: Who likes the new professor?
 We will read the book.  I'm buying some bread.
Object question: What will you read? Object question: What are you buying?
Subject question: Who will read the book? Subject question: Who is buying some bread?
 Amanda washed the car.
Object question: What did Amanda wash?
Subject question: Who washed the car?

ACTIVITIES

Write subject or object questions for these answers.

1) The car is in the garage (object question).


2) The car is in the garage (subject question).
3) Julie loves ice cream (object question).
4) Julie loves ice cream (subject question).
5) The food was on the table (object question).
6) The food was on the table (subject question).
7) The student is from Colombia (object question).
8) The student is from Colombia (subject question).
9) David has lost his wallet (object question).
10) David has lost his wallet (subject question).
11) Luke read the textbook (object qiuestion).
12) Luke read the textbook (subject question).
13) The caterpillar became a butterfly (object question).
14) The caterpillar became a butterfly (subject question).
15) The teacher is living in Istanbul (object qiestion).
16) The teacher is living in Istanbul (subject question).

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