Subject & Object Questions

Final Frontiers

by Johanna Meza

​Look at the picture for a minute...

• Who does Sarah love?​

• ​Who loves Sarah?

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Who does Sarah love?​ (object question)​

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Who loves Sarah? (subject question)

​What´s an object or subject question?

​Object questions...

​When the question word is the object of the sentence, we make questions with:

​ question word+ do/does/did + subject + infinitive without to

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​ Who does Sarah love?​

​ qw + does + subject + infinitive

​Subject questions...

​When the question word is the subject of the sentence, we make questions with:

​ question word+ present/ past/ future form of the verb. We don´t use do/does/did!!

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​ Who loves Sarah?​

​ qw + present/past/future form of the verb

​Examples:

​ (subject or object?)

• ​What happens if i press this button?

• ​What does he do all day?

• ​What did you get for your birthday?

• ​Who gave it to you?

Multiple Choice

What do you want to watch?

• subject

• object

Multiple Choice

How many people study english at your school?

• subject

• object

Multiple Choice

What does that word mean?

• object

• subject

Multiple Choice

Who goes to the astronomy club on Fridays?

• subject

• object

Multiple Choice

Who drives you to school in the morning?

• subject

• object

Multiple Choice

Who do we know in Washington DC?

• subject 

• object