Subject and Object Questions

What is a subject question?

• A question that seeks a yes or no answer.

• A question that asks for the verb in a sentence.

• A question that inquires about the object of a sentence.

• A question that asks for information about the subject of a sentence.

Formulate a subject question for the statement: 'The teacher is explaining the lesson.'

• What is the lesson about?

• Who is explaining the lesson?

• When is the lesson being explained?

• Why is the teacher explaining the lesson?

Formulate an object question for the statement: 'He loves chocolate.'

• What does he love?

• When did he start loving chocolate?

• Why does he love chocolate?

• What is his favorite?

Differentiate between the subject and object in the sentence: 'The cat chased the mouse.'

• Subject: The cat; Object: the mouse.

• Subject: chased; Object: the cat.

• Subject: The cat; Object: chased.

• Subject: the mouse; Object: The cat.

What is the correct word order for a subject question?

• Verb + subject + what/who?

• Subject + verb + what/who?

• What/Who + subject + verb?

• What/Who + verb + subject?

What is the correct word order for an object question?

• What/Who + verb + object?

• What + object + verb?

• Who + object + verb?

• Object + verb + what/who?

Identify whether the following is a subject or object question: 'Who did you see at the mall?'

• Ambiguous question

• Subject question

• Neither subject nor object question

• Object question

Identify whether the following is a subject or object question: 'What are you reading?'

• object question

• both subject and object question

• neither

• subject question

Formulate a subject question based on the statement: 'The students are studying.'

• What are studying?

• Who are studies?

• Who are the students?

• Who are studying?

Formulate an object question based on the statement: 'She plays the piano.'

• What instrument do she play?

• Who plays the piano?

• When does she play the piano?

• What does she play?