Subject And Object Questions In English Flashcards
What are subject questions? How to form subject questions?
However, sometimes we want to ask about the subject. We don’t know the person or thing who performed the action, and we want to find out.
This type of question is called a subject question, and subject questions do NOT use the auxiliary verbs do, does, and did.
When you are going to ask a question in the simple present or simple past using who or what, ask yourself,
“Am I asking about the doer of the action or the receiver of the action?”
If you’re asking about the doer/subject, then DON’T use do/does/did:
How to form subject questions:
Who / What + verb in simple present or simple past + object ?
subject question present continuous
Subject Q: Who is washing the car?
Object Q: What is Paul washing?
Answer: Paul is washing the car.
subject question past continuous
Subject Q: Who was talking about the problem?
Object Q: What was the manager talking about?
Answer: The manager was talking about the problem.
subject question present perfect
Subject Q: Who has spent $1000 on a computer?
Object Q: How much have your parents spent on a computer?
Answer: My parents have spent $1000 on a computer.
subject question present perfect continuous
Subject Q: Who has been working on this project?
Object Q: What have you been working on?
Answer: I have been working on this project.
subject question will
Subject Q: What will help the students?
Object Q: Who will this book help?
Answer: This textbook will help the students.
subject question going to
Subject Q: Who is going to order dessert?
Object Q: What are you going to order?
Answer: We are going to order dessert.
