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Object and subject questions SUBJECT QUESTIONS

Subject questions are used to ask Question doesn’t use “did.”
who did an action. They are called
There are two kinds of question: object questions See also: subject questions because the
and subject questions. They are formed in different Present simple 1 Types of verbs 49 question word is the subject of
ways and are used to ask about different things. Verbs with objects 53 the main verb. They do not use
the auxiliary verb “do.”

OBJECT QUESTIONS The answer is the subject
of the question.
Use object questions Object Subject
to ask who received
an action, not who
did the action. They
are called object Auxiliary
questions because
the question word FURTHER EXAMPLES
is the object of the
main verb.
The answer is the
object of the question.

FURTHER EXAMPLES

HOW TO FORM

“Who” and “what” are the most SUBJECT VERB OBJECT
common pronouns used in
subject questions.

COMMON MISTAKES OBJECT AND SUBJECT QUESTIONS
HOW TO FORM Object questions must use a form Subject questions do not use an auxiliary verb and the word
of the auxiliary “do.” order stays the same as in a normal statement.
OBJECT AUXILIARY SUBJECT VERB
“Did” is the auxiliary verb The word order stays the
in this object question. same as a normal statement.

Different question The auxiliary tells you whether the question
words can be used here. is talking about the past or the present. Do not use inversion to “Do” is only used as an auxiliary verb
form object questions. when forming object questions.

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