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85 Who asked you? Who did you ask?: question words as subject or object

Who drove the car?
Who did you see?
What happened?
What did you do?

• who and what are sometimes the subject.
who and what as subject + verb:
Alison asked you. Who asked you? Alison.
NOT Who did ask you!

• who and what are sometimes the object.
who and what as object + question form of verb:
You asked Steve. Who did you ask? Steve.

• Who stayed with you?
but Who did Jane stay with? (Preposition at the end.)

Practice

Write the questions.
1 Who you? Simon came to see me.

2 Who last night? Julie met Barbara.
3 What you reading? I like reading novels.
4 Who ? Joe made the cake.
5 Who ? Helen found the car keys.
6 What ? A cigarette started the fire.

7 What you ? I want some help.
8 Who you? Caroline told me.
9 Who with Paul? Sue stayed with Paul.

10 What you ? I said nothing.
11 Who ? David came with Mary.
12 What you ? I study medicine.
13 Who ? Linda lives with her parents.
14 Who ? Greg opened the door.

15 What ? Something terrible happened.