This document provides information about subject and object questions in English. It begins by explaining how do/does and did are used to form present and past simple questions. It then discusses how question word order changes when using auxiliary verbs. Several examples of both subject and object questions are given. The document concludes by providing exercises for the reader to practice forming and identifying subject and object questions.

2. OBJECT QUESTIONS
1. We use do / does in present simple questions:
Ex. Who do you know?
Where does he live?
2. We use did in past simple questions:
Ex. Who did you call?
What did he give you for your birthday?

3. 3. We change the word order when using the
auxiliary verbs (be, have in present perfect,
modal verbs):
Ex. Have you been studying hard?
Will he come tomorrow?
When was the car washed?
All those are object questions!

4. Object questions
Who did you send the letter
to?
She is talking to somebody.
Who is she talking to?
Subject questions
Who sent you the
letter?
Somebody talked to
her.
Who is talking to her?
COMPARE:

5. SUBJECT QUESTIONS
• Sometimes happens that the question words Who? What? Which? How many? are the subject
of the clause
• Then we do not use do, does, or did in questions
• The verb is in the 3rd person singular of the particular tense
Ex. Who hit you?
What happens next?

6. A VICIOUS LOVE CIRCLE
Amanda
Sophie
Kathy
Joe Scott
Jerry
Amanda loves Scott, but
Scott loves Sophie.
Sophie loves Jerry, but
Jerry doesn’t like her. He
likes Kathy.
Kathy is madly in love with
Joe, but Joe thinks only of
Amanda.
Who loves Amanda?
Who does Sophie love?
Who loves Sophie?
Who does Kathy love?
Who loves Scott?
Joe
Jerry
Scott
Joe
Amanda

7. 1. What did she say?
2. Who shouted my name?
3. What did Kate hear?
4. Who did you meet?
5. Who saw them in the shop?
6. What made that noise?
7. Who did it?
8. Which bus did you take?
• Object
• Subject
• Object
• Object
• Subject
• Subject
• Subject
• Object
ARE THE QUESTIONS
SUBJECT OR OBJECT
QUESTIONS?

8. CORRECT THE MISTAKES
IN THE SENTENCES.
1. What did she heard?
2. Why she did called?
3. Who the money stole?
4. Who break into the office?
5. What the police do?
6. Who did commit the crime?
7. What did happen here?
8. Which class went you to?
What did she hear?
Why did she call?
Who stole the money?
Who broke into the office?
What did the police do?
Who committed the crime?
What happened here?
Which class did
you go to?

9. • Mr.Perez smoked here.
• She told me something interesting.
• I still worry about the planet.
• Susan wants to talk to you.
• Something terrible is going to happen
to us!
• I dropped a glass of water!
• A baby is making terrible noise in
here.
• I spoke to Adele on the phone.
MAKE QUESTIONS
Who smoked here?
What did she tell you?
What do you worry about?
Who wants to talk to me?
What is going to happen to
us?
What did you drop?
Who is making the
terrible noise in here?
Who did you speak to?

10. QUESTION TIME
1. Who was the last person you spoke to before going
to school?
2. Who gave you the best present you have ever got?
3. Who sang at Lady Diana’s funeral?
4. What happened to you on your way to school?
5. Which bus takes you home?
6. What sight disappointed you after you saw it?
7. Who wrote you a very long e-mail?
8. Which computer game is awful?

11. ORDER, YOU MIGHT NEED TO
ADD SOMETHING.
1. him/invited/who/dinner/to/
2. which/you/CD/buy
3. who/asking/question/the/is
4. he/who/visit/last week/
5. car/will/first/which/arrive
6. what/you/food/like
7. to/bar/you/go/which/want to/
8. computer/is/the/fixing/who
9.the/what/tell/doctor/you
Who invited him to dinner?
Which CD did you buy?
Who is asking the question?
Who did he visit last week?
Which car will arrive first?
What food do you like?
Which bar do you want to go
to?
Who is fixing the computer?
What did the doctor tell you?