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SubjectandObjectQuestions:Whometyou?/Whodidyoumeet?ByProfessorMayfair
HelloProfessor.Whendowesaywhometyou?andwhodidyoumeet??(Marine,France).
HelloMarineandthanksforthatverycommonquestionwegetfromstudentsandIlltrymybesttoanswerit.Takea
lookatthefollowingsentence.Whatisthesubjectandobjectofthesentence?
ImetJavier
Gr a m m a r c o r n e r
Remember, every sentence has a subject and verb and some verbs have objects. The subject of the sentence is I
andtheobjectisJavier.Soifwewanttoknowwhomet Javier (who did the action), we ask the question Who
met Javier? The whquestion word is followed by the verb and then the object. This is called a subject question.
ClearlytheanswerisImetJavier.
However,ifwewanttoknowabouttheobjectJavier,weaskthequestionusingtheauxiliaryverbdointhis case
did followed by the subject you and the infinitive form of the verb meet at the end. So whats the question?
Yes,Whodidyoumeet?
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Lookatthenextexample:
Sheatetheapple
Here the subject question is Who ate the apple? and the object question is What did she eat? Obviously the
objectisathing,soweuseadifferentwhquestionword,inthis case what. We can use other whwords such as
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which,where,when,howmanyandevenwhy.Forexample:
Isawhimbecausehecamefirst.
Ifyouwanttowhy,youcanaskthequestion,Whydidyouseehim?
Inshort,neverusetheauxiliaryverbdowithasubjectquestion.
Exercise:
Make subject and object questions and other predicate questions using do of the following sentences. Use
appropriatequestionwords(thefirstonehasbeendoneforyou):
E.g.Whosawherfriend?/WhodidMarinesee?/Whendidsheseeherfriend?
1.
Marinesawherfriendyesterday.
2.
Ibrokethewindow.
3.
Themansawthemurder.
4.
Iwenthome.
5.
Hedidntcomebecausehewasill.
6.
Saradestroyedthecrucialevidenceafewweeksago.
7.
Vincentdiscussedthematterwiththedirectoroverdinnerthemorningafter.
8.
Itdidntgowell.
9.
Hechosetheblueoneovertheblackoneandstillwasntsatisfied.
10.
Heboughther5differentdressesfortheengagementpartyovertheweekendandshelovedthemallexcept
thefrillyonebecauseitwastoolong.(6questions!)
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