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Interrogative Sentences With "Who" and "What": Sentences in Blue Use The Simple Past
Interrogative Sentences With "Who" and "What": Sentences in Blue Use The Simple Past
Interrogative Sentences With "Who" and "What": Sentences in Blue Use The Simple Past
Why did he take you to the airport (He took me to the airport because
)
Why did [invariable in questions]
How did you get him to talk? (I threatened him)
How did he get you to talk? (He threatened me)
How did [invariable in questions]
On the following questions, one asks about the subject:
- Who lives here? My friend does.
- Who will drive the car? Tom will.
- Who will give Karen a hug? Tom will give Karen a hug.
- What made Cathy feel so bad? Her marks made her feel so bad.
- What went to Chicago? The car went to Chicago.
- Who studies English? I study English.
On the next ones, one asks about the object:
- Where does Kathy live? She lives in Chicago.
- Whom will you give a hug? I will give her a hug.
- Whom will Tom give a hug? Tom will give Karen a hug.
- Where did the car go? The car went to Chicago.
- What do you study? I study English.
Simple present Wh-questions
http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/threads/103428-Simple-presentWh-questions
What do you think about that ?
Where do you usually go in the evenings?
Which of these shirts do you like most?
In all of these sentences the question is about the object while the
subject is fixed - you. So you could try to construct similar questions
with who:
Who(m) do you usually greet first when you arrive home?
Who(m) do you ask about your English questions?
Who(m) do you trust?
Who(m) do you fear?
Since above the pronoun seems to substitute the object I guess whom
should be used.
You may begin a 'who' question asking about the subject this way:
Who do you think is going to post in this thread? I think (subject) is
going to post next.
Who do you prefer to teach you English? I prefer Mr. Know It All to
teach me English.
The questions above refer somehow to a subject rather than an object
- with these ones we can safely use a 'real who'.