subject and object questions
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1. Subject questions
Question word Verb Rest Subject Verb Rest
Who runs to the shop? Peter runs to the shop.
What happened yesterday? A tragedy happened yesterday.
2. Object questions
Question word
Auxiliary Subject Verb Rest Answer
Who do you like? I like my mum.
Who did Mandy phonelast Monday?
Mandy phoned her uncle.
What does he read?He reads detective stories.
Mind the difference in meaning in the following two questions:
Subject question Object question
Who phoned John? Who did John phone?