Subject and Object Questions in English

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A lot of English students have a really hard time forming questions in English. What form of the verb should you use? Is an auxiliary verb necessary? What order should the words be in?

Today I'd like to focus on an especially confusing topic: subject and object questions.

For example:
Jack called Jill.
Subject question: Who called Jill?
Object question: Who did Jack call?

Take today's lesson to learn all about subject and object questions!

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LESSON SUMMARY:

First, let’s review the difference between a subject and an object.

The subject of a sentence is the person or thing that performs the action. The object of a sentence is the person or thing that is acted upon, or receives the action.

Most questions in English are object questions – we want to know about the receiver of the action.
However, sometimes we want to ask about the subject. We don’t know the person or thing who performed the action, and we want to find out. This type of question is called a subject question, and subject questions do NOT use the auxiliary verbs do, does, and did.

In other verb tenses – present continuous, present perfect, etc. – the auxiliary verbs are forms of the verbs be and have. In these verb tenses, we still use the verbs be and have in both subject and object questions.

When you are going to ask a question in the simple present or simple past using who or what, ask yourself,

“Am I asking about the doer of the action or the receiver of the action?”

If you’re asking about the doer/subject, then DON’T use do/does/did.

If you’re asking about the receiver/object, then YES – use do/does/did.

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