1. Subject and objectquestions

2. Sometimesan ACTION requirestwoentities (people, animalsorthings) totake place. Theseactions are called TRANSITIVE ACTIONS. Theyhavethefollowingstructure:Subject + VERB + Object“Mark watches films.”“GerrylovesSusan.”“Thecatchasesrats.”

3. In thepreviousexamplesweknowboththesubject and theobjectthattakepart in theaction, butsometimesthisisnotthe case.Theinterrogativeformisdifferentwhenwedon’tknowtheobject(objectquestions) thanwhenwedon’tknowthesubject(subjectquestions).

4. OBJECT QUESTIONS Whenweknowtheperson, animal orthingthatdoestheaction (subject), butwedon’tknowtheperson, animal orthingthatrecievesthataction (object): “Mark watches….wedon’tknow”“Gerryloves….wedon’tknow”“Acatchases….wedon’tknow”

5. Objectquestionshave a normal interrogativestructureafterthequestionword: [Wh.word + aux + S + V] “Whatdoes Mark watch? Films.”“WhodoesGerrylove? Susan.”“Whatdoes a catchase? Rats.”

6. SUBJECT QUESTIONS In subjectquestionsweknowtheperson animal orthingthatsuffersorreceivestheaction, butwedon’tknowtheperson, animal orthingthatdoesthataction. “Someone….. watches films. ”“Someone…..lovesSusan.”“Something…..chasesrats.”

7. In subjectquestionstheverbgoesdirectlyafterthe WH – word, in a sentencevery similar totheaffirmative, withthewh-wordinstead of theunknownsubject. “Whowatches films? Mark.”“WholovesGerry? Susan”“Whatchasesrats? A cat”