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WRITING QUESTIONS - Subject & Object Questions with Prepositions
SUBJECT QUESTIONS:
Do NOT change the word order of the question. Don't forget the preposition!
QUESTION:
ANSWER:
  Who is looking at Lee?
  What happened to Tim last week.
 Gina is looking at Lee.
 An accident happened to Tim last week.
OBJECT QUESTIONS:
You MUST CHANGE the word order of the question. Don't forget the preposition!
FORMALITY
QUESTION:
ANSWER:
super-formal
formal
informal
super-formal
informal
 With whom did Gina speak?
 Whom did Aggie talk to?
 Who does John live with?
 In what is Frank interested?
 What did Sam listen to?
 Gina spoke with Lee.   
 Aggie talked to Paul.   
 John lives with Peter.   
 Frank is interested in computers.
 Sam listened to some music.
Directions: Write a question about the underlined section of each answer below.
Use WHO for people and WHAT for things. Don't forget the preposition!

1. With whom is the doctor working?    The doctor is working with the nurse. (super-formal)

2. Whom did the doctor speak to?    The doctor spoke to the nurse. (formal)

3. What did the repairman work on?    The repairman worked on the computer. (informal)

4. Who talked to the customer?       The repairman talked to the customer.

5. To whom did the woman write a letter?    The woman wrote a letter to her friend. (super-formal)

6. Who did the woman write a letter to?    The woman wrote a letter to her friend. (informal)

7. At what did the teacher look?    The teacher looked at the clock. (formal)

8. What did the teacher look at?    The teacher looked at the clock. (informal)

9. Who looked at the clock?       The teacher looked at the clock.

10. What did the robber ask for?    The robber asked for all the money in the cash register. (informal)

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