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WRITING QUESTIONS - Subject vs. Object Questions
SUBJECT QUESTIONS: A subject question asks about the subject of the sentence.
Do NOT change the word order of the question.
QUESTION:
ANSWER:
  Who is fixing the computer? -->
  What happened last week.    -->		  Gina is fixing the computer.
 An accident happened last week.
OBJECT QUESTIONS: An object question asks about the object of the sentence.
You MUST change the word order of the question.
QUESTION:
ANSWER:
 formal --> Whom did Gina meet?
 informal--> Who does Gary like?
                  What did Frank see?		  Gina met Mary.   
 Gary likes Susan.   
 Frank saw an accident.
Directions: Write a question about the underlined section of each answer below.
Use WHO for people and WHAT for things. Use INFORMAL English.

1. Who is working with the nurse?     The doctor is working with the nurse.

2. Who did the doctor tell to draw blood?    The doctor told the nurse to draw blood.

3. What did Samantha buy yesterday?    Samantha bought a computer yesterday.

4. Who bought a computer yesterday?    Samantha bought a computer yesterday.

5. What did the woman write?    The woman wrote a long letter.

6. Who wrote a long letter?        The woman wrote a long letter.

7. Who gave the student some advice?       The teacher gave the student some advice.

8. What did the teacher give the student?    The teacher gave the student a recommendation.

9. What did the robber demand?        The robber demanded all the money in the cash register.

10. Who demanded all the money in the register?    The robber demanded all the money in the cash register.

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