Grammar_Subject and Object Questions - Somebody/Something "Who's that girl?"

We use object question to find the object.
We use subject questions to find the subject.

1. John loves a woman.      2. A man loves Sam
    Subject      Object               Subject         Object


Subject Questions
There is no auxiliary verb and the word order is not inverted.

Question Word+Main Verb+Object+Question Mark

Who    ate     my homework?
QW     MV    Object

Who ate my homework? The dog  did  it.
 S      MV     Object          Subject   AV Object

Somebody helped Mary... Who helped Mary?
Something happened... What happened?
Something fell down the stairs.. What fell down the stairs?
Something oponed the window... Who oppened the window?

Object Questions
We ask for the object.

Question Word+Auxiliary Verb+Subject+Main Verb+Question Mark

What do you want for dinner? We want some cheese and sausages.
Object AV S   MV  CC               S  MV       Object

Sam bought something... What did Sam buy?
Tom ate something... What did Tom eat?
Sam helped somebody...Who did Sam help?
Tom killed somebody... Who did Tom kill? 

Bonus:


  • Who does Romeo love? Romeo loves Juliet.
  • Who loves Romeo? Juliet loves Romeo.

In the first question, Romeo is the subject of the verb.
In the second question ‘who’ is the subject and Romeo is the object.

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