Object and Subject questions
Complete the questions
Who ____________________? I was reading a book.
____________________ the game? My friend won the game.
Who ________________Sandra? I met Sandra.
Our cousin bought something last Saturday. What ____________________?
Who ________________party? My mum organised the party.
Who did ____________________the documents? John faxed Mary the documents.
Answers:
Who ____________________? I was reading a book.
Who was reading a book? ¿Quién estaba leyendo un libro?
____________________ the game? My friend won the game.
Who won the game? ¿Quién ganó el juego?
Who ________________Sandra? I met Sandra.
Who met Sandra? ¿Quién se encontró con Sandra?
Our cousin bought something last Saturday. What ____________________?
Our cousin bought something last Saturday. What did your cousin buy last Saturday?
Nuestro primo compró algo el pasado sábado. ¿Qué compró vuestro primo el pasado sábado?
Who ________________party? My mum organised the party.
Who organised the party? My mum organised the party.
¿Quién organizó la fiesta? Mi mamá organizó la fiesta
Who did ____________________ the documents? John faxed Mary the documents.
Who did John fax the documents? John faxed Mary the documents.
¿A quién envió John por fax los documentos? John envió los documentos a Mary por fax.
Extra examples & explanation:
Subject questions
These questions refer to the subject of the sentences. We want to know who did something. The verb is in its affirmative form.
Estas preguntas se refieren al sujeto de las oraciones. Queremos saber quién hizo algo. El verbo está en su forma afirmativa.
Examples
Who looked at you? ¿Quién te miró?
Who visited your sister? ¿Quién visitó a tu hermana?
Who has emailed you? ¿Quién te ha enviado un correo electrónico?
Who’s writing to you? ¿Quién te está escribiendo?
Who will be with you? ¿Quién estará contigo?
*Try to answer one of the questions. Intenta responder una de las preguntas:
Who looked at you? He looked at you (Él te miró a tí). The answer is He (subject)
La respuesta es Él (sujeto)
As you see, we are asking for the subject. Como ves, estamos preguntando por el sujeto.
Object questions
We are asking for the object of the sentence.
Estamos preguntando por el objeto de la oración.
Who did you look at? ¿A quién miraste?
Who did your sister visit? ¿A quién visitó tu hermana?
Who have you emailed? ¿A quién has enviado un correo electrónico?
Who are you writing to? ¿A quién estás escribiendo?
Who will you be with? ¿Con quién estarás?
*Try to answer one of the questions. Intenta responder una de las preguntas:
Who did you look at? I looked at Tom (Yo miré a Tom). The answer is Tom (object)
La respuesta es Tom (objeto).
This time we are asking for the object. Esta vez estamos preguntando por el objeto.
