GRAMMAR FOCUS:

WRITING QUESTIONS
Subject vs. Object Questions

Sample questions:
SUBJECT QUESTION: A subject question asks about the subject of the sentence.
Do NOT change the word order of the question.

ANSWER                                            QUESTION
Gina is fixing the computer.               Who is fixing the computer?
An accident happened last week.       What happened last week?

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OBJECT QUESTION: An object question asks about the object of the sentence.
You MUST change the word order of the question.

ANSWER                                   QUESTION
Gina met Mary.                          Whom did Gina meet? <--formal
Gina met Mary.                          Who did Gina meet? <--informal
Frank saw an accident.              What did Frank see?

•    A tag question is a device used to turn a statement into a question. Notice that when the statement is positive, the tag question is expressed in the negative; when the statement is negative, the tag question is positive. (There are a few exceptions to this, frequently expressing an element of surprise or sarcasm: "So you've made your first million, have you?" "Oh, that's your plan, is it?")

The following are more typical tag questions:

He should quit smoking, shouldn't he?
He shouldn't have quit his diet, should he?
They're not doing very well, are they?