カテゴリー: Asking a Question

Forming a "Who" Question

ALULAスタッフ, 更新日時 October 12, 2023

The "who is..." pattern is used to ask about identity or a person or people.
In subject questions, 'who' is used to find out the person performing an action. The form is: "Who" + verb + (other words) ?
'Who' can also be used in object questions. In this case, it's seeking the indirect object of an action. The form is: "Who" + helping verb ("do" or "does") + subject + verb ?

Let's talk about the very important question word, 'Who'. The question word "Who" is used to ask for the identity of a person or people.

You can make a simple question using: "Who is ...?" or "Who are ...?" These questions are used to ask about identity of a person or people.

Examples:

Who is your teacher?

Question word ("Who") + be verb ("is") + subject complement ("your teacher")?
Who are those people?

Question word ("Who") + be verb ("are") + subject complement ("those people")?

In English, we use 'who' to ask about the subject of a sentence. 'Who' is used to find out which person performed an action.

The form is: "Who" + verb + (other words) ?

Examples:

Who likes ice cream?

Question word ("Who") + verb ("likes") + object ("ice cream")?
Who studies every day?

Question word ("Who") + verb ("studies") + other words ("every day")?

'Who' can also be used in object questions. In an object question, "Who" is seeking the indirect object of an action.

The form is: "Who" + helping verb ("do" or "does") + subject + verb ?

Examples:

Who do you like?

Question word ("Who") + helping verb ("do") + subject ("you") + verb ("like")?
Who does your teacher teach?

Question word ("Who") + helping verb ("does") + subject ("your teacher") + verb ("teach")?
Who do I send this email? (or Who do I send this email to?)

Question word ("Who") + helping verb ("do") + subject ("I") + verb ("send") + direct object ("this email")?

Note, the question word "Who" is looking for the indirect object of the action. The direct object is "this email".

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