类别： Asking a Question

Forming a "Who" Question

ALULA 员工, 更新于 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".

和AI英语老师一起练习这个话题

AI英语老师会教您语法，并以对话的形式和您一起练习。另外，还有 100 多个有关该主题的练习题来巩固您的理解。

在您的手机或平板电脑上免费试用 ALULA

你对这节课有任何问题吗？请在下面的评论区提问。