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i-15 QUESTIONS WITH WHO
QUESTION
ANSWER
(a) What did they see? -t A boat. (They saw a boat.)
(b) Who did they see? -t Jim. (They saw Jim J
( C) Who did they see? -t Jim. (They saw Jim.)
(d) Whom did they see? -t
Jim. (They saw Jim.)
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(e) Whofm) did they see? + Jim. (Thty saw Jim.)
S
( f) Who came? + Mary. (Mary came.)
(g) Who lives there?
(h) Who saw Jim?
+ Ed. (Ed lives there.)
+ Ann. (Ann saw Jim.)
S
What is used to ask questions about
things.
Who is used to ask questions about
people.
(c) and (d) have the same meaning.
Whom is used in formal English as the
object of a verb or a preposition.
In (c): who, not whom, is usually used
in everyday English.
In (d): whom is used in very formal
English. Whom is rarely used in
everyday spoken English.
In (e): whofm) is the object of the verb.
Usual question word order (question wad
+ helping verb + subject + main verb) is
used.
In (0, (g), and (h): who is the subject of
the question. Usual question word order
is NOT used. When who is the subject of
a question, do NOT use &us, &, or did.
Do NOT change the verb in any way: the
verb form in the question is the same as
the verb form in the answer.
INCORRBCT: Who did come?
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EXERCISE 43: Make questions. , ,
1. A:
B: Mary. (I saw Mary at the party.)
2. A:
B: Mary. (Mary came to the party.)
3. A:
B: John. (John lives in that house.)
4. A:
B: John. (I called John.)
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5. A:
B: My aunt and uncle. (I visited my aunt and uncle.)
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