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Robe on me.

Catherine.

Hello, Hello.

In this programme we're talking about subject questions will show you what they are and how to make them on.

We'll have a quiz to test what you've learned and we'll finish with a top pronunciation tip.

So let's get started in everyday English.

The words who?

What?

Which and whose are very common in questions.

And here's Neil.

Hello, Nia.

Hello, Katherine with an example.

Who did David meet?

Thanks, Neil.

Now the answer could be David Met Victoria Subject.

David Verb Met object.

Victoria.

So Victoria is the object of the verb met.

So in the question, who did David meet?

The word?

Who is asking about the object?

But we can also use question words to ask about the subject like this who lives in the White House.

Okay, so we have a question with who plus a verb lives.

And it's a subject question because it asks who is doing the verb who lives in the White House Now.

We don't use, do does or did.

In subject questions.

We don't say who does live is just who lives.

So Katherine, who lives in the White House Tough on Rob.

I think it's a U.

S.

President.

Yes, correct.

Let's have another one, please.

What makes you happy?

What makes me happy Knitting actually makes me happy.

So this question would is what?

What is the subject on?

The verb is makes Rob.

What makes you happy?

It's got to be riding my bike, I think.

Yes.

So that's who to ask about people.

On what?

For things.

Exactly.

Now can we have another one, please?

New Which key opens this door?

So the question would which usually comes with a known for example, which key?

Rob, Which key opens this door?

The smallest key opens this door we use which, when the choice of possible answers is limited like which key or which day or which color?

And what if the choice of possible answers isn't limited?

Well, then we use what without a noun.

What happened last night?

What caused the accident?

I'm listening to BBC learning English on We're looking at subject questions.

Neil, can we have one more subject question?

Word, please.

Whose story won first prize?

The word who's shows that something belongs to someone, and it usually comes with a noun.

So whose story is the subject?

The verb is one whose story won first prize.

I'm now a pronunciation warning in spoken English, the words who is on the words who has are often shortened to Who's That's right.

It sounds exactly the same as the question word.

Who's who's who's is confusing, isn't it?

So here's a little tip for you.

If you remember that, the question would who's usually comes with a noun?

You should be able to tell the difference his Neil with two questions.

But only one of them has a noun after the word who's see if you can tell which one who's using my mobile phone, whose mobile phone has a signal?

Did you get that?

The second question had Who's plus a noun?

So that means it's a subject question whose mobile phone has a signal topped it.

Rub.

So now we have four words we can use for subject questions.

Who, which what, aunt Who's do you know what I think that means?

It's quiz time.

You're right, it is Rob.

But actually, today we're going to do a backwards quiz, right?

So I'll say the answer and you at home have to work out what the subject question is.

So here's the first answer.

Keiko speaks Japanese.

So the subject is Keiko.

That's a person.

It's who for people.

So the question is, Who speaks Japanese?

Exactly?

Here's another answer.

Cates Dog were in the competition.

So it's Who's because the dog belongs to Kate, with whose we need the noun dog.

So whose dog won the competition?

Right?

Very good.

And Kate's dog is a clever dog, no doubt about it, right?

Last one.

The shop on the corner sells gloves, so it's which, with shop, because we're asking about a thing, and we can suppose there's a limited choice of shops in the area.

So which shop sells gloves?

So that's subject questions.

They don't need.

The auxiliary do does or did.

But they all start with a question word.

Just remember to choose the right one, and there's more about this on our website at BBC Learning english dot com.

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