SUBJECT AND OBJECT

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Who ate my sandwich? Who broke the glass? Who bought that building? Who the paited the Wall?

Where did you go? Who did you call? Who did you talk to? What did they buy?

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who likes fred? what causes cancer? who wants some fruit juice? what was making that noise? who sent the gift? which is your favorite color? who ran away? who is your sister?

who does karen like? what does smoking cause? what do you want to drink? where do they live? when will frank go to university? whom were you talking to? what has she read this summer? how are you happy?

The simplest English sentences have only a subject and a verb.

Only a transitive verb can have an object. An intransitive verb never has an object. Read more about transitive and intransitive verbs here.

SUBJECT AND OBJECT

In grammar, we use the word 'subject' to talk about the pronoun, noun or noun phrase that does the action of verb. In English, the subject is usually before the verb.

Subjects

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In grammar, we use the word 'object' to talk about the thing or person that the verb is done to, or who receives the verb. It can be a noun, a noun phrase, a pronoun or a longer complex object, which is modified (in a similar way to a complex subject).

Objects