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A cat killed a mouse, then a dog killed the cat. The document provides examples of subject and object questions and how word order changes for reported or indirect questions.

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A cat killed a mouse, then a dog killed the cat. The document provides examples of subject and object questions and how word order changes for reported or indirect questions.

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A cat killed a mouse and a dog killed the cat.

 What killed the mouse? (the cat)


 What did the cat kill? (the mouse)
 What killed the cat? (the dog)
 What did the dog kill? (the cat)

SUBJECT questions: If who, what or which is the subject of the question - it comes before
the verb and we don’t use do as an auxiliary.
Who went out for curry? (subject – who)
What happened? (subject – what)
Which looks better, this or that one? (subject – which)

OBJECT questions: follow the structure we looked at before.


Who did you go out for curry with? (subject – you; object – who)
Which restaurant does Oliver like most? (subject – Oliver; object – which)
What did they do after the restaurant? (subject – they; object – what)

REPORTED speech / indirect questions: the word order does not change. We don’t put the
verb to be before the subject or use an auxiliary to form a question, as in a normal question:

What are you doing at the weekend? I asked her what she was doing at the weekend.
Where is the post office? Do you know where the post office is?
How much does it cost? Can you tell me how much it costs?

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