SUBJECT AND OBJECT

Objects

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).

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Subjects

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.

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

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

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?

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?

EXAMPLES

EXAMPLES

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

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