Unit 12 - 21st-century news
Exercise
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Write a subject and an object question for each answer.
Solution
Gillian tagged Frank on her page.
- Subject question: ‘Who tagged Frank on her page?’ ‘Gillian.’
- Object question: ‘Who did Gillian tag on her page?’ ‘Frank.’
Mike wrote a letter to his local paper.
- Subject question: ‘Who wrote a letter to his local paper?’ ‘Mike.’
- Object question: ‘What did Mike write to his local paper?’ ‘A letter.’
Sarah read about the story on your social network page.
- Subject question: ‘Who read about the story on your social network page?’ ‘Sarah.’
- Object question: ‘Where did Sarah read about the story?’ ‘On your social network page.’
The statistics suggest the story is true.
- Subject question: ‘What suggests the story is true?’ ‘The statistics.’
- Object question: ‘What do the statistics suggest?’ ‘That the story is true.’
The second set of photos showed more detail.
- Subject question: ‘Which set of photos showed more detail?’ ‘The second.’
- Object question: ‘What did the second set of photos show?’ ‘More detail.’
The journalist tried very hard to verify the sources of her news story.
- Subject question: ‘Who tried very hard to verify the sources of her news story?’ ‘The journalist.’
- Object question: ‘What did the journalist try very hard to verify?’ ‘The sources of her news story.’