Unit 6
Subject and object questions:
Questions are formed differently depending on whether the question is about the subject or the object.
The nuclear fam ily overtook the extended fam ily in popularity.
About the subject:
What overtook the extended fam ily in popularity?
(Question word + Verb + O bject/Com plim ent?)
Answer:
The nuclear family.
About the object:
What did the nuclear fam ily overtake in popularity?
(Question word + A uxiliary verb + Subject + Main verb?)
Answer:
The extended family.
Indirect questions:
Indirect questions are form ed using the word o rder of a positive sentence.
DIRECT:
What did the nuclear fam ily overtake in popularity?
INDIRECT:
Do you know what the nuclear fam ily overtook in popularity?
DIRECT;
Are the roles of husband and wife less traditional than in the past?
INDIRECT:
Can you te ll me if the rotes of husband and wife are less traditional than in the past?
The Basic Rules of Punctuation:
Capital le tter (A) Used:
at the start of a sentence;
fo r names; fo r abbreviations.
Comma (,) Used:
fo r lists of items; to join two clauses toge th e r w ith
a co-ordinating conjunction;
to show extra
inform ation in a sentence; to separate direct speech from reporting expressions.
Full Stop (.) Used: at the end of a sentence and for some abbreviations, e.g.
etc.-, for questions,
replace
a fu ll stop with a
question mark; for exclamations, replace a fu ll stop with an exclamation mark.
Quotation m arks (" ” ) Used: when using the direct w ords of another person.
Apostrophe (’) Used: in contractions and to show possessive. Note:
Its (=belonging to it) and
it's (=it is).
