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Questions

Intermediate

This lesson will review all the types of questions you have learned so far, so you have a clearer idea of when to use each type.

Exercise 1

Sentence Practice

Move Verb 'be' to Beginning

Your job is easy.
Is your job easy?
He is finished eating.
Is he finished eating?

Adding 'Do' to Statements without helping verb

You know what time it is.
Do you know what time it is?
Does he understand the question?
He understands the question.
You wrote this poem.
Did you write this poem?

Move Helping/Modal Verb to Beginning

It will keep raining.
Will it keep raining?
It will be a long flight.
Will it be a long flight?
May I come early?
Might I come early?

Grammar Focus

There are several ways to form questions in English.

Move Helping Verb to Beginning

We can move the helping verb to the beginning of the sentence to form a basic question.

He is playing video games.
Is he playing video games?

Move Modal Verbs to Beginning

We can also move the modal verb to the beginning of the sentence to form a question.

She will travel to Europe.
Will she travel to Europe?

Without Helping Verbs

If the sentence does not have a helping verb, we add the helping 'do' in the appropriate form ('did' for the past tense, and 'does' for the third person singular) at the beginning of the sentence.

He drives a car.
Does he drive a car?
He drove a car.
Did he drive a car?

Question Words

Question words are words such as 'what, why, where, when, who, which, how' that are used to make open-ended questions.

To form a question with a question word, put a helping verb after it: question word + helping verb.

Who did you go with?
Which car will you drive today?

Note that the helping verb is unnecessary when the question word is the subject of the sentence.

Who came here? (= 'Who' is the subject → no helping verb)
Which car is yours? (= 'Which car' is the subject → no helping verb)

Exercise 2

Sentence Practice

Will he arrive today?
Is it better this way?
What do you mean by that?
Which of them will come to the party?
How did you fix the TV?
When did she start working?
How can I solve this problem?
Was he looking for me?
Why are they leaving so soon?
Has she forgotten the password?

Exercise 3

Fill in the Blanks

I'm sailing across the ocean. → sailing through the ocean?

I'll put a flower in your hair. → put a flower in my hair?

I feel lucky. → feel lucky?

I hear you. → hear me?

I can hear you. → hear me?

I waited for you. → wait for me?

I'm in love with my best friend. → in love with?

She came to see me. → came to see you?

I'm taking this road. → are you taking?

Answer Pool (Questions 1-9)

Who
Who are you
Do you
Can you
Are you
Do you
Will you
Which road, What road
Did you

Exercise 4

Sentence Building

Ask a friend about their English studying (past, habits, and plans) using questions with 'can you...?', 'do you...?', 'will you...?' 'have you...?'

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